Seasonal Resources

This all new resource from Forward Movement invites us "into a more faith-filled Advent and Christmas". Take a step back from the secular frenzy of the Holiday season with these daily devotions by a variety of authors that call us to engage with the Advent wreath, Christmas pageant, favorite hymns, and setting up the creche. [...]

Living Compass is built around a Model for Well-Being giving guidance in four dimensions of our being: heart, soul, strength, and mind. Living Well Through Advent: Practicing Wonder With All Your Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind resource is available in English and Spanish. There are print copies available for purchase while supplies last, but are [...]

In Light & Darkness Advent is the theme for Illustrated Ministries 2023 Advent Resources. The theme focuses on how light and darkness exist together. It also explores how our understanding of darkness and light affect how we see God, our world, and how our faith is impacted by our view of these opposites. Resources available [...]

This is a simple Lent Tracker and Journal Page way to keep up with your Lenten Discipline or commitment as it is called here. Could be used as a good visual for children and families working on a discipline together. It is a free download from The Krafty Planner.

The Episcopal Church's definition of a Saint begins this way, "A holy person, a faithful Christian, one who shares life in Christ." During Lent 2023 this five part series will explore Episcopal Saints who may be less familiar to you. This is an Adult Formation opportunity available on Zoom. Resources and Materials Saints Hymns Sheet [...]

Introducing Lent is a class from ChurchNext and taught in sessions by Maggi Dawn author of Giving it Up a book of daily Bible readings for Lent. Course Summary: Lent is a holy season of devotion that offers wonderful opportunities for life transformation. Theologian and author Maggi Dawn unpacks the wonder of this season. Course [...]

Get Ready for Pentecost is a free (2024) downloadable coloring sheet from Illustrated Ministry. You can access it now to help your congregation prepare for Pentecost by having them colored ahead of time and then displayed on the day of Pentecost. They can also be made available for worship on Pentecost or emailed to [...]

This Intergenerational or all ages lesson plan for Pentecost from The Episcopal Church's Lesson Plans that Work is drawn from the Acts 2:1-21 reading. It is well balanced in that offers biblical history and references, movement and action, along with creativity. As with all Lesson Plans that Work plans, supply lists for each activity [...]

In this post on peanut. a UK based firm that works in church marketing, there are several new and different thematic ideas about how to celebrate the day of Pentecost. Using these themes would be a good way to engage congregations in a specific aspect of Pentecost. You can see the top ten ideas list [...]

The Episcopal Church's definition of a Saint begins this way, "A holy person, a faithful Christian, one who shares life in Christ." During Lent 2023 this five part series will explore Episcopal Saints who may be less familiar to you. This is an Adult Formation opportunity available on Zoom. Resources and Materials Saints Hymns Sheet [...]

What is All Souls' Day, on The Episcopal Church's (as well as other denominations) it is the day following All Saints. In fact, the Episcopal Church does observe All Hallow's Eve (10/31), All Saints Day (11/1) and All Souls' Day: Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (11/2) but often in effort to engage with congregations when [...]

This lesson for All Saints Sunday from Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church is based on Lectionary Year A. However, if you do not use a Lectionary-based curriculum regularly, this can easily be used for that Sunday. It can be done in person, in a hybrid format, or online. Nothing Found [...]