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Summer Worship Packets for Kids

Ideas for kids for summer!

Theresa Cho's avatarStill Waters

During the summer, my church does not provide Sunday school programs for children. In the past, we have done the typical worship bags and have had varying interest in their use. I have also provided more guided activities, but often that feels like more work than having Sunday school programs. This summer, I’m experimenting with a special bulletin designed for Pre-K, Kindergarteners, and first graders that will follow the flow of worship.

Here it is in pdf: Kids worship packet PreK-1st. These packets are laminated so that they can be wiped down and reused each Sunday.

Materials for each packet: crayons, markers, play doh, wet wipe, dance scarf, 10 pennies, strip of paper, safety scissors, scratch paper

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You can print the word cloud out here.

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I plan to attach a pouch with a dance scarf inside.

There are two pages here that will change according to the scripture…

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Anectdotal Woman (or) 24 churches and a feminist

#YesAllWomen Why I have to be a feministy

katyandtheword's avatarkatyandtheword

There are lots of stories about women in the Bible. Not all of them have names, but its nice to experience the parable.

So I’m going to tell a parable about an unnamed woman. And then I’m going to tell a lot of anecdotes that are by no means scientific but start to bear out what a woman may feel in ministry…they certainly confirmed my own experience

An unnamed woman I know got referenced for a local solo pastor position (yay!). This was very cool for many, many reasons, the first and foremost reason being that this woman is currently serving as an interim and needs a new position. This church was liberal, and Southern (thereby making it even more liberal) so looking at a young woman pastor was a pretty cool move.

She got turned down for the job, and the person who got hired was…..a man.

I have…

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The process of growing up is to be valued for what we gain, not for what we lose. — #CSLewis

The process of growing up is to be valued for what we gain, not for what we lose. — #CSLewis

The process of growing up is to be valued for what we gain, not for what we lose. — #CSLewis

YES!