Children

These worship and program ideas for children can be used in Sunday school, midweek groups, vacation Bible school, and camp.

Lent, Easter, and Pentecost

Ashes on Ash Wednesday [RTF: 1 p/41 KB]

Help children appreciate and understand the solemn ritual of a traditional Ash Wednesday worship service.

Decorating Easter Bonnets [RTF: 1 p/35 KB]

Gather the children of your congregation to turn donated hats into Easter bonnets.

Easter Children’s Time Ideas [RTF: 2 pp/48 KB]

Why do we have hot cross buns and eggs at Easter?

Intergenerational Pentecost Event [RTF: 1 p/46 KB]

An event to help ensure the voices of children are being heard in your congregation, and to celebrate Pentecost.

Lent at Home [RTF: 2 pp/60 KB]

Consider ways your family can spend time together using prayer, study, stewardship, and service as opportunities to grow in faith as well as to strengthen bonds with one another.

Lenten Children’s Time Ideas [RTF: 2 pp/54 KB]

Putting away the hallelujahs, collecting a special offering, and taking a Lenten journey.

Living Water Rotation [RTF: 13 pp/232 KB]

A Sunday school rotation about the importance of water, based on the story of “The Woman at the Well.” Includes a game and science, cooking, art, and drama activities.

Make a Papier-Mâché Tomb [RTF: 1 p/53 KB]

Create a papier-mâché tomb to use for intergenerational worship Good Friday and Easter morning.

Make a Wilderness Box [RTF: 3 pp/60 KB]

Help children experience the solemnity and importance of the Lent season by creating a wilderness box for the worship centre.

Pentecost Children’s Time Ideas [RTF: 1 p/51 KB]

Show children some of the symbols of Pentecost and how to use them in worship.

Using Water as a Metaphor with Children in Lenten Worship [RTF: 6 pp/147 KB]

Over the five Sundays of Lent, explore how important water is for us and for all of creation.

Walking the Labyrinth [PDF: 3 pp/27 KB]

This model for walking the labyrinth with children could be used anytime but would be especially effective during Lent.

Young and Old, Neighbour and Newcomer [PDF: 2 pp/115 KB]

Involve all generations in celebrating Pentecost by making banners.

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Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper [RTF: 2 pp/55 KB]

Involve children in planning and carrying out a church-wide pancake supper and celebration.

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Transfiguration Sunday

• Celebrating Transfiguration Sunday in the Sunday School [RTF: 1 p/49 KB]