Children

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

Bullying

Bully for You [PDF: 11 p/165 KB]

Excerpt from Learning God’s Stories Together: Intergenerational Bible Study and Activities for Church or Home by Dorothy Henderson and Lisa-Dawn McKenzie (Canadian Ecumenical Anti-Bullying Initiative). Used with the permission of The Presbyterian Church in Canada (2006).

Bullying Resources

Recommended books, videos, and websites.

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Church Seasons

Celebrate the Seasons: A Game for Children (Grades 3 to 6) [PDF: 8 pp/201 KB]

Children race one another to the end of the church year, learning about the church seasons along the way.

Celebrate the Seasons game cards [PDF: 12 pp/268 KB]

Game cards for the Celebrate the Seasons game.

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Creation

God’s Creation…and It Was Good! Board Game for Children [PDF: 8 pp/1.9 MB]

Children visit each of the seven days of Creation Week in this game where everyone is a winner.

God’s Creation…and It Was Good! game cards [PDF: 14 pp/114 KB]

Game cards for the God’s Creation…and It Was Good! board game.

Putting the Garden to Bed: An Outdoor Ritual [PDF: 2 pp/169 KB]

A ritual for the end of the gardening season and preparing for winter.

Living Water Workshop 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.

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Empire

Journey from Empire: Board Game for Ages 8–12 [PDF: 4 pp/358 KB]

Moving along the game board, children learn what is meant by empire as they move closer to the kingdom of God, where the love of God and neighbour are experienced and enacted.

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Peace

Crack the Code: John 14:27a. If children can crack the code in this message, they will receive a gift from Jesus. The only clue they have is c=a.

Rgceg K ngcxg ykvj aqw; oa rgceg K ikxg xq aqw.

The First Step: A Peace Story [PDF: 5 pp/98 KB]

Read about Kayla and her teacher, who come up with a creative solution to bring peace to a troubled class. Print out this file [PDF: 1 p/64 KB] to make your own peace banner.

The Gift of Peace: Word Search [PDF: 1 p/94 KB]

The words in this puzzle are used in an ancient blessing.

Helping Children, Youth, and Families Deal with the Outbreak of War in Iraq

Suggestions and resources for helping children, youth, and families deal with the outbreak of war in Iraq.

Kids’ Pledge of Nonviolence [RTF: 9 pp/151 KB]

Suggestions for a series of eight brief children’s talks during worship, based on the Kids Pledge of Nonviolence* from the Institute for Peace and Justice.

My Raging Grandma [PDF: 8 pp/167 KB]

Read about Andrea Jane and her Raging Granny, who teaches Andrea Jane about being a peacemaker.

Peace Be with Us [PDF: 8 pp/172 KB]

Suggestions for including an anti-bullying theme in your worship, with the focus on children, based on lectionary readings for September, Year B, through May, Year C.

Peace in the Bible [PDF: 1 p/132 KB]

Children check the verses in this handout and then look them up in their own Bible to read more.

Peace Resources

Recommended books, videos, and websites.

Peacemaker Game [PDF: 9 pp/1.0 MB]

Children learn about famous and not-so-famous peacemakers as they try to get two series of four peacemakers in a row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

Psalm 4:8 Word Puzzle [RTF: 2 pp/85 KB]

Have children try this word puzzle and then design their own based on their favourite Bible verse.

What Would You Do Next? Finish the Comics [PDF: 6 pp/449 KB]

What would you do if you were faced with the situations in this activity?

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Song of Faith

We Cannot Keep from Singing Workshop Rotation [PDF: 16 pp/233 KB]

This six-session workshop rotation unit on A Song of Faith is designed to be used with the We Cannot Keep from Singing Story Cube available from UCRD.