Our Parenting Group will resume, and we will start the year with a great book: Building Resilience in Children and Teens by Kenneth R. Ginsburg with Martha M. Jablow. Over 8 weeks, we will explore how to raise children that can be emotionally strong, connected, and rooted in love, grounded in faith, grace, and community. […]
In her book, “Have You Filled a Bucket Today?” Carol McCloud invites us to imagine that we all carry around buckets. When people are kind or when someone encourages us, our buckets are filled. If we are mean to someone, we deplete their buckets. This great children’s book is a good way to talk about […]
This session is based on the children’s book “This Zoo is Not for You” by Ross Collins. In the book, a platypus goes to a zoo on the day when the animals are holding “interviews” for new additions. At every stop, the platypus is dismissed as not being worthy of inclusion for some reason. But […]
We’ve all been to Emmaus! This story, part of Luke’s story of Easter day, reminds us of what it’s like to be utterly disappointed and then to find hope and joy again! Use art to explore the difference between hope and disappointment, go on a search for Jesus (who’s sometimes harder to see than we’d […]
Love Your Neighbor is based on the story in Luke 10: 25-37 known to many as “The Good Samaritan”. This story may be new. It is difficult to know if the religious expert who asked Jesus,’ who is my neighbor’ was asking insincerity or if he was attempting to trick Jesus. No matter, Jesus uses […]