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- Experiential activities for celebrating the saints
- For use in churches, schools, camps, and home settings
Many of our experiences in life happen when several generations are together— at church, at home, in our communities. Often we only celebrate the saints on All Saints Sunday or when a particular saint is commemorated in a secular way. This volume in the Faithful Celebration series focuses on some well-known and some not-so-well-known saints, many who are not all officially “sainted” but certainly having lived a life of faith under difficult circumstances.
Each event recalling a particular saint includes key ideas, a cluster of activities to experience the key ideas, materials needed, full instructions for implementation, background history and information, music, art, recipes, and prayer resources to use in a small, intimate, or large multi-generational group. For children, youth, adults, or any combination of ages any of these activities can take place in any setting.
Audience: Christian educators, youth ministers, camps, schools, parents
"Making Time for God with the Saints is a resource rich in ideas on well-known saints (Joan of Arc) and those not so well-known (Absalom Jones of Philadelphia). Included are fascinating studies and discussion prompts, ideas for food to share, and related activities. Some sections offer heavy topics that would make for particularly engaging intergenerational gatherings with youth and adults while also providing creative means for sharing the same story with children."
––Liz Perraud, Executive Director, GenOn Ministries
"Can these dusty, old saints live? Yes! Through intergenerational play, prayer, song, and action, you'll encounter anew some heroes of the faith. When you make time for saints – and one another – you truly do make time for God."
–– Tim Schenck, Lent Madness creator and rector of St. John the Evangelist, Hingham, Massachusetts
"As we have come to expect from the Faithful Celebrations series, this volume provides the right combination of historical background and creative engagement. The combination allows participants across generations to enter into our celebrations of the saints in new and playful ways that will capture their imaginations and stick in their memory throughout the year."
––Katherine A. Malloy, Associate for Lifelong Learning, Director of Christian Formation Resources, Virginia Theological Seminary
Introduction
Absalom Jones of Philadelphia
Patrick of Ireland
Julian of Norwich
Joan of Arc
Enmegahbowh of White Earth
Nicholas of Myra
