Children in the Worshiping Community
Children in the Worshiping Community

Author: Virginia Thomas

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780804216883

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Children in the Worshiping Community is a resourceful book inviting congregations to include children in the total life of the church. It offers a warm and sometimes humorous look at the pitfalls and potentials of children and worship. This valuable resource and teaching tool provides insights on child development theories as well as practical strategies for involving children in worship.

Young Children and Worship
Young Children and Worship

Author: Sonja M. Stewart

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780664250409

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The authors have devised an exciting way to introduce three- to - seven year olds to the wonder of worship. Activities are developed around the order of worship commonly used in Reformed churches: assemble in God's name; proclaim, give thanks to and go in God's name.

Let the Children Worship
Let the Children Worship

Author: Jason Helopoulos

Publisher: Christian Focus

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781781919095

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A Biblical take on children in church Written from personal experience Offering practical help

Children Worship!
Children Worship!

Author: MaryJane Pierce Norton

Publisher: Upper Room Books

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0881777498

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Children Worship! offers planned experiences that help children understand what is expected in worship, how to participate, and what our words and actions mean. This thirteen-session worship education resource helps congregations incorporate young children into the worshiping community. Sessions focus on the six actions of worship and cover the following topics: Gathering, Giving, Praise and Thanks, Praying, Proclaiming, Responding, and Sending.

Children at Worship
Children at Worship

Author: Caroline S. Fairless

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 089869910X

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The author shows in this book how a parish can incorporate its children into full participation with the worshiping community. Tapping their creativity to design a spectacular array of materials for worship -- a storyteller's cloak, prayer cards, confessions stones, rap sermons, sculpture, and painting -- liturgy comes intensely alive for parishioners of all ages. As Fairless demonstrates, the full participation of children in corporate worship, while not a simple matter, is deeply rewarding. An introduction by Louis Weil, professor at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, provides the theological rationale for the inclusion of all baptized members in the worship life of the community.

Parenting in the Pew
Parenting in the Pew

Author: Robbie F. Castleman

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2012-11-14

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0830866477

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In this upbeat book Robbie Castleman shows parents how to guide their toddlers and teenagers to participate more fully in the worship of the church. This significantly revised and updated edition includes a new preface and new appendices with ideas for children's sermons and intergenerational community.

Incorporating Children in Worship
Incorporating Children in Worship

Author: Michelle A. Clifton-Soderstrom

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2014-06-18

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1620326213

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Incorporating children in worship is a powerful and overlooked mark of God's kingdom. This book argues that children's full participation in worship signifies not only a vibrant, faithful communion but also offers a critical window into the Spirit's work of linking the church to Christ. Children have a vocation in worship. They embody the theological virtues in distinct ways that enrich the worship of the whole church. Moreover, incorporating children reflects the difference in unity that is God's triune life. Receiving children in their difference moves the worshipping body toward the telos of worship--glorification of God and sanctification of humanity--and habituates the worshipping body to incorporate other, often more threatening, kinds of difference.

A Children's Guide to Worship
A Children's Guide to Worship

Author: Ruth L. Boling

Publisher: Geneva Press

Published: 1997-09-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780664500153

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This delightful book is a guide to worship for young children. Illustrated by mice that help explain Sunday worship services and encourage participation in worship by children and their parents, this book was designed for use by children age three through nine with the help of parents or teachers.

The Nursery of the Holy Spirit
The Nursery of the Holy Spirit

Author: Daniel R. Hyde

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2014-07-30

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 1630873969

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Public worship is the nursery of the Holy Spirit. As you enter the sanctuary, you notice them at once. Then, as you take your seat next to a family, they are right there beside you. Throughout the ensuing service, you see them--and hear them. The presence of children in public worship is not only striking, but also increasingly strange in modern American church life. In fact, the idea of your children sitting or standing next to you during prayer, singing, or the pastor's sermon can be downright scary. This book is based in the conviction that public worship is the nursery of the Holy Spirit and that bringing children in is both beneficial and a blessing. The Nursery of the Holy Spirit offers practical advice on how to make this ideal a reality in your children's lives.

A Child Shall Lead
A Child Shall Lead

Author: John D. Witvliet

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 9781929187133

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If you earnestly want to teach children about Christian worship, this book is for you. Pastors desiring to involve children more effectively in worship services; choir directors serious about making their choirs an integral part of worship; Christian educators and Sunday School teachers interested in their students' spiritual development; and parents who care about their children's participation in church will all find this book a source to refer to again and again.