Children Resources
Pastoral Care with Children Tips and Tools
Tools for caring with children include: accessible language, listening for children’s spiritual meaning-making in their play or casual conversations, and practicing reciprocal vulnerability. This Quicksheet provides tips on how to best use those tools with children.
Pastoral Care with Children Six Essential Ingredients
This Compass Point explores why children need pastoral care and six foundational elements to good pastoral care with children.
Matthew 25 Stewardship
Children can learn about stewardship and participate by sharing their gifts too. One way to do that is by using the lens of Matthew 25.
Engaging Children in Matthew 25
Matthew 25 is uniquely suited for children. This Quicksheet provides examples of meaningful service opportunities for children to engage in with their family, congregation and community.
Peacemaking in the Family (Updated)
This resource on peacemaking within the family presents four areas of family life where peacemaking skills can build self-esteem in family members: 1. Families and Feelings 2. Living in Families and Growing as Individuals 3. Families and Hard Times 4. Families and Celebrations. For each of these four topics, there is a section with background information and a suggested curriculum design for an intergenerational event with faith communities.