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Ready! Set! Go! Children on Mission Throughout the Church Year
Ready Set Go Children on Mission Throughout the Church Year Author:Israel Galindo, Barbara Massey, Monica Bagby, Jennifer Baker, Johnnie Boyd, Adam Phlegar, Lori Strickland This book is a resource for church teachers and educators to help children, ages eight through eleven, grow in their Christian faith through missions activities. The book puts into effect the educational principle, You learn to do what you do. By making it possible for children to participate in missions activities throughout the seasons of the ... more »Christian year children will acquire a love for service, ministry, and missions by actually doing, rather than merely learning about. The seasons of the Christian Year mirror the life of the Church in worship, service, and learning. Using the Christian Year as a framework for children s mission education will make learning and doing missions and ministry a yearlong habit of the heart. This book will highlight Advent, Christmas. Epiphany, the Lenten season, the seasons of Pentecost and Ordinary Time. The beginning of each chapter provides general information about the season within which the mission activity is situated. Scriptures have been used liberally as aids to worship, prayer and understanding of the suggested activities. These missions learning activities and programs are easily adaptable to your congregation s context and can be incorporated into an existing children s missions education program.« less