Phone: 1-800-277-7479; Fax: 910-862-3524; Email: kayebledsoe@presbycc.org

Children Among Us: Foundations In Children's Ministries, edited by Cassandra Williams. Book - 2003, Witherspoon Press. This book outlines an approach to welcoming children that calls on the commitment of the entire faith community to engage children in multiple venues of ministry. This biblically based, theologically grounded resource is informed by current scholarship coupled with practical information on how children learn, grow, and respond to the "often-too-adult-world" of Christian faith.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Kids - This program is aimed at third through fifth graders and its purpose is to help children understand and accept all people. It helps children build skills for relating to family and friends. The learning is experiential and the discussion is drawn from the children themselves. Each session features a worship component, giving the program greater depth. It provides a framework for tying faith to life, and life to faith.

Parenting in the Pew: Guiding Your Children into the Joys of Worship (expanded ed.), Robbie Castleman. Book. Worship, Robbie writes, is the most important thing you can ever train your child to do. With infectious pasion, nitty-gritty advice and a touch of humor, she show educators and parents how we can help our children (from toddlers to teens) enter into worship.

Offering the Gospel to Children, Cretchen Wolff Pritchard. Book. Pritchard shows how to offr the essence of the gospel imaginatively to children, with practical ideas on children's worship, liturgy, drama and study of the Bible. This book calls on parents and Christian educators to allow children to participate fully in the Gospel.

Children's Mission Yearbook: for prayer and study, 2003 & 2004. This is published by Witherspoon Press and the Mission Education and Promotion program team of Congregational Ministries Publishing, PCUSA. The

Children’s Mission Yearbook is intended as a personal devotional guide for each child, and also appropriate for family devotional use, church school, children’s worship, midweek programs, and other occasions. Designed for children in grades 3-6, it is packed with new stories and facts about the PCUSA and its mission domestically and overseas. Order from PDS 1-800-524-2612 or contact the Presbytery office (800-277-7479).

Family Friendly Ideas Your Church Can Do, GROUP Publishing. Book. CE9/GR0/f. Here are 50 creative, fun ways to help your church's families grow stronger…spend time together…and get closer to each other and God.

Extra-Special Bible Adventures for Children's Ministry, GROUP Publishing (800-747-6060). Book. CE6/YOU/e. These are experience-based lessons that creatively teach Bible stories to children. 16 lessons and a service retreat are included. Topics: Journey through Genesis, Journey through Exodus, Journey with Daniel, Journey with Jesus, Journey with Paul.

Holy Motion: Energizing and Building Community Through Song and Dance, Gina Yeager, editor. Book. CE7/PYC/h. This video resource and book uses music, energy and motion to create a community where participants experience a sense of belonging.

Out of the Basement: A Holistic Approach to Children's Ministry, Diane C. Olson. Book. CE1/OLS/o. This book provides a framework for church leaders who are seeking to develop a healthy and vibrant ministry with children.

The Child in Our Hands: Milestones - Worship Celebrations, Lee Hovel. Youth and Family Institute of Augsburg College. Book. W5/HOV/c. This book has worship events to recognize and affirm each Milestone event in the life of a child and to celebrate it in the congregational worship setting. The goal is to empower the Christian home for its ministry of passing on the faith to children by modeling the importance of nurturing faith in a worship experience.

Free the Horses: A Self-Esteem Adventure, Active Parenting Publishers. Video-based program for children K-3^rd grade. This program based on an adventure teaches children that they can choose what to think, which in turn influences their feelings and their choice of actions. They learn basic esteem building life skills of Belonging, Learning, and Contributing as well as thoughts and actions that develop characteristics of Courage, Responsibility and Cooperation.

Rotating Workshops for Grades 1-5, CD. PC(USA). This CD has Rotating Workshops curriculum that includes four units on Baptism, Communion, Lord's Prayer, Apostles' Creed.

• unit overview
• weaving our faith
• spiritual practice exercise for leaders
• leader's helps for workshops
• lesson plans
• workshops in art, audiovisual, computer, drama, Bible puzzles and games, music and worship, and cooking.

Computers, Kids, and Christian Education, Neil MacQueen. Book. CE4/MAC/c. This book is about putting a new tool in the hands of your teachers and students.

Equipping the Saints, Sarah Covin Juengst. Book. A wonderful book that discusses the call to teaching and gives a detailed model for teacher training.

The Purple Puzzle Tree - 6 books and CD - Old Testament Bible Stories for young children.

A Children's Hunger Education Kit - This contains the following: I There Enough? A curriculum for preschool through upper elementary - 5 Biblically based lessons. A Kid Started It! - an outline for children's message on John 6:9, with visual aids and activities. Feeding Minds; Fighting Hunger - A secular curriculum for World Food Day. Lessons for primary, intermediate, and secondary levels. Build a Better World! - Activities for children from Church World Service for elementary children. Make Hunger History - Bread for the World's hunger curriculum for grades four through six. Animal Crackers - Heifer Project International's global education resource, a four-session children's curriculum.

Lively Bible Lessons for Grades k-3, GROUP- (800-747-6060) - 20 lessons that teach Bible stories with creative activities, easy-to-do crafts, fun songs.

Singing Mountains and Clapping Trees - Children's 10-session curriculum about God's Creation. This curriculum is an opportunity to nurture in children an appreciation of the gifts they have been given by the Creator.

Don't Get Wet Feet: and 50 other Bible stories for Preschoolers, Abingdon Press. This book uses storytelling techniques that get the children involved in the story.

Live With Jesus, by Alexander Campbell & Gerry Haff, Book. This 12- session curriculum has three main parts to each session: 1) A Story 2) Discussion; and 3) Activities which include suggestions for learning centers.

Family Ties: The Adventures of Abraham & Sarah & Their Descendants - Older children ( ages 8-11 years. Each of the five sessions provides a complete program, including ideas for introducing the day's theme; exploring the theme through storytelling, drama, games and crafts; and suggestions for opening and closing worship. Can be used for Children's Sunday night programming and VBS.

Sensational Learning Centers - Augburgs Fortress. Helps congregations provide fun & interactive Christian education experiences based on the themes of praise, prayer, and celebrating and sharing the good news of God's love for us. The five learning centers in this guide are for all-school and intergenerational participation.

Teaching Children Bible Basics: 34 Lessons for Helping Kids Learn to Use the Bible, Barbara Bruce. This book for 8 to 10 year olds gives interactive lessons that teach Bible knowledge and skills. CE6/BRU/t

Things To Make and Do Series: Anytime, Advent/Christmas, Pentecost, Lent/Easter - Martha Bettis Gee. Book. Arts and Crafts for children.]

Get Ready! Get Set! Worship! - Worship education program for children.

Learning to Use My Bible: Special Study for Children in Grades 3 & 4. Joyce Brown. Book.

Family Ties: The Adventures of Abraham & Sarah & Their Descendants, Alyson Huntly. This is a flexible theme-based program resource for all ages and many settings. This program promotes hands-on, experiential learning with fun activities and projects. Video included.

VBS programs - VBS programs from past years can be used as curriculum for children's programming. The Resource Center has programs you can borrow.

We Believe Curriculum- Younger Youth: Grades (5) 6-8 - Survey Courses - These four courses are nine-month studies with 35 sessions including Christmas and Easter.

Party! Party! Susan L. Lingo. Book. This book provides Children's Ministry parties for seasons of the Church year.

Young Children and Worship, Sonja M. Stewart & Jerome Berryman. Book. This book deals with the religious formation of children (ages 3-8 yrs). It provides a model for worship with children and lesson plans.

Following Jesus: More about Young Children and Worship, Sonja M. Stewart. Book. This is a sequel to Young Children and Worship in which Sonja offers another valuable educational resource to help introduce three-to eight-year-old children to the wonder of worship.

Teaching Kids to Care and Share, Jolene L. Roehlkepartain. Book. This book provides many age appropriate activities that will instill caring and sharing in children.

Children in the Sanctuary, Presbyterian & Reformed Education Partnership. Video. This video is designed to help adults understand the value of children in worship and how they can enhance the experience for all. Leader's guide included.

One Hundred Bible Stories Activity Book, Concordia Publishing House. Reproducible activity sheets for Bible stories.

Will Our Children Have Faith, John Westerhoff. Book - 1976. In this book Westerhoff proposes a framework for evaluating, planning and engaging in religious education.

Making Time for God: Daily Devotions for Children & Family, Susan Garrett & Amy P. Pauw. Book- 2003. A book of devotions for children written by two seminary professors for their children.

The Child Friendly Church, Boyce. C. Bowdon. Book. This is a compilation of proven models for ministry, accompanied with the author's experienced insights and suggestions for maximum results.

Video 1: Children's Ministry Essentials

Video 2: Teaching Preschool/Kindergarten Kids

Video 3: Teaching First/Second Graders

Video 4: Teaching Third/Fourth Graders

Video 5: Teaching Fifth/Sixth Graders

Rhythms of Peace Around the World, Vol. 1 - This video program for children 8-11 years presents conflict-solving ideas in four captivating stories and songs. GROUP - $34.95

Rhythms of Peace: When Your Argument Goes Bust!, vol. 2 - What do you do when you can't agree? This video has four wonderful stories that teach working together, empathy for those who are different, how to make friends and a story of peacemakers.

Teaching Kids to Care and Share - Over 300 hands-on activities involve children in service to one another, their church, local communities, and the world. Activities are divided into age appropriate groupings. GROUP

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GROUP Publishing has good resources for children's ministry - 800-747-6060 or www.grouppublishing.com .

1. Children's Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study includes mission stories from around the world, puzzles, games, maps and interesting facts about Presbyterians. Helps children learn about the mission of the church. Children's Mission Yearbook can be purchased from the Presbytery office or by calling PDS - 1-800-524-2612
2. Christian Family Week, May 9-16. Check out Ideas? for Church Leaders magazine for resources. Visit www.pcusa.org/familyandsingle.
3. Summer issue of Ideas? for Church Leaders. Visit on-line at www.pcusa.org/ideas for suggestions for local activities to promote global harmony, vacation Bible school, and more. Call PDS.
4. Joan of Arcadia, CBS, Friday, 8 p.m. EST A TV show featuring Joan Girardi, a 16-year old girl, who "like the historical Joan of Arc, has conversations with God..." Review in "Presbyterians Today", Jan/Feb 2004, p. 29.
5. Silly Mammo, an Ethiopian Tale. The author Jane Kurtz, daughter of Presbyterian missionaries, wrote this book that has become the inspiration for a children's reading center in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. Information about supporting this project or purchasing Silly Mammo is available on the Web (www.firstpresgh.org or www.janekurtz.com) or by calling 701-775-5545. Spotlight, "Presbyterians Today", Jan/Feb 2004, p. 10.
6. www.pcusa.org/child: Recources, Decade of the Child, Congregations Covenanting; Year of the Child Hymn; Decade of the Child Sample Sermon.
7. Is There Enough, a new curriculum on hunger. PDS pds@ctr.pcusa.org. Material is appropriate for use in VBS, Children's Church, After School, Intergenerational Settings, etc.
8. PCC Skills Databank: sources for workshop related to music, worship, missions and education for all church members. Contact Kaye Bledsoe at the Presbytery office for more information 1-800-277-7479.
9. BUILDING BLOCKS OF FAITH, a Primer for Christian Education. First Presbyterian Church, 200 W. Trade St., Charlotte, NC 28202. "This booklet is an attempt to take seriously the church's ministry to its children... This is a superb document for any church at any entry level.

10. CHILDREN'S MINISTRY SPEAKERS - The PC(USA) has Martha Miller, who is the staff for Family Ministry Team in Louisville. Her phone number is 1-888-728-7228, ext. 8013.

Jean Floyd Love, a past Church Educator of the Year in the PCUSA, consultant, might also be a good person to contact. I think she lives in Charlotte and has a summer home at Topsail Beach, NC. Phone - 704-366-4261

Carol A. Wehrheim - DCE; director of a child care center; author; Educator of the Year 2001. She will do keynote and workshops. Phone 609-924-1800 Email: carolw@aol.com

Stephany Graham - Associate for African American Leadership Training & Resources, PC(USA). She will do keynote and workshops. Phone: 502-569-8488 Email: sgraham@ctr.pcusa.org

Lane Ducker - DCE at First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington,NC. 910-762-6688