This book offers a rich resource packed with ready-to-go children's homilies based on the Sunday gospel readings. It covers nearly every Sunday gospel reading from the book of Matthew in the three-year lectionary cycle.

Back in the Days of Jesus: Matthew

Children's Books

DeVries, Dirk

Gluckstern, Dina

Religions

Morehouse Education Resources

- Your digital camera (or smart phone) can be a window to wonder and God. - and God - Includes practical guidance, reflection questions, activities, and examples - Can be used by youth or adult groups or for individual spiritual practice There's more to life than selfies! With the advent of digital photography and the widespread use of camera-equipped smart phones, we have all become photographers. Can the same technology that makes the upload of selfies and endless posting to Instagram and Facebook also function as a tool for quiet contemplation, connection, and deeper meaning? Indeed yes: the practice of contemplative photography invites people of faith to set aside distrac-tions of contemporary life to view the world through the eyes of the divine and uncover the ex-traordinary in the ordinary. Reflection questions, suggested activities, invitations to journal and create a volume of discovery, and original photographs taken by the author are accompanied by inspirational quotes and passages from scripture. Providing practical guidance for photography as a means of meditation and reflection and a form of prayer, readers will be encouraged to be seekers, open and present, ready to be refreshed, re-newed, and delighted.

Contemplative Vision: Photography as a Spiritual Practice

Arts & Photography

Religious

Church Publishing

This book offers a rich resource packed with ready-to-go children's homilies based on the Sunday gospel readings. It covers nearly every Sunday gospel reading from the book of Mark in the three-year lectionary cycle.

Back in the Days of Jesus: Luke

QUICK TAKES FOR TEENS is a series of four books packed with activities and ideas that invite teens to enter into scripture and think through the important issues in their lives. No session plans, no agenda, no structure, just a wild smorgasbord of opportunities for your youth group: discussion, role playing, debates, brainstorming, polls, simple art, scripture study, games, prayer activities, skits and more. Each book focuses on a different area of teen experience: <ul>
<li>Volume 1 considers family issues: siblings, parents, divorce, curfews, chores. </li> <li>Volume 2 works with tough emotions: anger, fear, depression, insecurity, guilt. </li> </ul>
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<li>Volume 3 addresses world problems: hunger, AIDS, homelessness, racism, violence, materialism. </li> <li> Volume 4 explores relationship issues: prejudice, peer pressures, moral choices, friendship skills, loneliness, jealousy. </li> </ul>
Easy-to-find symbols throughout each volume lead you to the perfect one-shot activity for your group of teens and the time frame you have to work in.

Quick Takes for Teens Volume 1: Family Issues

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

QUICK TAKES FOR TEENS is a series of four books packed with activities and ideas that invite teens to enter into scripture and think through the important issues in their lives. No session plans, no agenda, no structure, just a wild smorgasbord of opportunities for your youth group: discussion, role playing, debates, brainstorming, polls, simple art, scripture study, games, prayer activities, skits and more. Each book focuses on a different area of teen experience: <ul>
<li>Volume 1 considers family issues: siblings, parents, divorce, curfews, chores. </li> <li>Volume 2 works with tough emotions: anger, fear, depression, insecurity, guilt. </li> <li>Volume 3 addresses world problems: hunger, AIDS, homelessness, racism, violence, materialism. </li> <li>Volume 4 explores relationship issues: prejudice, peer pressures, moral choices, friendship skills, loneliness, jealousy. </li> </ul>
Easy-to-find symbols throughout each volume lead you to the perfect one-shot activity for your group of teens and the time frame you have to work in.

Quick Takes for Teens Volume 2: Tough Emotions

QUICK TAKES FOR TEENS is a series of four books packed with activities and ideas that invite teens to enter into scripture and think through the important issues in their lives. No session plans, no agenda, no structure, just a wild smorgasbord of opportunities for your youth group: discussion, role playing, debates, brainstorming, polls, simple art, scripture study, games, prayer activities, skits and more. Each book focuses on a different area of teen experience: <ul>
<li> Volume 1 considers family issues: siblings, parents, divorce, curfews, chores. </li> <li> Volume 2 works with tough emotions: anger, fear, depression, insecurity, guilt. </li> <li> Volume 3 addresses world problems: hunger, AIDS, homelessness, racism, violence, materialism. </li> <li> Volume 4 explores relationship issues: prejudice, peer pressures, moral choices, friendship skills, loneliness, jealousy. </li> </ul>
Easy-to-find symbols throughout each volume lead you to the perfect one-shot activity for your group of teens and the time frame you have to work in.

Quick Takes for Teens Volume 3: World Problems

QUICK TAKES FOR TEENS is a series of four books packed with activities and ideas that invite teens to enter into scripture and think through the important issues in their lives. No session plans, no agenda, no structure, just a wild smorgasbord of opportunities for your youth group: discussion, role playing, debates, brainstorming, polls, simple art, scripture study, games, prayer activities, skits and more. Each book focuses on a different area of teen experience: <ul>
<li>Volume 1 considers family issues: siblings, parents, divorce, curfews, chores. </li> <li>Volume 2 works with tough emotions: anger, fear, depression, insecurity, guilt. </li> <li>Volume 3 addresses world problems: hunger, AIDS, homelessness, racism, violence, materialism. </li> <li>Volume 4 explores relationship issues: prejudice, peer pressures, moral choices, friendship skills, loneliness, jealousy. </li> </ul>
Easy-to-find symbols throughout each volume lead you to the perfect one-shot activity for your group of teens and the time frame you have to work in.

Quick Takes for Teens Volume 4: Relationship Issues

Each of the three volumes of the Attitude series offers 32 powerful sessions on real-life issues chosen by teens. Each scripture-based session contains a 2-page facilitator's guide that makes preparation time a breeze. A 2-page reproducible participant paper for each session features articles, commentary and activities that appeal to teens. A complete scripture and topic index in each volume makes finding specific sessions easy. The session format offers lots of flexibility and is perfect for weekly or bi-weekly meetings, day-long or weekend retreats or special youth group events. In Volume 1: Wholeness and Holiness, you'll find session topics that include emotions, questions of faith, growing up and growing closer to God.

Attitude Volume 1: Wholeness, Holiness and Health (Attitude Series)

Out of PrintEach of the 3 volumes of the new Attitude series offers 32 powerful sessions on real-life issues chosen by teens, for teens. Like peer pressure. Acceptance. Friendship. Family issues. Emotions. Each of the scripture-based sessions contains a 2-page guide that includes everything you need to prepare for and facilitate the discussion. Plus each session has a 2-page participant paper you can reproduce for each teen in your group. The papers feature articles, commentary and activities keyed to the session to help teenagers sort through the week's topic and come up with solid, sensible answers. Included in the back of each volume is an introduction and overview of the entire Attitude series with scripture and topical indexes. An ideal youth ministry resource to use at group meetings, retreats, or in classroom sessions.Topics include friendship, family issues, school, dating, and acceptance.

Attitude Volume 2: Life Skills (Attitude Series)

Each of the three volumes of the Attitude series offers 32 powerful sessions on real-life issues chosen by teens. Each scripture-based session contains a 2-page facilitator's guide that makes preparation time a breeze. A 2-page reproducible participant paper for each session features articles, commentary and activities that appeal to teens. A complete scripture and topic index in each volume makes finding specific sessions easy. The session format offers lots of flexibility and is perfect for weekly or bi-weekly meetings, day-long or weekend retreats or special youth group events. In Volume 3: Changing the World, you'll find session topics that include violence, world religions, television, prejudice, and alcohol.  

Attitude Volume 3: Changing the World (Attitude Series)

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