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Covenant for Church School Classroom from Emily

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Covenant for Church School Classroom from Emily

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Christian Guidelines for our Sunday School Classrooms

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Goals for church school (younger grades)

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Goals for church school (younger grades)

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Long Range Goals for our Middle School Program

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Long Range Goals for our High School Program

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Long Range Goals for our High School Program-2

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Yearly $ for Godly Play materials + trainings
code for materials:  membershipcircle
code for trainings:  membersrock
Check with Martha about discounts for joining Godly Play

$ for books
check in with Martha (Thank You, Martha!)

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Welcome Janelle!! (Epiphany with Bryn)

1. Vibrant Faith Master Classes
sign up to get access
Bryn has taken some of these courses
2. Godly Play- book study with Cheryl Minor
Rowan was in the group reviewing materials for racial bias
3. Building Faith Articles
one on planning looks good
4. Class for clergy and others to prepare families for Baptism and Confirmation
5. Field Trip to the Gardner Museum- will plan a time for us to visit
6. Starting in September meetings will go back to twice monthly one in the morning one in the afternoon
7. $ for books- ask Martha
(Thanks Martha!)
8. Godly Play code for reduced cost materials
membership circle (?)
reduced cost for trainings
membersrock (?)
9. Bryn
training for her teachers 9/13/22
Building Faith Sarah Aldrid (?)
has office hours
Vibrant Faith has coaching
10. Emily Sugg
Love First
really like how the program shows that children can be comforters too
11. Bryn
Spark House
Operation Restoration- coming this October
12. Nursery Care
helpers need to be 18+ for Safe Church
Emily
posted a job request at their local library
got a woman in her 60, paid $50 a week
with teen age helpers
gives consistency for children and families
Bryn
tried local nanny organization, she didn't feel really secure with this process in terms of vetting
13. Bryn
wondering about zoom and in person
doing both is very time consuming
someone suggested having 1 zoom a month
14. Jane
on line during pandemic
story before the service and on website
Facebook live for service
in person for class in undercroft with 10 -11 students
going to do a monthly zoom gathering teaching/fellowship for everyone
parents need support too
15. Brochures for our programs?
looking for ideas for a pamphlet that can be handed out to visiting families about our programs
Mission Statements for our churches?
16. Way of Love
coming out with a new curriculum after Labor Day

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1. Talk with students in the Fall to get ideas of topics of interest to them
2. Connect topics/current events to scripture
3. Start with parables and use them as a launch into discussions as well as outreach ideas
Good Samaritan
Two Brothers

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Thanks so much Emily for this wonderful approach and plans for teaching the Parables

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Meet our students and families where they are

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Meet our students and families where they are

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1. Who are are our learners?
2. What are their needs?
3. What can we offer them?
4. Focus on relationships- help them know they are loved and in a safe place
5. Getting to know students for the first time or getting to know them better with 1-1 time on zoom
6. create a calendar of events ahead so families can work to make some commitments, building community with fun event planning and connection
7. provide structure, concrete information for students and families to help with anxiety "clear is kind, unclear is unkind" Brene Brown
8.  Support parents
help them re-enter into church life too
work to be partners with them
we work most directly with students but we are there for parents and families as well
9. What we do/programming we organize for families can also be broadened out to the larger congregation
10. Older parishioners can be wonderful allies- they can connect with youth and support what we are trying to do

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organizations where student groups can help

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organizations where student groups can help

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1. Cradles to Crayons
groups can go and help, wide range in age of students can help
https://www.cradlestocrayons.org

2. Household Goods
helps people set up their living spaces with small furniture, kitchen items, bedding etc
https://householdgoods.org (Acton)

3. New Life Furniture Bank (Walpole)
https:newlifefb.org
volunteer-led nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that accepts furniture and household items and makes them available at no charge to those in need through referring agencies.

4. City Reach + Common Cathedral
good activity for older students
picnic with Ecclesia at church- wonderful!

5. Books for Prisoners (Quincy)
prisonbookprogram.org
students can sort books, gather books, find out what books are needed, read and write letters to inmates

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I included everything I could from our meeting. Sorry if I missed anything.   Feel free to add thoughts, links, contact info,  other columns etc. This is a working document for the group. I hope it is helpful.
Blessings,
Amanda

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1. intergenerational activities
2. picnics
3. activities that we plan for children and families could also include the whole congregation
4. retreats at Barbara Harris camp
good place for sledding
filling up fast
can have more than one group depending on the size of groups
5. meeting after church for adults and students
6. cutting garden in front of church- nice way to meet people, engage with the community etc.
7. connect generations- ask older parishioners to mentor students- check in on them, let them know about upcoming events or interesting lessons, scripture in church they may want to hear

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field trip to the MFA look for cultural references to figures in the Bible
often can find materials on museum websites/educational outreach
local libraries (reference librarians can put materials together)

from 8/11 mtg
planning a trip to the Gardner Museum to preview the art work

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All Saints, Brookline
long standing tradition at the church, very popular
last yr- spooky Saints
go to stations about the Saints- volunteers helping at each
finding your "own cross" - the thing you are drawn to

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Cheryl Minor's new book has been published
https://www.churchpublishing.org/godlyplayinmiddleandlatechildhood

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Collette Potts and Brian Litzenberger- new resources
6 session, Episcopal inspired support group for parents living with children/youth experiencing mental health challenges
connect parents with other parents
reduce stigma
draw on strengths of children and families
support through gifts and strengths of faith community
materials available this fall
facilitator guide
overview for participants- what to expect, themes etc
handouts for each session
Loving Parent Logo
description for newsletters
if you want to use a beta version of Loving Parenting contact Collette Potts
collette@lovefirstproject.org

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on St. Francis Day
can be done at church or local park
great all ages activity

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Gretchen Wolf Pritchard's Beulahland flet curriculum and art focus
nice crafts and storytelling

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https://buildfaith.org/live-clue/

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Thanks everyone for sharing these fantastic resources/materials. We appreciate it!!

Johnna Fredrickson
Johnnafredrickson@yahoo.com
She has Love First style materials

Tammy Hobbs Miracky (All Saints, Brookline)
TMiracky@allsaintsadmin.org
She has materials for Night Watch as well as Where the Bible Shows Up

Rowan Larson (Christ Church Cambridge)
rlarson2115@gmail.com
rlarson@cccambridge.org

Jen Vath (Trinity, Topsfield)
rector@trinitytopsfield.org

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Cheryl Minor (Godly Play)
https://www.churchpublishing.org/godlyplayinmiddleandlatechildhood

Nadia Bolz Webber

Tomie dePaola book
nice pictures, stories done in sensitive way
https://www.amazon.com/Good-Samaritan-Other-Parables-Gift/dp/0823438880/ref=asc_df_0823438880/?

from Rowan
good resource for everyone to help us build a program that can last beyond our time with our particular churches

https://www.amazon.com/Sustainable-Childrens-Ministry-Last-Minute-Scrambling/dp/0830845224/ref=sr_1_1?crid=WHGLJIT03517&keywords=sustainable+children+ministry&qid=1660226329&sprefix=sustainable+children+ministy%2Caps%2C67&sr=8-1

book to use with children/families about Baptism

https://www.amazon.com/Water-Come-Down-Were-Baptized/dp/0806637110

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Books, Newsletters, Blogs

nadiabozweber.com

https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/people/matthew-potts

Outreach (more info about each organization in outreach shelf)

www.cradlestocrayons.org/boston/

www.householdgoods.org

https://newlifefb.org

https://prisonbookprogram.org/

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Barbara Harris Camp

gail.bchcenter.org

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Story/reflection for Parable of the Prodigal Son- high school?

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Story/reflection for Parable of the Prodigal Son- high school?

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story Parable of the Prodigal Son -High School

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Here are the notes. Sorry if I missed something and didn't get everyones name down.
Thanks as always for an informative and uplifting meeting!

1. Earth Day garden (sorry I didn't note whose garden)
potatoes harvested and the reflection question discussed- what kind of potato would you be?
this was very successful, lots of fun!
2. Emily Sugg shared some of her ideas and lessons for teaching parables
start with art work ie Rembrandt painting
The Return of the Prodigal Son
sit quietly with art work
reflect with each other
"what do you notice?"
a good way to think about each of the people in the story
a way to "get inside a story"
parables don't have neat endings
as we go through life the parables can have different meaning (this is a Godly Play type of approach)
more info about these lesson in this padlet
Tomie dePaola book about Parables- good resource (link in resources)
Also you can have students write their own modern versions of parables
could "interview" participants in the parables, especially the smaller characters who don't say anything in the scripture stories
3. Bryn
will continue with Story Makers and Godly Play
will focus on training for volunteers, trying to get a group together show them curriculum, review "class covenants", help volunteers with language for the classroom and to know larger issues will be handled by her
"working to build a community of teachers"
4. Rowan
resources for helping us build lasting programs
sustainable youth ministries (link to book in the padlet)
working on Safe Church training to be in person
modifying the reflection and questions
also important to consider other vulnerable populations
(adults with disabilities, substance issues etc)
Bryn had a good suggestion to have other clergy available to support in person groups ("not our bosses")
Martha mentioned Bethany House of Prayer could help with this and the new modules have a new focus for the introduction- Baptismal Covenant, Safe Church Training is not just a box to check off- more important than that
Rowan also interested in more discussion about preparing families for Baptism- practical tips
5. Martha
speakers from Youth Architects
thinking that during the week in the evening might be the best time for a speaker?
courses from bexley seabury (link in padlet)
license for Catechist  (application in padlet)

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https://ministryarchitects.com/speakers-and-workshops-2/

This might a good resource for speakers who could come to our meetings

courses
https://www.bexleyseabury.edu/pathways/

https://edom.formstack.com/forms/application_catechist_licensed_ministry

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Experienced Church Leaders Speaking - Ministry Architects

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Ministry Architects has experienced church leaders and ministry experts ready to speak at your church event, conference, or workshop.