Posted January 30th, 2012

A collection of worship resources and information to help congregations experience, as fully as possible, the highly condensed events of Holy Week in creative and faithful ways.

Posted December 2nd, 2009

These DOC files contain bulletins from services held at Knox Presbyterian Church, Waterloo, Ontario, for Blue Christmas/Longest Night.

Posted March 23rd, 2009

This PDF contains an article about whether Christmas gift boxes is the best way to make a difference for children in need.

Posted April 18th, 2008

This PDF contains instructions for a simple labyrinth program for youth. From Equipping, February 2008.

Posted December 3rd, 2007

This PDF contains a bulletin insert for telling time in the church year. It provides historical backgrounds, meanings and reflections for the seasons in our church year.

Posted November 28th, 2007

This PDF contains ideas for families for nurturing faith at home. There is one activity for each week of Advent.

Posted November 12th, 2007

This PDF contains instructions on how to create a station-oriented Holy Week experience for children.

Posted November 9th, 2007

This PDF contains an outline for organizing a half-day Advent event for children.

Posted November 9th, 2007

This PDF contains ideas for Lenten activities for children and youth.

Posted November 8th, 2007

This PDF contains ideas for intergenerational Christmas events.

Posted September 17th, 2007

This PDF contains instructions for planning a congregational community meal — either a ceremonial/symbolic meal or a true festive feast — based on Passover.

Posted September 17th, 2007

This PDF contains helpful ways of explaining the Easter story to children.

Posted September 11th, 2007

This PDF contains a simple Advent service.

Posted September 11th, 2007

This PDF contains a Christmas Eve service.

Posted September 6th, 2007

This PDF contains the full version of Joining the Dance, a resource of Lenten reflections about Sabbath and the stewardship of creation.

Note: This file is 3MB.

Posted August 29th, 2007

This PDF contains a list of activities that families can do during the days leading up to Christmas.

Posted August 29th, 2007

This PDF contains a Christmas pageant program for a small church school setting.

Posted August 29th, 2007

This PDF contains a congregational Christmas pageant based on the prologue of John’s gospel (John 1: 1-14).

Posted August 29th, 2007

This PDF contains ideas for "living the seasons" of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. From Equip August 2001.

Posted August 29th, 2007

This PDF contains some questions to help you decide whether Christmas shoe boxes are the best way to make a difference for children in need.

Posted August 29th, 2007

This PDF contains instructions for how to plan an intergenerational event centred around creating a banner for Advent and Christmas. From Equip August 2001.

Posted August 29th, 2007

This PDF contains an intergenerational Christmas presentation to adapt for your congregation.

Posted August 19th, 2007

This PDF contains ideas for planning White Gift Sunday. The resource includes:

History of White Gift Sunday
A Prayer
The meaning of the Sunday and its part in Advent

Posted August 14th, 2007

This PDF contains ideas for worship planning and activities for congregations and families to do during the season of Lent & Easter. Ideas include:

Posted July 25th, 2007

This PDF contains a litany for Easter. From the resource: