Faith Formation at Home
Use this gift of time to grow your relationship with God.
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Directed Prayer
Prayer Map
Use Google Earth to virtually visit places around the world, and say a prayer for the area and its inhabitants.
Hand Prayer
You are inscribed on the palm of God’s hand (Isaiah 49:16)… use your hands to help you talk to God.
Pandemic Prayer Project
Watch this video to send CtK your prayers and see how they’re transformed when we finally gather in-person together again.
Pray with a Full Deck
The story can be traced back to at least 1788, and with each war or incursion there’s another iteration. Whatever the origination, it’s a lovely way to pray. Get out a deck of cards and “pray along” with the unknown soldier, using this most recent version of the story as a guide.
Prayer Labyrinth
Head over to The Labyrinth Society and walk their Virtual Labyrinth or download a finger labyrinth. Guideposts Online Magazine offers four ways to pray in a labyrinth.
Activities
Youth Lenten Devotional 2021
Designed and written with Youth and Kids in mind, people of any age will enjoy adding this devotional to their Lenten experience. From Bethlehem Lutheran in MN, it’s Game On!
Bake with a Purpose
Do some international baking with these recipes from Heritage Camps. For Easter, make these meaningful Resurrection Cookies and live into the awe of the first Easter.
Go on Virtual Tours
Virtually explore museums, zoos, and theme parks in this collection from Good Housekeeping, or take a virtual road trip across the USA (thanks for the idea, Maddie!).
Coloring Pages
FREE from Illustrated Ministry: Coloring pages! You can also click here to sign up for weekly Illustrated Ministry Faith Formation resources.
Make a Collage
Have fun with this collage project from Heritage Camps.
Neighborhood Messages
Get out your chalk and write a message of encouragement and togetherness on your sidewalk or driveway so people can see it as they walk or drive by. Click here for Biblical suggestions. If you can, it would be fun (and appreciated) if you wrote “thank you” to your package/postal delivery and waste management people, too. Don’t have chalk? Make a poster and hang it in a window that faces the street.
Get Inspired
A Gift From the Heart
Click here to Download CtK’s Devotional Book for the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Binge God
If you feel like binge-watching something, why not make it upliftling? “The Story of God with Morgan Freeman” is one such show. A wide range of topics are presented cross-culturally, with no judgement, just an earnest desire to understand. There are many platforms on which to watch, including Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. View the original trailer here.
Enter the Bible
Check out this site from Luther Seminary to learn more about any book of the Bible. Perhaps use it to delve more deeply into the book of Daniel to get ideas for the Art Gala in November. Use the drop-down menu in the red section in the middle to navigate to any book about which you want to learn more.
Browse Christian Art
BrowseVanderbilt Divinity Library’s Art in the Christian Tradition Catalogue, and be lost in beauty for days. You can also check out CtK’s Lenten Photo Challenge Submissions.
Prep for the Art Gala
Music from Aurora
Listen to songs from CtK’s Aurora Rose on her YouTube Channel, Sowing Seeds of Peace.