Some favorite resources for Faith Formation at home!

If you want to keep the faith formation going, here are a few of my favorite resources for faith-based activities to do at home!

1. If you need a children's Bible, I recommend Archbishop Desmond Tutu's Children of God Storybook Bible.  This is the Bible we use at the 9:00 service and for school chapel.  It includes a selection of "greatest hits" of the Bible in a very kid-friendly form.  Best of all, Archbishop Tutu selected a different illustrator for each story so it's absolutely beautiful and represents all of God's children around the world.  My one criticism is that it doesn't show ability/disability very much.  It's available to order online, but you can also get it as a Kindle book if you want it right now! I particularly like the gift edition that has a recording of him reading the stories, or you can get the recording on audible. (If you order from Amazon don't forget to go to Amazon Smile and select Saint Andrew's as the charity to donate a portion of the proceeds to!)
2. Praying in Color is a fun way for kids to pray.  You can visit their website here, or go directly to the downloadable coloring sheets here. 
3. Faith at Home from Forma (usually linked in the children's ministry newsletter) continues to have great conversation starters based on each week's lectionary passages! 
4. Last for today is one of my absolute favorite blogs for craft and activity ideas.  Catholic Icing has an amazing variety of faith formation activities that have to do with the liturgy, certain Bible stories, and celebrations in the church calendar.  It is written for Catholic families but is equally useful for Episcopalians! If you look closely, you might see that several of my Sunday School ideas over the last few years have come from this blog's author, Lacey.  Here's a link to her post for those who have suddenly been thrown into homeschooling by COVID-19. 
5. Make a Bible verse jar! Write favorite Bible verses on slips of paper and put them in a jar.  Each day, take one out to read as a family.  Here is a list of verses you might like to include. Thanks, Erica, for sharing this idea from school! 

As always if you have information on additional resources that you would like to share, comment below or send me an email of ideas for a future post! I'll be back with even more resources soon, starting with a post about creating a home prayer space.