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Center for Youth Ministry

Everything you need to have a great youth ministry program this year.

Choose from four YM curricula, four confirmation programs and more

seasonal and special programs than you'll ever need!

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Center for Children's Ministry

Get the companion Children's Ministry Membership and get

three Sunday School proggrams, six VBS programs lots of seasonal resources and our newest resrouce:

OPEN DOORS:

Inviting Families to Church

A way to help your church

participate in

the spiritual practice of invitation

and grow your church!

Our General Convention "hot seller!"

PDF e-Books

Carols of Christmas E-Book

A RESOURCE FOR ADVENT, CHRISTMAS and EPIPHANY

by Anna L. Liechty and Phyllis Vos Wezeman

This e-book (PDF file) is a resource for Christian educators, clergy and worship teams that uses well-known Christmas hymns to communicate the story of Jesus' birth. Each candle of an Advent wreath is assigned a phrase that also serves as the focus for a first-person narrative and weekly themes of Hope, Peace, Faith, Love, Joy, or Life. Each week's theme forms the basis of a children's story tying together Scripture, music, narrative, and lesson.

From Caterpillar to Cocoon to Butterfly E-Book

GOD'S METAPHOR OF METAMORPHOSIS

by Anna L. Liechty and Phyllis Vos Wezeman

This resource offers congregations a thematic approach for communicating the message of Lent and Easter. Centered around the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly, a different stage of its development serves as a symbol each week for the process of spiritual growth during Lent.

Fruit of the Spirit E-Book

PENTECOST APPLE-ICATIONS

by Anna L. Liechty and Phyllis Vos Wezeman

Beginning with Pentecost Sunday, the apple is used as a symbol to explain and examine the fruit of the spirit from Galatians 5:22-23. Running through the next nine Sundays, a variety of apple-ications represent love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

God's Family Tree E-Book

TRACING THE STORY OF SALVATION

by Anna L. Liechty and Phyllis Vos Wezeman

This e-book offers a thematic approach for communicating the message of Lent and Easter. God's Family Tree uses the varied trees found in the Old Testament and the New Testament as a focal point for telling the stories of God's people as they struggle to find faith and hope for life.

Guiding Children Through Life's Losses E-Book

PRAYERS, RITUALS AND ACTIVITIES

by Phyllis Vos Wezeman, Jude Dennis Fournier and Kenneth R. Wezeman

One of the most delicate and difficult things a teacher, pastor or parent has to do is be present to a child at a time of loss. This book provides a way for adults to help children through major losses such as the death of a grandparent, separation or divorce of parents, death or loss of a friend or pet, etc. It also provides ways to help children deal with life's "lesser" losses such as a broken promise, theft or change.

In the Name of the Master E-Book

USING A DELLA ROBBIA WREATH TO SHARE THE STORY OF CHRIST

by Anna L. Liechty and Phyllis Vos Wezeman

This new e-book offers congregations a thematic approach for communicating the stories of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. To make the worship theme visible and to reinforce the message, each candle of an Advent wreath is assigned a phrase that also serves as the focus for the Words of Preparation and for a Children’s Message.

Know Chocolate for Lent E-Book

by Anna L. Liechty and Phyllis Vos Wezeman

Know Chocolate for Lent offers a thematic approach for communicating the message of Lent and Easter to children, youth and adults. Know Chocolate for Lent uses the growing and manufacturing process of chocolate as a metaphor for the growth of faith and discipleship in the Christian life. Lent is an appropriate time for reflection and study so that believers comprehend the significance of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Meet the Saints: St. Patrick

by Anna L. Liechty and Phyllis Vos Wezeman

An introduction to the life of Ireland's patron saint which is explored through engaging first person stories set within a devotional framework. In the first segment, MEET, the story and activities invite you to discover "Who was this saint?" In the LEARN section, the emphasis is on the call St. Patrick received from God to begin his ministry. Next, the EXPLORE portion tells what he did in response to God's call. Finally, in the SHARE section, you are challenged to continue the legacy of the Saint.

When Did We See You

60 CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TO HELP CHILDREN RECOGNIZE JESUS

by Phyllis Vos Wezeman and Colleen Aalsburg Wiessner

This e-book offers sixty learning activities (in six chapters) to help fourth to eighth graders see Jesus by meeting the needs of those around them. The learning activities are introduced by scripture and organized into three parts that help leaders learn more about the specific need, locate the necessary supplies, and lead the young people through step-by-step activities. These include discussions, storytelling, letter-writing campaigns, scavenger hunts, role-play, puppetry, crafts, music, research projects and a variety of games.