Faith Formation Resources

Forma

• Resource Wall for Children: http://episcoforma.org/forma-resource-wall/children/
• Resource Wall for Youth: http://episcoforma.org/forma-resource-wall/youth/

VTS (Free)

• Youth: http://www.vts.edu/page/Center-for-the-Ministry-of-Teaching/Publications/Episcopal-Curriculum-for-Youth
• Children: http://www.vts.edu/page/Center-for-the-Ministry-of-Teaching/Publications/Episcopal-Childrens-Curriculum

Building Fatih

• Homepage: http://www.buildfaith.org/curriculum-center/
• 2021 Best Youth Curriculum Picks: https://buildfaith.org/building-faiths-youth-ministry-curriculum/?fbclid=IwAR1VyDR0Xjzha1ZaxEfZcsCPgHk4dw5PAkg-ojc8qpFZHqc8LLmO4b1AGng
• Youth Curriculum Chart: http://www.buildfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2016CurriculumChartforYouth28129.pdf
• Children Curriculum Chart: http://www.buildfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2016CurriculumChartforChildren.pdf

Evaluating & Choosing Curriculum

• http://www.buildfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/EvaluatingCurriculum.pdf
• http://www.buildfaith.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ChoosingYourCurriculum.pdf

MN Resource Center for Churches

• This organization runs an in-person library in Minneapolis where you can check out materials for an annual per church fee.
• Website: http://rcc-mn.org/

Church Next

• Online Video Classes & Small Group Studies: https://www.churchnext.tv/

Facebook Groups

• Forma: Join this FB group.
• Progressive Youth Ministry: Join this FB group.

Websites

• St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Duluth: Lots of links!
• Children’s Activities: This website has activity sheets for lectionary themes

Blogs

• “Pray-ground” Pictures: Examples of children’s spaces in worship (St. Lukes Mpls)
• Intergenerational Activities: Jerusalem Greer’s Blog & Books

Children’s Ministry

• Sustainable Children’s Ministry: From Last-Minute Scrambling to Long-Term Solutions by Mark DeVriew & Annette Safstrom.

Youth Ministry

• Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mark Yaconelli.
• The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry by Kendra Creasy Dean.
• Sustainable Youth Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn’t Last and What Your Church Can Do About It by Mark DeVries.

Other

• Call on Me: A Prayer Book for Young People by Jenifer Gamber and Sharon Ely Pearson. The prayers in this book will come in very handy throughout your ministry for special circumstances.
• Circle Forward by Carolyn Boys-Watson. How build caring circles beyond just “highs and lows.”