Web-based Formation Resources
Links to web based resources of importance to Christian Formation leadership.
Curriculum Overview chart: Church Publishing provides a chart of curricula for children and youth. This is helpful tool evaluates and compares major curricula from all denominations.
Charter for Lifelong Formation which was passed at General Convention
Reaching, Praying, Reading across the Miles is a new resource from the Episcopal Church Center designed for military families who are experiencing geographical separation from a loved one. This material was compiled by educators (including one from our diocese).
Lesson Plans for Small Congregations. This link provides several approaches to working with small congregations.
EPISCORIFIC is a new online publication for young adults in the church. This has been available for just a few weeks and already has over 2,000 readers. Check it out
The Thoughtful Christian is a web based curriculum for youth and adults. The great thing about it is that you can select individual lessons by subject and pay only for the lessons you want. Most lessons are $5.
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation provides a number of educational resources for youth and adults….MDG’s, outreach mission and much more.
Resources about women in the bible: Speaking for Ourselves: Voices of Biblical Women
Seeing for Ourselves: Biblical Women Who Met Jesus
God of our Mothers: Face to Face with Powerful Women of the Old Testament
NAECED is The National Association of Episcopal Christian Education Directors. This website provides professional support and hosts a very valuable list serve for members. Membership information is available at http://www.naeced.org/
The Prayerbook Guide to Christian Educationis the third edition and is based on the Revised Common Lectionary. This is a useful book for lesson planning for all ages may be ordered from Morehouse Publishing
Caroline Black