A New Resource for Parenting in the Pew- “Worship Notes for Kids”
By Emma Squire
I was looking for a way to engage my 8 year old a bit more in the worship service, but also to have a personal spot to put her prayers, memory work, and questions during the week. She can read the liturgy with us, but has a tendency to tune out the sermon, readings, and prayers after the first few minutes! After searching online for resources to draw her into these parts of the service more, I decided to create something myself. My intention is to put these pages into a binder that she can bring to church each Sunday and review during the week during her quiet time and family devotions/prayers. Hopefully it draws the whole family into rich discussions that last during the week, instead of forgetting what we learned the minute we step out of the sanctuary :).
Emma designed this resource and was gracious enough to share it with us. Thanks, Emma!
Download here.
or PDF here:
22 Comments
Maranda
Love it! Thank you for sharing! (My kids are too young for this, but I feel like *I* need this!)
Philip Hoppe
Is it possible to get this resource as a word file or pdf? Thanks. It looks awesome for kids or even adults.
Paul Kritsch
This would be a great resource for the adults in our congregation, too. Our congregation is just 1 year old and is made up entirely of people who have retired and moved to East Tennessee. Thank you!
Lindsey
This is great! Would you mind posting it as a pdf so it prints on two pages? :) Thanks!
David
Is there a PDF or Word document of this available for download for easy printing?
Rev. John Jankens
Love this. Would love to use it in our congregation if it is for general distribution but the JPEG in this article is not high enough resolution to print clearly. Is it possible to get a higher resolution copy in JPEG or PDF if possible?
Jen Bagnall
Our church has been looking for something like this. Thanks for sharing, Emma — and could you make some more?! :)
katieluthersisters
Hey, everyone, I just uploaded the PDF. Please let me know if it doesn’t work!
–Holly
Lynda Minger
Agree with everyone else. It needs to be a higher res jpeg or better yet pdf. Let me know if I can help you do that. I’m not sure what your resources are. (This is Christian offer to help if I can, not a service looking for business)
Indy Newell
Thank you so much! Resources like this are invaluable to small churches on small budgets! God bless.
Sally Thomas
Can’t wait to use this! Thanks Emma!
Juliane Kirk
This is absolutely great!
Lynda Minger
@katieluthersisters #-42
You may have to embed your fonts if you get complaints. One of my printers printed AWESOME and the other was pretty bad but it is an older lexmark. Thank you so much for this wonderful resource.
Emma Squire
@Lynda Minger #-37
Thank you!! I appreciate the feedback :)
Susan McCarthy
I love this graphic! Thank you so much for sharing it; there are kids in my congregations who would benefit greatly from such a tool… my own son first and foremost! I can’t seem to find the pdf you mention uploading. Can you direct us? Thanks!
katieluthersisters
Sure. It’s right at the bottom on the post, in bold. Hope that helps!
Jana Chase
This now says file not available. Is there any way to get it again? We have a hard copy at church, but it’s begun cutting off an edge when reproduced so I’d like to print from the source again. My kids love having this resource!
Todd Jerabek
I tried to open the link and it said it was a 404 error, not found. Is this a broken link – a recent thing?
Sandra Holland
I know this was posted a while ago but is it still available for download? I’d love to have it to use on Sunday mornings. The link says it’s no longer available.
Pastor Frank Langholf
Can you edit it so that the pastor is not assumed to be male by using “him” in reference to the pastor? I like the resources but would like to see it be inclusive in reference to pastors
Tim Landskroener
@Sandra Holland #-31
Click the link that says “Download here”. “Here” is the link.
Connie Fladland
Great resource! How can we get it??