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Children
Youth
Young Adults

Church School Resources:

Vacation Bible School Resources:
Major Distributors of VBS programs
Online resources for materials for VBS such as crafts, games and supporting materials

Faithful Footsteps: Screening Procedures for Positions of Trust and Authority in The United Church of Canada . A Handbook Learn how to manage risk and train leaders in the Duty of Care. http://www.united-church.ca/files/handbooks/faithfulfootsteps.pdf

We Are Camp: poster and a campaign flyer will be mailed in the January infopac to all congregations. Believing that the church's ministry to children and youth has the potential to be renewed and enriched as camps and local congregations work together.

Adventures of the God Detectives by Nancy Reeves and Linnea Good
This book is about a group of friends who form a club to discover the ways God invites us into relationship.
UCRD 978-1-55145-542-6 $8.95

Pockets is a 48 page devotional magazine for children ages 6-12. Pockets magazine is published 11 times a year. Pockets Online features Capp's Calendar and a question of the month for kids to answer. (order through the Upper Room, www.upperroom.org)

Religion in Life Program www.united-church.ca/allages/youth/scouts/rl
The Religion in Life Award is given to Scouts and Guides who engage in an intentional process of exploring their faith, incorporating faith practices into their personal lives, and sharing their faith in appropriate ways with others. This resource provides at least two 30-60 minute sessions for the three program objectives for each award stage (Stage 1: Yellow, Stage 2: Green, Stage 3: Blue, Stages 4 and 5: Red, and Adult Leaders: Purple)

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Youth

View this .pdf for the 2011 Youth Event schedule!!

Youth Vision Fund Grants The United Church 's Vision Fund provides grants for congregational youth and young adult ministry. For more information, visit www.united-church.ca/local/loans/vision

DreamThinkBeDo A resource to help young adults explore and talk about what Christianity is all about for this generation. DreamThinkBeDo starts with the foundation of “Love God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind” (Luke 10:27), features the insights of over 25 theologians and teachers. Each of the 20 self-standing sessions includes a 20 min DVD. Bundled in four five-session modules, each session is divided into chapters. Downloadable participant guides. Available from AVEL

Teaching the Bible , a monthly e-pub geared to teachers of high school age youth. This publication offers scholarly content about the bible in easy-to-grasp writing, visuals, activities, and audio segments. http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/media/TBv1_i1.htm

Seed Grant Application Form for "Inter" and "Intra"
Presbytery Youth Events
In order to support the networking of youth and the opportunities for youth to grow in relationships with one another and with God and to nurture youth leadership within and between presbyteries, the Children, Youth and Young Adults Committee (CY&YA) is making available a maximum of $2100 per year for presbytery youth initiatives, events and networking. Maximum grants per presbytery are $300/year.

“Inter” refers to youth events between presbyteries. “Intra” refers to youth events held within a presbytery. Two presbyteries can apply for funding for the same “Inter” event and they would be eligible for a maximum grant of $500/year.

Application Form

DevoZine is a teen magazine about real life, written by real people about a real God. This unique magazine for teens is designed to link teens to their peers and to help strengthen their faith. Devo'Zine Online featuressample meditations from the magazine and the DZ Question. (order from The Upper Room, www.upperroom.org)

Single Digit Youth Groups – Working with Fewer Than 10 Teens by Marcey Balcomb
This book contains 41 activities and information about working with a single digit youth groups.
UCRD 0687334217 $14.99

Marking a Milestone: Leaving Home

As youth in your congregation prepare to leave home for university, college, or a job consider marking this occasion with a gift from the church. You might provide the youth with a mug (made from a local potter) with fair trade coffee, tea, hot chocolate and some home-made cookies. You might include a note with the gift inviting them to remember that each time they drink from this mug they are connected to a faith family and faith community that holds them in your thoughts and prayers.

You could also send the newsletter to them, keeping them informed of life and work of your congregation. Sending special greetings before exams might also be appreciated. If there is a chaplain or a neighbouring church to where they will be moving you might see if they would appreciate an introduction. Your minister might also consider a pastoral visit which might include an invitation to a lunch or dinner.

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Young Adults

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