This year we are growing in faith at home, with our new Faith at Home kits. We are learning ways to pray, share Bible stories, and enjoy Godly Play at home, as we create and tell stories ourselves.
You can find more resources for family faith formation on other pages: some of our earliest Godly Play online videos, Lent faith at home resources, and our Created to Create online Arts Camp, which focused on some parables told through Godly Play.
Below are our videos so your family can gather around the stories of God together.
April 4 – The Faces of Easter – Easter Sunday!
On Easter Sunday we take time to remember the story of Jesus, both his death, and the glorious news of his resurrection and new life. Here is the story from the Godly Play Foundation. You can use what you have in your Faith at Home kit to tell this story and share this good news!
March 28 – Lent 6: The Faces of Easter
On the 6th Sunday of Lent, on Palm Sunday, we remember how Jesus entered Jerusalem on a humble donkey. We prepare for the events of Holy Week, and all that happens between this Sunday and next. In worship, Meagan tells the story. Here is the version from the Godly Play Foundation. For more on Lent faith at home, including a Bible story to read, and links to more ideas in a “Lent Garden,” check out our Lent at Home page.
March 21 – Lent 5: The Faces of Easter
On the 5th Sunday of Lent, we hear how Jesus came close to people to heal and to teach them. Use what you have to tell it at home. For more on Lent faith at home, including a Bible story to read, and links to more ideas in a “Lent Garden,” check out our Lent at Home page.
March 14 – Lent 4: The Faces of Easter
On the fourth Sunday of Lent, Meagan helps us tell the story of Jesus in the wilderness. Use what you have at home to tell it yourself. I wonder what you can add to the story? For more on Lent faith at home, including a Bible story to read, and links to more ideas in a “Lent Garden,” check out our Lent at Home page.
March 7 – Lent 3: The Faces of Easter
On the third Sunday of Lent, we continue to see faces from the story of Jesus. This week we see Jesus at his baptism, with his cousin John. Patrick gives us an introduction, then we hear the story told from The Godly Play Foundation. I wonder what you have at home that can help tell more about this story? For more on Lent faith at home, including a Bible story to read, and links to more ideas in a “Lent Garden,” check out our Lent at Home page.
February 28 – Lent 2: The Faces of Easter
On the second Sunday of Lent we share the second story of Jesus in our Godly Play series. You can tell it yourself with the items in your faith at home kit. For more on Lent faith at home, including a Bible story to read, and links to more ideas in a “Lent Garden,” check out our Lent at Home page.
February 21 – Lent 1: The Faces of Easter
It’s the first Sunday in Lent, the time when we get ready for the Mystery of Easter. For six weeks, we will be sharing stories about Jesus, and using the pictures you have in your Faith at Home kit. You can use the videos we post here as an example for how to tell the story with your own family. Today Meagan shows us how she told it at home (with some help from Bethan!) For more on Lent faith at home, including a Bible story to read, and links to more ideas in a “Lent Garden,” check out our Lent at Home page.
February 14 – A Very Big Problem
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a great day to celebrate LOVE. And since some of you are helping LOVE creation and care for birds during our Great Backyard Bird Count, it’s good day to reflect on God’s LOVE for all creation. Enjoy this story, then wonder together: I wonder if you have ever felt like things were not fair? I wonder what part of creation you LOVE the most? I wonder how you can care for creation today?
February 7 – A Great Cloud of Witnesses
Today Jeremy tells us about how we are connected with one another and with people long ago by God’s love. He helps us think about ways we encourage each other in and outside the church. How can you encourage someone else today?
January 31 – Love
Our word for the day is LOVE! Such a big concept, especially when we are talking about God’s love. Some of you helped me explain a little bit of what God’s love is like. Watch the video, then talk as a family: what is God’s love like for you? How do you recognize love? Who else shows you love? And who can you show love to today?
January 24 – Hope
Today Pastor Meagan helps us understand hope. She’ll explain how hope is like an anchor, an ancient Christian symbol. And she’ll even teach us how to draw one! I wonder how you would draw hope?
January 17 – Rest
Today we think together about what it means to Rest. Watch the video together as a family. Where do you go, or what do you do to rest, and to remember God’s good gifts?
January 10 – Baptism of the Lord – Water
This Sunday, Pastor Meagan wades into some water to tell us about the baptism of Jesus. Watch the video and then wonder together with your family.
January 3 – Epiphany Sunday
Here’s an Epiphany video for you and your family to consider together as we celebrate the wise ones following the star to share their gifts with the Christ child.
December 27 – The First Sunday of Christmas
Merry Christmas! May you continue to enjoy the blessings of the birth of the Christ Child this year. Enjoy this video and wondering questions from the Godly Play Foundation, as we come close to the mystery of Christmas.
December 20 – The Fourth Sunday in Advent
Our journey to Bethlehem today reminds us of Mary and Joseph, and the overwhelming task they had been given. But God was with them! I wonder how you remember that God is with you when things seem overwhelming?
December 13 – The Third Sunday in Advent
This week we continue our journey to Bethlehem as we remember the shepherds. I wonder if you have ever seen or heard something amazing, and were frightened at first?
December 6 – The Second Sunday in Advent
This week, Meagan tells the second part of our journey to Bethlehem, as we remember Elizabeth and Zechariah. She shows us how to add some simple things from around the house to help tell the story. I wonder if you have ever felt forgotten like Elizabeth and Zechariah?
November 29 – The First Sunday in Advent
Over the next four weeks we will take a journey to Bethlehem together, as we wait and wonder and hope with some of the characters in the story of Christmas. Here’s the first story. If you like, you can follow along with your own materials in your Advent Faith at Home kit (which you can pick up at the church from 12:30 – 2 pm!)
November 22 – The Beatitudes – Complete Story
Here’s the full story of the Beatitudes, and some wondering questions for you. Mark your calendar for next Sunday the 29th, from 12:30-2 pm for our Advent Faith at Home Drive-Thru Pick-Up Party!
- I wonder what it’s like to be blessed by God?
- I wonder if you know anyone who is a peacemaker, or who is persecuted for following Jesus?
- I wonder what is the hardest part about following Jesus?
- I wonder what is the best part about following Jesus?
- I wonder where you are in this story? Or where you would like to be?
- I wonder how you can bless someone else and show God’s mercy?
November 15 – The Beatitudes Part 2
Here’s Part 2 of our story!
November 8 – The Beatitudes Part 1
Before you begin, find the instructions for the beatitudes story in your faith at home kit, or download them here. You will need to do a little cutting of materials, and find a couple of items at home or outside. We’ll tell parts 2 and 3 in the next 2 weeks. Let’s enjoy learning more about God’s kingdom together!
November 1 – What’s in the November Faith at Home Kit?
October 25 – A Baptism!
Today we celebrate a baptism in worship. Children will have a chance to welcome Marcus, and promise to help teach him about Jesus. In our worship recording, Jeremy teaches us all a song about how we belong to God. Find the livestream here to learn the song, and worship with us. You can also enjoy the Godly Play story about baptism, below. Afterwards, talk together as a family about your baptism.
October 18 – The Glory of God
We are almost at the end of the story of Moses. Today we hear about Moses talking with God, and catching a glimpse of God’s goodness and glory. Explore this story with the materials in your Faith at Home kit. Here’s a copy of the script, and the wondering questions, so you can tell it yourself.
October 11 – The Ten Commandments
This week we continue the story of Moses with the giving of the Ten Commandments. Check your email or click here for suggestions for where to find this story in your Story Bible, and a way to pray. You can also print out a template to make some tablet and heart shapes, to add to your Godly Play story of Moses. Here is a version of the story.
You can also find a longer version of the Godly Play story The Ten Best Ways and watch it here. What can you add to your story materials to tell it like this?
Here are some wondering questions.
- I wonder if any of these commandments are more important than the others?
- I wonder which one is most important to you?
- I wonder which one is hardest to follow?
- I wonder how the people of God remember these ten best ways to live?
- I wonder how your family remembers them?
October 4 – Bread from Heaven
Today we celebrate our church retreat, and also Communion in worship. We will continue to talk about Moses for a few more weeks. Use your Moses story supplies, and an added small table, bread and juice, to make a connection between God’s gift of manna and the gift of the meal Jesus gave us – both are bread from heaven for us.
September 27 – The Story of Moses 4 – Water from a Rock
Before you tell the story, find a rock outside to use. Let’s see what happens next to Moses and the people of God…..
Here are some wondering questions
- I wonder what happens next to Moses and the people of God?
- I wonder if you have ever felt thirsty like the people of God did? Tell some family stories about times of thirst.
- I wonder what Moses thought would happen when he hit the rock?
- I wonder if the people found something else to complain about after they had enough to drink?
- I wonder how you can remember to give God thanks for water?
Can you help us with a brief survey about our Faith at Home kits, so we can use them well in the future? Click here: Faith at Home Kit Survey
September 20 – The Story of Moses 3 – Manna and Quail
Before you tell the story, use the Model Magic in your kit to make two small quail and a container for manna. You will add these to the story of Moses. Meagan tells our story today in the children’s time of our brief worship service below. (It starts at 1:17)
Here are some wondering questions.
- I wonder what happens next to Moses and the people of God?
- I wonder if you have ever felt hungry and complaining like the people of God did?
- Tell some family stories about times of complaining.
- I wonder how the people felt when they saw the quail?
- I wonder if you have ever tasted something like manna?
- I wonder how the people remembered that God would provide enough for every day?
- I wonder how you remember that God provides food to eat?
Enjoy playing with the story of Moses. Let your child’s imagination explore where they are in the story!
September 13 – The Story of Moses 2: Through the Water
Here are some instructions to play with the story at home, using the materials in your Faith at Home kit!.
September 6 – The Story of Moses 1: From a Baby to Passover
Here are some wondering questions. You can add your own. Use them to talk together as a family about the story.
- I wonder what happens next for Moses and the people of God?
- I wonder what it was like for Moses here (plagues and darkness/staff)….and here (burning bush)….and here (basket on the Nile)…?
- Does this story of Moses remind you of any family baby stories? Tell some together.
- I wonder how Moses knew to trust God?
- I wonder how you know to trust God?
See what’s in the September kit so you can make and tell The Story of Moses at home!
Setting up a Godly Play space in your home.
Caitlin Johnson, with help from Claire and Isla, explains how to create a simple space in your own home to join us in Godly Play.
Growing Faith at Home 