During Advent and Lent I like to create what I call "Spiritual Practices for the Home". These are little things that I give the children at the end of the Children's Sermon during each service of worship. They are typically "kits" that the boys and girls will take home with an activity to complete as a family. This past Sunday I gave the children a booklet called "Prayers for Mornings and Anytime". I included 12 child friendly prayers for morning, mid-day and bed-time. Last year I gave the children a set of "Mealtime Prayers" which included a section for prayers at home and prayers on the go (fast food). My hope is to create two more sets for the next two years, "Prayers for Special Occasions" and "Prayers of Friends and Family". The prior will include prayers for life experiences that may be stressful for children, things like first day of school, death of a pet etc. The latter will include prayers written by boys and girls in our congregation. Over the course of 4 years, the children will collect a nice set of prayers they can relate to and pray on their own.
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