"Nurturing Faith"

Sunday School Teacher's Workshop
sponsored by the

South West Presbytery Faith Formation Committee

Sunday School Online Resources

Lectionary Resources

http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/  If you want to know what the lectionary text for a particular Sunday will be, this site not only tells you what the texts will be but you can read the texts on-line as well.

www.TextWeek.com A great resource for discussions, liturgies, art work, movies and drama, and children’s resource links based on the lectionary texts. 

Rotation Lesson Plan Resources 

www.Rotation.org  The flagship web site for the rotation model approach to Sunday School, includes lesson plans, discussion boards etc.  Full membership now costs $25/year.  There still are many lessons ideas that are free for use on the web site.

Sample: http://rotation.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8596068121/m/129607382

http://www.kirkofkildaire.org/quest/contents.html Offers detailed rotation model lesson plans based on themes. Free.

Other Lesson Plan Resources

(you would need to combine various plans to create each of the rotation modules)

www.united-church.ca/exploring/curriculum The United Church of Canada web site that offers information on curriculum evaluation and selection. Updated 2010/09/29.

http://www.ebibleteacher.com/children/  Individual Lesson plans, game boards, teaching tips.

www.sundaysoftware.com  A great resource for your computer lab.

http://www.dltk-bible.com/ Offers simpler lesson plans, colouring pages, puzzles, crafts based on themes.

http://daniellesplace.com/html/bible_lessons.html  Contains a wide variety of crafts, activities and some lesson plans based on themes.  There is also a pay for use site, which has more lesson plans http://daniellesplace.com/html/resource_room.html 

Lectionary Based Resources

Activities, Some Lesson Plans. 

http://storypath.wordpress.com/ Children’s Literature : A Resource for faith.  Students, faculty and alumni of Union Presbyterian Seminary recommend children’s books related to each of the lessons for a given Sunday.

http://worshipingwithchildren.blogspot.com/  Reflections and ideas based on Lectionary texts.

http://www.sermons4kids.com/  Includes a sample “Children’s Time” which could be used as part of a Sunday School opening worship as well.  The site also includes Coloring Pages, Puzzles, Games, Songs, and Other Activities

http://www.united-church.ca/sales/magazines/gathering/2010/sa  Gathering.  Children's sermon ideas, etc.

http://www.cyberfaith.com/proclaiming_index.html  Stories and some activities based on the lectionary.

www.CatholicMom.com: Coloring Page, Mass Worksheet, Crossword Puzzle, and Word Search based on weekly gospel text.

http://www.homiliesbyemail.com/leaf/cas/current.html  Children's Activity Sheets: Activities for Children, based on the Revised Common Lectionary, by Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Great Hill UMC, Seymour, Connecticut. At Bass Mitchell's homiliesbyemail.com.

http://www.ucc.org/children/fun-page/activity-sheets-for-children.html Activity Sheets for Children, Fun for all Creatures Great & Small, UCC, 2010. (pdf)

http://www.efree.mb.ca/lectionarypuzzles/ Lectionary Puzzles. Word search puzzles in RTF or plain text, by Reg McMillan, St.Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Peterborough, Ontario.

*http://www.episcopalchurch.org/109452_ENG_HTM.htm Lessons that Work.

*http://www.word-sunday.com/index.html  Includes some stories and reflections on themes.