Many of you who are reading this have probably already seen the new additions to the Lesson Plans that Work web pages. Yesterday I posted the Year A Old Testament plans for Advent and Christmas. Although both sets (Young Children and Older Children) were written by the same author, there are several people writing the plans, so there will be a variety of voices going forward. This is a three year project covering all three years of the Revised Common Lectionary, and I am excited to be able to bring them to you.
The Gospel plans are being edited and updated at the same time, and I will post the updates as I post the Old Testament plans for the same season.
One thing you will see is that there are no Adult plans in the new series. Ruth-Ann Collins, office of Adult Formation and Lifelong Learning, and I have been hearing from educators and formation leaders across the church about their needs for Adult formation programs. What is clear is that the current format is not really meeting those needs for most congregations. The Adult Gospel plans will stay on the web site for anyone to use as is or adapt. Ruth-Ann continues to be in conversation with educators and formation leaders to develop the kinds of programs they are looking for. She is also working with Province IX and the Native Ministries, Latino/Hispanic Ministries, and Black Ministries offices to develop a variety of culturally and contextually relevant curricula and programs for all age groups. We will let you know as they become available. In the meantime, you can take a look at some of the work being done by the Province IX writers on the Adult Formation and Lifelong Learning pages here.
Bronwyn Clark Skov, office of Youth Ministries, has been active in the d365 series of daily meditations, which are a better fit for our youth than the Lesson Plans format. There are also a variety of other resources for youth formation that you can find by looking at the Youth Ministries page.
Together, we hope to provide you with as wide a variety as possible of formation resources for all ages. Some of these we’ll post on the Lesson Plans that Work pages, and others you’ll find on the various Formation and Vocation Ministries pages:
Children’s Ministries
Youth Ministries
Campus Ministries
Young Adult Ministries
Adult Ministries and Lifelong Formation
We look forward to working together to minister to and with the people of God.
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