"Illustrated Children’s Ministry is making faith formation fun, beautiful and creative."
– The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows (Bishop-Elect of the Diocese of Indianapolis)
It's not too late to provide your congregation and community with quality Lenten devotional materials, including devotions, coloring sheets and family activities to do together this Lenten season.
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We had the privilege of interviewing the Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, the Bishop-Elect of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, a few weeks ago about her experience using An Illustrated Lent for Families last year, and we wanted to share with you some of our conversation. You can read the whole interview on our blog here.
"I love colored pencils, fountain pens and good paper and my kindergartner loves crayons so it was a match made in heaven. Once a week we would read the featured scripture verses, talk about theme of the week, 'serve, give' etc., and post it on the fridge. Then after dinner each night, or whenever the desire struck, we would spend time coloring the page of the week (we each had our own book).
Now to be clear, my five-year old and I were not having deep spiritual conversations but, as importantly, we were making time in the day to slow down, spend time together—sometimes talking, sometimes not—and every time we opened the fridge we’d ask how we were doing with our commitment to 'serve, give, listen' that week."
An Illustrated Lent for Families includes 7 weeks of simple & meaningful Lenten devotions for families, coloring sheets that focus on a memory verse for each week, and activity sheets for families to do together.
"The illustrations are beautifully drawn and invite—almost compel—one to get out the markers and spend time with it. The devotions that are assigned to each week are easily adapted for whatever age person is in the conversation.
They don’t presume that you’ve been to seminary to engage the questions and they serve as prompts for how we are called to live as Jesus would have us live."
"Illustrated Children’s Ministry is making faith formation fun, beautiful and creative. It is wonderful to reclaim time for being artistic which frees the mind to be open to the Creator. Coloring and pondering are natural tendencies...and ICM uses those opportunities to enter what could be intimidating conversation and reflection spaces. But those spaces become accessible because our hands are busy creating (co-creating) something beautiful."
– The Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows –
BISHOP-ELECT OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF INDIANAPOLIS
Interested in learning more details?
Not ready to buy? Would you like a free sample?
Prices start at just $10 for individual families, and $40 for churches.
Having served four churches across the country, I know how busy Lent can be for pastors and church staff. Churches often feel pressure to put on extra programs and create additional opportunities for their parishioners to grow spiritually during Lent and Holy Week. That's why we created our Lenten family resource, An Illustrated Lent for Families.
We want to be able to resource and support families with meaningful activities and ways that they can deepen their Lenten experience this year, without breaking the bank, or without adding ADDITIONAL stress.
– Adam Walker Cleaveland // Founder & Illustrator of Illustrated Children's Ministry, LLC
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