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Celebrating Pentecost with Children
Leaders - Elizabeth Christie, Rebekah McLeod Hutto, Juniper LaNunziata
Breathe: A Child’s Guide to Ascension, Pentecost, and the Growing Time
Leader: Laura Alary, author
Breathe Webinar Resource List
Worship for All Ages: Ideas for Pentecost
Leader: Karen Ware Jackson
Attachments:
Happy Birthday Church - Acts 2_1-12
Interactive Reading
Interactive Prayers for Pentecost
Pentecost Resource List
CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES
DLKT'S Sites for Kids
You'll find coloring sheets, activity pages, a song, and more here.
Flame
This website for creative children's ministry offers 8 ideas for celebrating Pentecost.
Ministry to Children
Along with three Pentecost videos, you'll find Pentecost lessons, craft activities, and more.
Pentecost in a Box
The Building Faith website has ideas for putting together a box of simple objects which illuminate the story of Pentecost and help deepen understanding of the Holy Spirit. Families may enjoy these activities in one sitting or at their own pace.
Sunday School Works
This site has lessons, games, crafts, worksheets, and children’s messages for Pentecost.
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DECORATING
The Breath of the Holy Spirit
This blog post shows how one church decorated for Pentecost.
Decorating for Pentecost
Building Faith has suggestions using doves and flames, water and oil, flowers and scents, as well as wind and sounds.
Pentecost Decorations
The blog of Jennifer Lambert has photos and directions for a Pentecost altarscape, fiery hoop, and red ribbon banner.
PRAYER STATIONS
Interactive Prayer Stations on Pentecost I
These interactive prayer stations on Theresa Cho’s Still Waters website offer ideas for focusing on how the spirit moves us through doubt, obstacles, and blessings. The interactive prayer stations are meant to be intergenerational. There are also stations designed for ages 2-4.
The website also has prayer stations for Pentecost II; Pentecost III; Rainsticks, Pentecost, and Lent; Pentecost IV; Pentecost and Immigrants/Refugees; and Pentecost (Romans 8).
Pentecost Prayers
This post on the BRF Ministries site has four prayer stations which focus on oil, water, fire, and wind.
Prayer Stations for Pentecost
The Spiritual Child Network offers four prayer stations for both children and adults.
WORSHIP
Experiential Pentecost Worship Service
The Faithward website has a reading and suggestions for setting up an experiential Pentecost service.
Ministry Matters
Worship prayers, a reading, and artistic elements for Pentecost are available on this website from the United Methodist Church.
Pentecost Resource Guide
The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship has a list of Pentecost resources, including hymns, songs, visual arts, books, and sermon ideas to help plan worship for Pentecost Sunday.
Pentecost Worship Service
This worship service comes from the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ.
re:Worship
Many options for hymns and songs, Calls to Worship, Prayers, and other resources for Pentecost are available here.
WORSHIP: INTERGENERATIONAL
Ideas for Pentecost
The Billabong website has a number of links to resources for Pentecost, including intergenerational worship.
Pentecost Sunday Year A
The Intergen website offers several fun activities for intergenerational worshipping communities. There is a dramatic reading which tells the story of the first Pentecost day from Acts. The “Peace Tablecloth” invites a conversation about the gift of languages and being able to communicate between language groups. “Wind Powered Art” and “Giant Bubble wands” provide opportunities for engaging conversation as well.
The Uniting Church of Australia
This website has three sample intergenerational Pentecost Sunday services, as well as a free downloadable booklet with ways to adapt elements of a worship liturgy to be more intergenerational during the season of Pentecost.