Passing It On: How to Nurture Your Children's Faith Season by Season

by Kara Lassen Oliver

Overview

Give your children the greatest gift of all-pass on your faith.

In Passing It On, Kara Lassen Oliver provides a practical guide to help parents, grandparents, and other concerned adults nurture their children's faith. For four weeks at a time, she offers easy-to-follow suggestions for families during the seasons of Advent, Lent, summer, and back to school.

This book features

• plans for weekly Family Gatherings with age-appropriate activities
• symbols to remind family members of the week's spiritual emphasis
• a suggested daily practice and prayer for each week
• a Leader's Guide for parent groups studying this book together

The most valuable legacy we can pass to our children, grandchildren, and other children is a spiritual heritage. Kara Oliver shows us how to do just that.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780835814980
Publisher:	Upper Room Books
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	713 KB

About the Author

Kara Lassen Oliver is a freelance writer and editor who lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Oliver and her family spent two years in Malawi, Africa, as Volunteers in Mission. Kara holds a master's degree from Vanderbilt Divinity School and has served as youth minister at Belmont United Methodist Church in Nashville.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

Using This Resource 11

Letter of Encouragement to Parents 16

Advent: Preparing to Receive the Gifts of Christmas 18

Week 1 Presence 20

Week 2 Hope 23

Week 3 Prayer 25

Week 4 Community of Faith 27

Lent: Living in the Awkward Season 29

Week 1 Repentance 30

Week 2 Fasting 33

Week 3 Charity 35

Week 4 Devotion 37

Summer Turning Ordinary into Extraordinary 39

Week 1 Art 40

Week 2 Music 43

Week 3 Dance 45

Week 4 Writing 47

Back to School: Growing Fruit of the Spirit 49

Week 1 Love 50

Week 2 Patience 53

Week 3 Self-Control 55

Week 4 Kindness 57

Leader's Guide for Parent Reflection Groups 59

Optional Sessions 77

About the Author 94