For Everything a Season: 75 Blessings for Daily Life, by the Nilsen Family. This book highlights personal milestones through the use of simple rituals. It contains blessings for birthdays, the new school year, adolescent body changes, getting a driver’s license, graduation, a new home, death of a pet, and much more. Each ritual has a welcome, prayer, time for reflection, suggested ritual action (e.g. lighting a candle, passing a blessing cup), and a closing blessing. (Zion Publishing—available at Vibrant Faith, see below)
Making a Home for Faith: Nurturing the Spiritual Life of Your Children, by Elizabeth Caldwell.Though this book has a primary focus on families with young children, Caldwell includes practical ritual and milestone ideas that continue to be important even with adolescents—and beyond. (Pilgrim Press)
Vibrant Faith Ministries (formerly The Youth and Family Institute).
Among the many helpful articles and resources on this website, families will also find the signature milestone blessing bowl and mat, FaithTalk cards, and more.
Celebrating the Milestones of Faith: A Guide for Churches, by Laura Keeley and Robert J. Keeley.While emphasizing a milestones ministry for the congregation, this book also contains some helpful ideas for the home. (Faith Alive Christian Resources)
—Compiled by Jane Schuyler, RCA Congregational Support Specialist, jschuyler@rca.org; (800) 968-6065.
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