The "E" Book: Essential Prayers and Activities for Faith at HomeChurch House Publishing, 2000 - 142 pages The 'E' Book is bursting with fun activities, ideas, Bible readings and prayers to enable even the busiest families to celebrate the Christian faith together at home. The book can also be used on family outings and holidays and the activities require the minimal amount of preparation. The language used throughout the book is deliberately simple and direct, so that older children can read the suggestions and lead some of the activities. This fun-packed book is ideal to help families discover some of the real 'Essentials' of the Christian life. Events, people, organizations and festivals of the Christian year featured in the book include: Christmas, Candlemas, Pancake Day, Mothering Sunday, Holy Week, Christian Aid, Pentecost, St Aidan, St Francis and Fireworks. |
Contents
1 January | 3 |
6 January | 5 |
a job for a January day | 7 |
an activity for a clear night | 9 |
2 February | 11 |
a fun thing to do on a rainy day | 13 |
14 February | 15 |
Shrove Tuesday | 17 |
Mother Julian of Norwich 8 May | 45 |
May | 47 |
Ascension | 49 |
Pentecost | 51 |
Trinity Sunday | 53 |
the Thursday after Trinity Sunday | 55 |
24 June | 57 |
29 June | 59 |
Ash Wednesday | 21 |
something to do each day in Lent | 23 |
something else for Lent | 25 |
Mothering Sunday | 27 |
Maundy Thursday | 29 |
Good Friday | 31 |
Easter Eve Holy Saturday | 33 |
Easter Day | 35 |
Eastertide | 37 |
Eastertide | 39 |
Rogationtide | 41 |
28 | 63 |
July or August | 69 |
July or August | 75 |
36 | 81 |
4 October | 87 |
42 | 93 |
Advent angels | 105 |
Bedtime prayers | 113 |
Being still | 121 |
talking about | 127 |
Common terms and phrases
able activities Amen angels become begin better Bible bless bread called candle celebrate chapter choose Christian Christian Aid Christmas church close collect cross dark decorate disciples draw Easter fish flowers follow friends give Glory God's grow grown-ups hands heart Holy ideas important Jesus Jesus Christ John keep kind King leaves Lent light lives look Lord lots Luke's Gospel Mother night Older children perhaps person picture piece play poor Praise pray prayer published questions remember remind rest round sand share shells simple sing someone sometimes St Matthew's St Matthew's Day stars stick story Sunday talk Thank things tree verses walk Week whole write