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As a congregational leader ready to craft worship services that include the full, conscious, and active participation of children, you will discover here a variety of supportive resources and creative ideas.
WORSHIP : Children and Worship
  Come Unto Me: Rethinking the Sacraments for Children (Book)
Elizabeth F. Caldwell, Author.
Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 1996.
Focused on the sacraments, particularly Baptism and Holy Communion, the author explores the meaning and various rituals that lead to greater understanding of the sacraments and their influence on the practice of faith for adults and children.
Gospel-Telling: The Art and Theology of Children’s Sermons (Book)
Richard J. Coleman, Author.
Lima, OH: CSS Publishing Company, 2002.
In this book, Richard Coleman argues that the gospel must be presented so that children can experience it. He also explains the "ten commandments of gospel-telling" and examines seven types of children's sermons.
 A Child Shall Lead: Children in Worship (Book)
John D. Witvliet, Editor.
Garland, TX: Choristers Guild, 1999.
This collection of 39 articles by an ecumenical group of 18 writers discusses the role of children in worship, outlines ways of teaching children about worship, and provides resources for crafting services that include children.
Children Matter: Celebrating Their Place in the Church, Family, and Community (Book)
Scottie May, Beth Posterski, Catherine Stonehouse, Linda Cannell, Authors.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2005.
The authors of this book believe a church community without children cannot be a church. In this volume they explore the foundational understandings upon which to build a ministry and how context and content affect children’s spiritual lives.
Get Ready! Get Set! Worship! A Resource for Including Children in Worship For Pastors, Educators, Parents, Sessions, and Committees (Book)
Sue Lou, Jean Floyd Love, Mickey Meyers, Sylvia Washer, Authors.
Sue Lousley, Editor.
Louisville, KY: Geneva Press, 1999.
The authors have gathered a series of studies, learning centers, games, and other resources that will help adults and children in their worship.
Offering the Gospel to Children (Book)
Gretchen W. Pritchard, Author.
Boston, MA: Cowley Publications, 1992.
Honoring the imagination and curiosity of children while learning stories of their faith, Pritchard demonstrates how to create education programs based on children’s experience of worship.
Postmodern Children's Ministry: Ministry to Children in the 21st Century Church (Book)
Ivy Beckwith, Author.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2004.
Postmodern children and their families have unique characteristics that inform ministry, worship, children's education, faith development, and congregational life. Modern and postmodern features are compared along with ministry strategies.
Thinking Through the Children’s Sermon (Book)
William H. Armstrong, Author.
Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2006.
This resource explores the way children think and feel, the respect with which they should be treated, and the way to design and deliver sermons that will be both meaningful and edifying to them.
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