With Lent approaching and a focus of the season being on prayer, we sought ways to assist families in their communal prayer lives while engaging them in their homes at the times that would work best with their own schedules. Using ideas gleaned from http://flamecreativekids.blogspot.co.uk/, we created prayer packets.
Assembled as several ideas of ways to pray together with all of the necessary supplies packaged in large plastic zipper bags, families were encouraged to take a packet, use it, and then return it to take another packet that included different prayer practices. Once one was returned, it was checked for supplies, replenished, if needed, and placed out for another family to use. These packets will be able to be used year after year in our congregation.
Assembled as several ideas of ways to pray together with all of the necessary supplies packaged in large plastic zipper bags, families were encouraged to take a packet, use it, and then return it to take another packet that included different prayer practices. Once one was returned, it was checked for supplies, replenished, if needed, and placed out for another family to use. These packets will be able to be used year after year in our congregation.