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Christian Education & Formation
February 2023
Lenten Resources
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FEATURED RESOURCES
LENTEN DEVOTIONAL
The SALT Project is a not-for-profit media company that offers resources including this creative devotional full of scripture and art activities: SALT- Into the Wild: A Family-Friendly Devotional on Henri Matisse and the Season of Lent. Churches can order this digital download and print their own copies to distribute by mail or use on Sunday mornings. SALT also creates customizable short films and other products. 
READING IDEAS 

Article - Since there usually isn’t Faith Formation on Easter, this article offers steps for what to teach and when so the story is told! In the Bustle of Easter...Don't Forget to Teach Easter! -Building Faith   

Book - More great teaching suggestions that are doable at church or at home are found in Faithful Families for Lent, Easter & Resurrection written by Traci Smith  
 
TAKE ACTION- Search the website 40acts Challenges- Free Resources Collection for oodles of ideas about how to acknowledge the 40 days of Lent with actions and readings. What to do instead of what not to do! Good for families at home or for groups in Faith formation. Also from this website: Lenten Prayers for Children. 
 
LISTEN/WATCH - For a lighter approach with children and youth watch the Skit Guys- Easter  (2:08 min) and the Skit Guys- Palm Sunday (3:55 min) or Chuck Knows Church-Ash Wednesday (2:17 min). For you, the recording Small Church Sunday School is on-demand to watch whenever it’s convenient. The focus is on leading multi-age groups, using intergenerational models, and the value of relationships. (57 min) 
 
PODCAST - Clear + Vivid- Francis Collins: Bridging Science and Faith Clear+Vivid Host Alan Alda interviews Francis Collins who was Head of the National Institutes of Health for 13 years and was also Interim Science Advisor to President Biden. Collins is an outspoken Christian who believes that science is “getting a glimpse of God’s mind.” (45 min) 
 
MENTAL HEALTH - Sign up for this opportunity on February 16, 2023 at 2:00, offered by Practical Resources for Churches. Webinar Registration- Blessed Youth: Breaking the Silence About Mental Illness with Children and Youth  
SERVICE OPPORTUNITY

Wolfeboro Area Chapter 
Wolfeboro, Brookfield, Tuftonboro, Ossipee, and Middleton  

The mission of End 68 Hours of Hunger is to provide nourishing food to children who face food insecurity during the approximately 68 hours from the time they leave school on Friday until they return on Monday morning. The Wolfeboro area chapter includes 150 children in preschool through grade 6 who attend school in the towns of Wolfeboro, Ossipee, Tuftonboro, Middleton, Effingham, and Brookfield. These children receive their bags of food each Friday, delivered to their school by the buses from the GW School District and distributed by school counselors. End 68 Hours is run entirely by volunteers and funded by donations and fundraisers throughout the year. To learn how your Church can join the 30+ communities in NH check out the website End 68 Hours of Hunger and learn more about this chapter at the Wolfeboro Area Chapter- End 68 Hours of Hunger. 
UPCOMING EVENTS
NEAUCE
The purpose of the New England Association of United Church Educators is to plan and host its annual Conference on Christian Education. This event is held at Pilgrim Pines Conference Center in Swanzey, NH. 
High quality keynote speakers, worship leaders, and workshops are offered during this three-day event which includes time for networking and nature walks while expanding one’s horizons in Christian education and faith formation.

Click here to Register Now!
PREPARED TO SERVE
Prepared to Serve- Feb. 23, 2023- Please visit the NHAUCE (New Hampshire Association of United Church Educators) booth and give us your contact info. We’re starting up the group again and we need your email and your voice!
HORTON CENTER

It’s time to sign up for camp! Read this summer’s schedule and find camp sessions for people of all ages to attend!
Listen and enjoy-Lenten Song All Will Be Well- written and performed by Michael John Poirier


Please contact Diane Tinkham at dtinkham@nhcucc.org with any ideas and suggestions.
Employment
Local Opportunities


National Opportunities

Willing to relocate?
  • Visit the Association of United Church Educators employment opportunities page, https://www.auce-ucc.org/job-listings, to see positions mainly for non-ordained faith formation and youth ministry professionals.
  • The UCC Ministry Opportunities webpage is a great source for Christian Education and Faith Formation openings nationwide, mainly for those with authorized standing in the United Church of Christ (ordained, commissioned).
The Word of God
Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. - Psalm 1: 1-2 (NRSV)