Some favorite resources

At the beginning of the church's program year, it's time to look for new resources. One of my favorites for a very inexpensive variety of items related to the church year is Creative Communications for the Parish.

For Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and Godly Play, the miniature chalice and paten offered by Our Father's House, or the full mini mass kit, or even the mini altar linens, might be of interest. I'd like to buy the chalice and paten for our Godly Play classroom's altar. We have a candle and a Bible, but the Eucharist is so important that I intend to add those core items. This is a good source.

At one point I had found an online source for a detailed liturgical calendar in the round that could be colored one way for a simple version of the liturgical year, or another much more detailed way for a complete version of the church year. I can't find it, but I'm still looking.

Beulah Enterprises offers a set of materials for telling our faith stories on a feltboard. Beulah Land is "imaginative spiritual play" in the same wonderful family of faith formation as Godly Play and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. I think the feltboard idea would also be wonderful for presenting stories to a large group, including even a church service.