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SPECIAL DAYS AND SEASONS
LENT & EASTER
- Lent in Three Minutes (Busted Halo)
- 2021 Lent Engage Together (UCA)
- Lent Event (UCA)
- Easter Family Faith Trail (UCA)
- Intergenerational Easter Services (UCA)
- Lost Sheep: Easter Stories (Lost Sheep)
- Multi-age Lent Ideas (Build Faith)
- Ideas Hub: Lent & Easter (BRF)
- Easter Animations plus (Bible Society)
- Easter Games & Activities (Bible Games)
- Holy Week in a Box (Building Faith)
- Holy Week at home (Methodist UK)
- Celebrating Holy Week at Home (CRCNA)
- Celebrating Holy Week with Kids (GodSpace)
- Holy Ground: All-age Holy Week Resource (Gloucester Diocese)
- Lent & Holy Week (Going for Growth)
- Lent & Easter (Messy Church)
- Lent & Easter (Strandz)
- Lent & Easter (Engage Worship)
- Lent Resources (Common Grace)
ANZAC & Remembrance Days 25 April, 11 November
- Litanies for Remembrance (Roots)
- Messy Remembrance (Messy Church)
- A story for Remembrance (Godly Play)
- What price peace? (Barnabas in Schools)
- Remembering war and building peace (Roots)
- Worship resources for ANZAC and Remembrance Services (East St.Kilda UC)
- ANZAC Day for Children (Salvation Army)
- ANZAC day (Diduno)
- Through the Roof (ANZAC Day version)
- Sharing ANZAC day with children (Kids Friendly)
- ANZAC War Horses (Diduno)
- ANZAC Day ideas (Strandz)
- ANZAC day activities for children (ANZAC websites)
- ANZAC day and the lectionary (Loader)
Mother’s Day 2nd Sunday in May
- Mother’s Day resources (Strandz)
- Mother’s Day Multi-Age Services (UCA SA)
- Mother’s Day resources (BRF)
- Mother’s Day Resources (Going for Growth)
- Mother’s Day resources (Salvation Army)
- Ultimate Mothers’ Day Resource List
- Motherhood: the cliché and the reality (Roots)
- Ten ideas for Ministers on Mother’s Day (Messy Middle)
- Mother’s Day Talks and Prayers
- Mother’s Day Runaways (Saltwater and Honey)
- Prayer for parents and those who want to be
Trinity Sunday
- Trinity Sunday (Strandz)
- Trinity Sunday resources (Going4Growth)
- >Trinity ideas (Barnabas)
- Trinity story links (Storypath)
- Trinity Sunday (Mustard Seeds)
- Trinity Sunday (Worshiping with Children)
- Exploring the Trinity with children (Building Faith)
- Trinity Sunday with children and families (UMC)
Pentecost Sunday
- Pentecost Prayer & Craft (Flame)
- Pentecost ideas (The Billabong)
- Pentecost resources (Strandz)
- Pentecost Ideas (UCA SA)
- Pentecost ideas (Area52)
More Pentecost Ideas
- Pentecost Ideas (BRF)
- Pentecost ideas (Going for Growth)
- Pentecost Multi-age Services (UCA SA)
- Pentecost (Roots on the Web)
- Spirit of Love (Roots)
- Pentecost ideas (Building Faith)
- Pentecost (Methodist Creative Ministry)
- Pentecost Pinterest (Messy Church)
- Pentecost Multi-Age Resources (All-age Worship)
- Celebrating Pentecost (Kids Friendly)
- Pentecost (Max 7)
Pentecost Season
- Engage Together: Intergenerational Worship ideas for August to September, using the Lectionary (RCL) readings
- Faith at Home: Exploring different Christian spiritual traditions as a household.
National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day 4 August 2020
- National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day Website
- Church’s Resource to acknowledge National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day
- Cultural safety for Aboriginal children
- Leprena Lessons & Blessings – listening to children
Father’s Day 6 September 2020
- Father’s Day Church Service ideas (Youth & Children’s Work)
- Father’s Day ministry resource (Ministry Tools)
- Father’s Day resources (Kids Friendly)
- Father’s Day ideas (Salvation Army)
- Dad matters…the spiritual influence of fathers
- Father’s Day resources (Strandz)
- Father’s Day ideas (Ministry to Children)
- Fathers’ Day Multi-age service (UCA SA)
- King for a Day Multi-age service (UCA SA)
- Dads and Heroes Multi-age service (UCA SA)
- Father’s Day celebration (BRF)
- Father Abraham: multi-age Service (BRF)
- A Father’s Day prayer
- Father’s Day ideas (Flame)
- Father’s Day suggestions (Childrensministry.com)
- Father’s Day worship resources (Re:worship)
- Rethink worship ideas
- Resources to help with Father’s Day (Youth & Children’s Work)
- 20 top Bible verses for Father’s Day (Share Faith)
- Good dads, great dads (book)
- Who let the dads out?
Halloween & All Saints’ Day 31 October and 1 November
- Halloween & All Saints' Day (Building Faith)
- Halloween ideas (Flame Creative)
- Halloween resources (Going4Growth)
- Something to smile about -multi-age worship resources (UCA SA)
- 2019 Light Party Pack (SU)
- Halloween ideas (BRF)
- All Hallows Eve from Catholic Mom (sic) site
- Halloween ministry resources (Ministry Tools Resource Centre)
- Shining in the Darkness (Roots) All Hallows
- Halloween alternatives (Strandz)
- Six Cool Halloween Alternatives from Ministry to Children
- Halloween for those haunted by the holy (Beth Barnett)
- All Saints’ resources (Going4Growth)
- All Saints’ Day (BRF)
- All Saints' bundles (llustrated Ministry)
- Halloween & All Saints’ Day (Kids Friendly)
NAIDOC, Reconciliation and Day of Mourning 8-15 November 2020
- Day of Mourning resources (Pilgrim, SA)
- Day of Mourning worship resources (UCA Assembly)
- Reconciliation Sunday resources (UCA SA)
- Reconciliation Sunday resources (Pilgrim, SA)
- Reconciliation Week resources (UCA Assembly)
- NAIDOC Week resources (Common Grace)
- NATSICC Liturgy Resources (Catholic)
- NAIDOC Week teaching guides
- NAIDOC Week  
- NAIDOC Week (Teach this)
- NAIDOC Week Resource (DIDUNO)
Remembrance Day 11 November
- Litanies for Remembrance (Roots)
- Messy Remembrance (Messy Church)
- A story for Remembrance (Godly Play)
- What price peace? (Barnabas in Schools)
- Remembering war and building peace (Roots)
- Worship resources for ANZAC and Remembrance Services (East St.Kilda UC)
- ANZAC Day for Children (Salvation Army)
- ANZAC day (Diduno)
- Through the Roof (ANZAC Day version)
- Sharing ANZAC day with children (Kids Friendly)
- ANZAC War Horses (Diduno)
- ANZAC Day ideas (Strandz)
- ANZAC day activities for children (ANZAC websites)
- ANZAC day and the lectionary (Loader)
Advent Season & Christmas Day
- Advent Multi-age and the Advent Engage Together resources are available as downloads, and at the bottom of this page.
- Advent Faith at Home (UCA)
- Advent Outdoor Worship (UCA)
- Christmas Family Faith Trail (UCA)
- Advent & Christmas Services (UCA)
- Advent Engage Together Worship Resource (UCA)
- Advent in 2 Minutes
- Advent & Christmas (Strandz)
- Advent Ideas (Going for Growth)
- Advent & Christmas Ideas Hub (BRF)
- Messy Christmas ideas (Messy Church)
- Advent & Christmas resources (Mountain Masala)
- Advent Calendars (Build Faith)
- Advent Surprise calendar (Busted Halo)
- A Celtic Advent Calendar (Contemplative Cottage)
- Living Advent Wreath (Build Faith)
- Watery Advent Wreath (Annette Buckley)
- Advent Wreath Prayers for Home (Build Faith)