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Prayers for Every Season: More Common Prayer for Children and Families

Prayers for Every Season: More Common Prayer for Children and Families

Prayers for Every Season: More Common Prayer for Children and Families
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Prayers for Every Season: More Common Prayer for Children and Families

Prayers for Every Season: More Common Prayer for Children and Families

Overview

Formative prayers for children, their families, and their communities.

Rooted in Christian traditions of daily prayer, this volume is an accessible collection that children can use to pray on their own, with their family, or with their school or church community. Designed to help children enter into a life of faith, this volume includes meaningful prayers that shape belief and practice.

With patterns for morning and evening prayer for each season of the church year, supplemented with prayers for widely observed secular and sacred occasions, the book draws children into the liturgical cycle. Questions included within the patterns for morning and evening prayer invite children to reflect on their developing faith. In addition, the volume includes prayers for the milestones of childhood, for the community, and for the earth.

Designed to be used on its own, or with its companion volume, Common Prayer for Children and Families, Prayers for Every Season builds children’s faith, at home, at church, or at school.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781640656666
Publisher: Church Publishing
Publication date: 06/04/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 5 MB
Age Range: 5 - 11 Years

About the Author

TIMOTHY J. S. SEAMANS is an Episcopal Priest and Chaplain at the Cathedral School for Boys at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. He co-wrote Common Prayer for Children and Families with Jenifer Gamber and speaks regularly on worship, religious education, and the spiritual formation of children and youth. He has served at the Episcopal School of Los Angeles, Episcopal High School in Alexandria, and Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Atlanta. Timothy preaches regularly at Grace Cathedral and is completing his doctorate on experiential approaches to studying the Bible at Virginia Theological Seminary. He lives in San Francisco, California.

Jenifer Gamber is a trusted author of several bestselling books for youth in the Episcopal Church, including My Faith, My Life and Call on Me: A Prayer Book for Young People. She is a sought-after speaker on topics related to Christian formation, teen spirituality, and Christian parenting. She serves as chaplain at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School and assistant rector at St. Patrick’s Parish in Washington, DC, where she lives.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword 
Introduction 
The Lord’s Prayer 
General Thanksgiving 
Prayer for Grace 
Prayer for Forgiveness 

PART 1
Praying Through the Day 
Advent – Morning 
Advent – Evening 
Christmas – Morning 
Christmas – Evening 
Epiphany – Morning 
Epiphany – Evening 
Lent – Morning 
Lent – Evening 
Holy Week – Morning 
Holy Week – Evening 
Easter – Morning 
Easter – Evening 
Season After Pentecost – Morning 
Season After Pentecost – Evening 

PART 2
Praying Through the Year 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 

PART 3
Praying through the Growing Season 
For Myself 
For My Family and Friends 
For My Community 
For People in Our Common Life 

PART 4
Praying through the Church 
Sacraments 
For the People at Church 
For the Events at Church 

PART 5
Praying with Creation 
Thanksgivings and Blessings 
For Creation 
For the Care of Creation
About the Illustrations 

What People are Saying About This

Miguel Bustos

Prayers for Every Season is an enriching journey of faith intended for the youngest among us. This carefully curated collection of prayers and reflections will serve as a spiritual foundation for children, their families, and their communities. Each page invites all of us to recite prayers, as well as live them, nurturing a deep, personal relationship with faith from an early age.

Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows

Though written especially with young people in mind, this beautiful book of prayers can enrich the spiritual practice of people of all ages. It offers a rich combination  of traditional prayers, ancient forms, and contemporary concerns expressed in accessible language that sings. Prayers for Every Season is perfect for children's and adult prayer spaces alike.

Catherine Meeks

Timothy Seamans' Praying Through the Seasons demonstrates through lovely, inspiring, and sometimes whimsical illustrations, as well as with words, that our prayers benefit us more when we understand that they are conversations with God. He provides a refreshing conversation on prayer that encourages us to engage with God as someone who is on the journey of life with us.
 

David Madison

Through his lived experience as one of our most talented Episcopal school chaplains, Father Timothy has given us a portrait of the prayer life of young people. Prayers for Every Season is an approachable but powerful resource for all who recognize the deep spirituality of young people and are dedicated to helping them develop a rich prayer life along their journey.

Serena Evans Beeks

Although intended as a child-friendly family resource, Timothy's ability to connect with children without ever 'talking down' to them makes Prayers for Every Season eminently suited for adult use as well. Timothy's graceful, intelligent, and gentle writing invites us all (and especially children) into relationship and dialog with a loving God who wants us to know the joy of being our best selves and is willing to help us on that journey.

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