The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol. 4: An Imaginative Method for Presenting Scripture Stories to Children - Softcover

Berryman, Jerome W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1889108987 ISBN 13: 9781889108988

Publisher: MOREHOUSE EDUCATION RESOURCES, 2003

Synopsis

Welcome to The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Volume 4.

In this volume Jerome Berryman has gathered together the presentations that form the suggested cycle of lessons for Spring. If we leave out the respectful experiences of scripture, we risk trivializing the Christian way of life. We also miss out on the profound fun of existential discovery, a kind of "fun" that keeps us truly alive. In this volume you'll find all the information you need to present the spring lessons of Godly Play. The simple format of the lessons presented in The Complete Guide to Godly Play will enable all teachers, whether new or experienced, to find the information they need to enter fully into the most rewarding play we share: Godly Play.

What's inside Volume 4: 20 Presentations for Spring?

All the information you need to present the lessons of Spring to the children in your Godly Play Room.

• Enrichment Lesson: The Holy Family
• Lesson 1: The Mystery of Easter
• Lesson 2: The Faces of Easter I
• Lesson 3: The Faces of Easter II
• Lesson 4: The Faces of Easter III
• Lesson 5: The Faces of Easter IV
• Lesson 6: The Faces of Easter V
• Lesson 7: The Faces of Easter VI
• Lesson 8: The Faces of Easter VII
• Enrichment Lesson: The Crosses
• Enrichment Lesson: Easter Eggs
• Lesson 9: Jesus and the Twelve
• Lesson 10: The Good Shepherd and World Communion
• Lesson 11: The Synagogue and the Upper Room
• Lesson 12: Circle of the Holy Eucharist
• Enrichment Lesson: Symbols of the Holy Eucharist
• Lesson 13: The Mystery of Pentecost
• Lesson 14: Paul's Discovery
• Lesson 15: The Holy Trinity
• Enrichment Lesson: The Part That Hasn't Been Written Yet

About this title

About the Author

Jerome W. Berryman is the founder of Godly Play and has wide experience working with children ages 2-18. Writer, lecturer and workshop leader, Rev. Berryman is Senior Fellow of the Center for the Theology of Childhood. He is the author of The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Teaching Godly Play, Children and the Theologians, and The Spiritual Guidance of Children: Montessori, Godly Play and the Future. Cheryl V. Minor is the Director of the Center for the Theology of Childhood, the academic/publishing arm of the Godly Play Foundation. For the past eighteen years she has served as Co-Rector at The Parish of All Saints' Church in Belmont, Massachusetts. With a degree in Music Education from Boston University, an M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Northcentral University in Scottsdale, AZ, her dissertation examined the impact of Godly Play on the spiritual well-being of children. Dr. Minor is also a Godly Play Trainer and has been deeply involved in designing the Godly Play Foundation's training models. Rosemary Beales is Chaplain to the Lower School at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Virginia. She is a practitioner and trainer in the Godly Play method of religious education with a DMin from Virginia Theological Seminary. The Rev. Beales is a former journalist and currently serves as priest associate at St. Paul's in Alexandria and St. Alban's in Annandale, Virginia.

Review

I wonder what's different about this version of Godly Play Volume 4? Plenty! New presentations take us beyond Pentecost; appendices take us deeper into the foundational documents and explore the Spiral Curriculum; scripts have been refreshed to take account of 40 years of Godly Play experience. I'm excited that this revised volume builds on the work that has gone before. --The Reverend Mary Hawes, National Children & Youth Adviser, Church of England

This updated volume has clear instructions for use of the lessons leading children through the holy mysteries of the Lenten and Easter seasons as well as Pentecost and Trinity Sunday. --Sharon Massie, Program Director at Grace Episcopal Church, Lexington, Kentucky

The new revised and expanded edition of The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Volume 4 is an excellent addition to the Godly Play curriculum. The new formatting of the stories make them more user friendly for the storytellers with helpful suggestions on how to use the lesson and additional background information which help connect the story to the liturgical year. The fresh look and feel of the revision reminds us how the spiral curriculum of Godly Play helps our children enter into the religious language and the presence of God by going deeper into the wondering, thus creating the opening for the work of the Holy Spirit. For more than 26 years, Godly Play has been my heart and life work and I am grateful to share this updated edition with my teachers and the children we serve to enhance their Godly Play teaching experience. --Lynne Jensen, Minister for Children, Youth and their Families at Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Wilmington, Delaware and Godly Play Mentor and Retired Trainer

Edition details

• Publisher: MOREHOUSE EDUCATION RESOURCES
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1889108987
• ISBN 13: 9781889108988
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120