Summertime: A Round Up of Resources
Bloom in the Desert: A Five-Week Curriculum Kit for Kids
A five-week (sm)all-ages curriculum kit designed for Sunday School, Children’s Church, Children’s Sermons, or family use at home.
Inspired by the beautiful, resilient flowers of the North American desert, these resources explore how God calls each one of us to bloom – and also to welcome the stranger, reach out to one another in generosity, and so together create a garden where everyone can thrive.
Summer Days: A Companion to Mary Oliver’s “Devotions”
At its best, summer is a season of rest and joy – tapping into the ancient, sacred practice of sabbath restoration. Mary Oliver can help us reconnect with this dimension of summertime, savoring what she calls its “luminous sprawl of gifts.”
This beautifully designed, ten-page guide includes 50 slow summer ideas – but don’t think of it as a to-do list. Instead, it’s a menu of marvels from which you can pick and choose as the Spirit moves. Perfect for individuals, families, and congregations who want to slow down and savor every moment.
Celebrate the summer through the twin delights of faith and music, tapping your toes and singing along to the bluegrass-and-gospel sounds of SALT’s internationally-acclaimed house band, Butterflyfish!
This beautifully designed, twenty-page guide includes over 50 summertime activity ideas, all organized around six Butterflyfish songs (MP3s of the songs are included in the download!) that’ll put pep in your step and faith in your heart. Look no further: your family’s “summer soundtrack” is here!
This twenty-page guide (the sequel to “Sing! Play! Summer!”) is chock full of fresh, witty ideas for making this summer “the most okayest summer ever!”
Written by the amazing (and hilarious!) Rev. Quinn Caldwell, “Great and Small” is organized around six toe-tapping, boogie-in-the-backyard songs from SALT’s internationally-acclaimed house band, Butterflyfish (MP3s of the songs are included in the download).
Climate + Faith: How We Can Help Meet the Greatest Challenge in Human History
The last ten years have been hottest years in recorded history. The time has come: God’s call to action – to protect and preserve a healthy climate for all – is ringing like a church bell.
Indeed, in virtually every transformative movement – from abolitionism to women’s suffrage to child labor protections – people of faith have been at the center of the action. This seven-week, 40-day devotional takes a “love-and-act” approach (rather than “doom-and-gloom”), building on our love for our neighbors, near and far, and our love for God, Maker of heaven and earth.
“Free Compliments” Printable Flyer
Nothing brightens up a day quite like receiving a compliment – and it's always the right time to present your congregation as a community of kindness and delight that cares about people outside its four walls. Accordingly, each downloadable flyer is editable, so you can add your church's name and website to the body and/or to the compliment tags themselves (it's up to you!).
“Self Care Ideas for Bad Days” Printable Flyer
In the push-and-pull of daily life, it’s easy to feel fragmented, discouraged, or stressed out, and a little self care can go a long way! Put these fliers up at work, at school, on community bulletin boards – wherever a kind nudge to “take care of yourself” might be welcome. Each flyer is editable, so you can add your church's name and website to the body and/or to the self-care idea tags themselves.
Brighten a loved one’s day with their very own signed, sealed, and delivered certificate. Print one up for your church folk, your kids, your kids' teachers, your spouse, your parent(s), your class of students, your bookclub, your fellow volunteers – heck, print one up for yourself! Happy summer!