Free Printable Vacation Bible School Crafts Activities

Summer brings lots of great family traditions--4th of July, picnics, parades, beach fun. One very popular summer activity is VBS, or Vacation Bible School. Almost every church sponsers a week-long Vacation Bible School. And don't let the term 'school' intimidate you. At VBS, children learn about Christian Biblical teachings in fun-filled interactive ways. Students learn about Jesus, faith, Go, making crafts, singing, playing games. Are you a VBS teacher? You'll want these Free Printable Vacation Bible School Activities

Catholic Relief Services Lenten Rice Bowl Activities

Catholic Relief Services is the single largest non-governmental relief agency in the world. Each year at Lent CRS initiates what is called 'Operation Rice Bowl'. Operation Rice Bowl is a program which focuses our attention on the cardinal aims of the Lenten season: prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The Rice Bowl project consists of a cardboard box which when assembled, looks very much like the take out boxes that rice comes in. The Rice Bowl is a box which families set up in their homes during Lent to collect loose change and offerings for the poor and hungry of the world. Operation Rice bowl also includes a Lenten prayer calendar with devotional activities, feast days and stations of the cross. Each calendar day has a prayer focus. Specific information about world poverty statistics and needs from around the world are listed also.  Lenten Rice Bowl Devotional and Lesson Planner

How to Make a Day of the Dead Family Altar or Memorial Shrine

How to Make a Day of the Dead Family Altar or Memorial Shrine
Day of the Dead or 'Dia de los Muertos' is the Latino variation of the Catholic holy day of All Saints Day. Hispanic families gather to honor deceased family members. They also create family altars. Here's how to make a Day of the Dead memorial shrine.
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Best Toys and Gifts for Toy Drives and Toys for Tots

Best Toys to Donate for Toys for Tots and Giving Tree Childrens Christmas Gift Drive
One of my favorite parts of Christmas is choosing gifts for the Marines Toys for Tots drive and church missions Giving Tree childrens gifts. Sometimes it's difficult to know what kind of gift to choose. Here are some considerations to help.
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Make a School Supplies Kit for Children in Need

Back-to-School Shopping: Donate a School Supplies Kit for Those in Need
School supplies are pricey, but happily for most Americans, we live in a country where we can find great prices on back to school supplies. Not all nations enjoy free public education. How about making a back to school supplies kit for a child in need?
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Free Printable Holy Week Activities, Coloring, Crafts

Free Printable Holy Week Activities I've been combing the internet for free printable Holy Week activities. Here are links to 100+ free printable coloring pages,word searches, crossword puzzles, cryptograms, games and crafts for Holy Week and Easter. Read More

Haitian Earthquake Relief Update: Church Makes Care Packages for Haiti

Help for Haiti - Sending Packages of Supplies to Help the People of Haiti
There are so many ways individuals and groups can help the people in Haiti. My church is having a special service to assemble packages of supplies to ship to Haiti.
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Lenten and Ash Wednesday Almsgiving Activities

Lenten and Easter Activity: Fasting, Almsgiving, Prayer
Use this lenten almsgiving service project to practice spiritual exercises of fasting and alms-giving. Focus on Social Justice, World Church, missions and prayer. Lesson plans include social studies and math extensions; multiplication, division, counting, sorting, grouping and story problems. Great education for all children. Use for CCD, religious education, classroom service project, homeschool, scout troop, 4H group and more!
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Lenten and Ash Wednesday Almsgiving Activities

Lenten and Easter Activity: Fasting, Almsgiving, Prayer
Use this lenten almsgiving service project to practice spiritual exercises of fasting and alms-giving. Focus on Social Justice, World Church, missions and prayer. Lesson plans include social studies and math extensions; multiplication, division, counting, sorting, grouping and story problems. Great education for all children. Use for CCD, religious education, classroom service project, homeschool, scout troop, 4H group and more!
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Healthy Halloween Treat Alternatives

50 Candy Alternative Halloween Treats
50 Ideas for replacement treats and prizes and novelties to give as a substitute for Halloween candy. Use for Trick-or-Treating, classroom, business, organization and other Halloween treat give-aways. These ideas are not costly.
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International Aid Rescues the World

International Aid in Spring Lake, MIInternational Aid in Spring Lake Michigan is a global relief agency and one of the largest of its kind. International Aid. Many hospitals, medical centers and doctors offices and pharmacies donate medical supplies, equipment to International Aid. The facility itself is over a city block long and several stories high. Computer equipment, wheel chairs, crutches, medical monitoring devices, and all forms of medical devices are collected, repaired and made ready for shipment when needed in crisis. Groceries, clothing, medicines and health products are donated to International Aid. Read more about IA

Almsgiving Activity for Lent, Advent

Almsgiving Activity for Lent School, family, home-school or CCD activity to boost awareness of poverty and raise money creatively. Perfect or Lent, Advent, mission projects. View more »