Early Faith-Formation Team

Team Leader: Jodi Van WIngerden, Team Leader, A2010, earlyfaith@classisgreast.org

The purpose of the Early Faith Formation Team is to help congregations nurture and disciple children and youth in the faith.

Classis GR East Christian Education Assistance information and application.

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Children at the Lord's Table: A Classical Sharing of Ideas and Resources

Click here for a compilation of ideas shared between attendees of the discussion at Woodlawn CRC on October 27, 2011.

Click here for the handout provided by the Synodical Faith Formation Committee at the discussion evening on October 27, 2011.

Click here to link to the web page of the Synodical Faith Formation Committee. This committee was instituted by Synod 2007, and has been responsible for studying and making recommendations regarding inviting children to participate in the Lord's Supper.

Come back soon for resources from churches in Classis GR East who have begun the process of educating and including children in the sacrament of communion.

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Recommended Resources
(Please email us if you have recommendations for additions to this list--books or other publications, websites, etc.)

www.FaithAliveResources.org --the publishing arm of the Christian Reformed Church

I Believe (Faith Alive Resources, 2004) --A guide to help middle and high school youth prepare to make profession of faith.

Take This Bread, Sara Miles (Ballantine Books, 2008)--The story of how one woman was transformed after receiving communion.