God's Paintbrush Celebration Kit: A Spiritual Activity Kit

Multicultural, Nondenominational, Nonsectarian
Endorsed by Protestant, Catholic and Jewish Religious Leaders
A Spiritual Activity Kit for Teachers and Students of All Faiths, All Backgrounds

For the first time, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish children can study, play and learn from the same religious education resource. The God's Paintbrush Celebration Kit -- inspired by the award-winning book God's Paintbrush -- will help you spark the imagination of your students to think creatively about themselves and the world.

Completely nonsectarian, the God's Paintbrush Celebration Kit can be used in a variety of settings and environments, such as vacation Bible school, Sabbath morning children's service, Sunday school or a day-long or weekend retreat.

Each activity sheet includes the use of crafts, games and other indoor and outdoor activities designed to encourage your students to think about God in new and exciting ways. The Teacher Folder contains instructions and additional suggestions to make every session an extra-special spiritual learning experience.

Session Topics
What is God Like?
Seeing
Hearing and Speaking
Touching
Doing

Biblical Texts Explored
Psalm 100:1-2; Psalm 150
Genesis 1:31; Psalm 34:8
Psalm 29:3-4; 1 Kings 19:12
Isaiah 66:13
Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Includes 40 Full-Color Activity Sheets and Teacher Folder with Complete Instructions

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"A very special book to help stimulate children's religious imagination to think about God."

Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame


"A wonderfully interactive book that will open the souls of children, and of their parents who read it to them."


Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People and Who Needs God?


"Gives children a palette rich with images to engage their discovery of a quality of relationship with God."



Professor Nelle G. Slater, Christian Theological Seminary --Editorial Reviews













ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, a parent, spiritual leader and storyteller, is the award-winning author of God's Paintbrush, In God's Name, God In Between and many other inspiring books for children of all faiths and backgrounds. The second woman to be ordained as a rabbi (1974) and the first rabbi to become a mother, she and her husband, Dennis, were the first rabbinical couple to jointly lead a congregation -- Beth-El Zedeck in Indianapolis. They have two children, David and Debora, and three grandchildren. Sasso, who holds a doctorate in ministry, is active in the interfaith community, and has written and lectured on the renewal of spirituality and the discovery of the religious imagination in children of all faiths.


Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso is available to speak on the following topics:

* Nurturing the Spiritual Imagination of Children
* Tell Me a Story: Reading the Bible and the Religious Imagination of Children
* Filling in the Blanks: How Women Read the Bible
* Women and Judaism: A Personal Journey
* Midrash as a Tool for Spiritual Reflection

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Rev. Donald Schmidt, a United Methodist minister is the U.S. editor of The Whole People of God, an award-winning curriculum used in thousands of Protestant and Roman Catholic congregations worldwide.

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