Resources on Carolyn C Brown

Worship, Intergenerational Issues, Parenting, Community

How Do I Explain Easter to My Child?

Carolyn C Brown | Ministry Matters

Recognizing children have a hard time grasping the finality of death, Carolyn C. Brown proposes different narrative frameworks for younger children and elementary children when talking about Jesus' death and resurrection.

Death, Easter, Resurrection, Children

Teaching Kids Worship Skills

Carolyn C Brown | Ministry Matters

Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Children or Youth Ministry

Carolyn C. Brown proposes the need to identify what children need to be able to do, know, and understand in order to participate in gathered worship and encourages intentionality in equipping them for those things.

Worship, Teaching, Congregation, Children

Infant Nurseries and the Worshiping Child

Carolyn C Brown | Worshiping With Children

Carolyn Brown's article provides ideas for creating an infant nursery that introduces children to various aspects of the worship service and encourages spiritual learning through visual displays, biblical images, and worship music.

Worship, Children, Infants, Worship Space

Parable of the Talents

Christine Longhurst | Re-Worship

Christine Longhurst presents Carolyn Brown's drama in which several children act out Jesus' parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30). Brown paper lunch bags marked "$$$$" are used to represent the talents.

Matthew 25:14-30

Children, Drama, Jesus, Parable

Ten Commandments for Children

Carolyn C Brown | Re-Worship

A children’s version of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-20; Deuteronomy 5:6-21) written by Carolyn Brown. "Don’t make pictures or statues that you think look like me and worship them. You’ll get them wrong."

Exodus 20:1-20; Deuteronomy 5:6-21

Ten Commandments, Worship, Children

Children's Church: Gateway, Not Detour

Carolyn C Brown | Ministry Matters

Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Children or Youth Ministry

Carolyn C. Brown argues children should be in the sanctuary for part of worship gatherings so that they begin to view worship as a life-long activity into which they grow. She also provides examples for inclusion.

Worship, Congregation, Parenting, Children

Praying in the Sanctuary

Carolyn C Brown | Worshiping With Children

Children's Sermon or Lesson

Carolyn Brown provides strategies for worshiping with children and fostering intergenerational worship through printed prayers in a service, ideas for facilitating drawing prayers, and explaining prayers that are spoken regularly.

Prayer, Children, How To Pray

That Time With the Children!

Carolyn C Brown | Worshiping With Children

Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Children or Youth Ministry

Carolyn Brown's article for worshiping with children offers ways to improve the times in the service directed towards involving children in worship and suggests intentionally incorporating ways for them to participate throughout the service.

Worship, Sermon, Children, Time

Beatitudes for Children

Carolyn C Brown | Re-Worship

Scripture Drama or Paraphrase, Children's Sermon or Lesson

Here’s a version of the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) suitable for use with children. Written by Carolyn Brown, it uses language simple enough for children to understand while still retaining the original meaning of the text.

Matthew 5:1-12

Beatitudes, Children, All Saints' Day

Summer Worship Experiments

Carolyn C Brown | Worshiping With Children

Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Children or Youth Ministry

Carolyn Brown's article provides ideas for ways to change a worship service for a temporary season by introducing more opportunities for service and participation by the congregation, including children.

Worship, Scripture Reading, Children, Worship Planning

An Intergenerational Ten Commandments

Carolyn C Brown | Re-Worship

Written for children attending school, Carolyn Brown's version of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-20) tells children to prioritize church attendance, to say God's name respectively, not to cheat, to be loyal, and not to get jealous.

Exodus 20:1-20

Ten Commandments, Stealing, Children, Lying

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Praying in Color

Carolyn C Brown | Worshiping With Children

Carolyn Brown's article suggests helping children engage with worship and prayer through using their hands to draw and write out their ideas of a theme or topic within a previous scribbled mess.

Worship, Children, How To Pray

The Baby, the Teacher, the Healer

Carolyn C Brown | Re-Worship

Benediction or Blessing

Written for Advent, this intergenerational benediction aims to involve children in lighting the Advent wreath as a way of creating anticipation for Christmas. Families with children can also participate.

Romans 16:25-27

Advent, Christmas, Children, Intergenerational Issues

Taking Field Trips in Worship

Carolyn C Brown | Worshiping With Children

Children's Sermon or Lesson

Carolyn Brown's article for worshiping with children encourages worship planners to creatively include children in worship by giving them a "tour" of the sanctuary, explaining the significance of items that are included in the worship service.

Worship, Worship Space, Children, Worship Planning

I Will Sing to My God All My Life

Carolyn C Brown | Re-Worship

Prayer

An intergenerational litany based on Psalm 146. It itemizes many reasons why the Lord is worthy of praise.

Psalm 146

Worship, Praise, Children, Trust

Children, Money, and the Sanctuary

Carolyn C Brown | Worshiping With Children

Carolyn Brown's article for worshiping with children presents ways that children can be encouraged and trained to be cheerful givers from a young age.

Money, Worship, Offering, Parenting

Litany: Hebrews 1: 1-3

Carolyn C Brown | Re-Worship

An intergenerational litany based on Hebrews 1:1-3. The mysterious, theologically rich words of the text are interspersed with simplified interpretations.

Hebrews 1:1-3

Jesus, God's Will, Prophets, Children

Helping Children Sing, Say, and Pray Along

Carolyn C Brown | Worshiping With Children

Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Children or Youth Ministry

Carolyn Brown's article suggest that there are some songs, prayers, and words that are helpful to know when participating in a congregation’s worship and advises on how and when to teach children these aspects of worship.

Prayer, Congregation, Children, Song

Worship Writing

Carolyn C Brown | Worshiping With Children

Article about Worship and the Sacraments, Article about Children or Youth Ministry

Carolyn Brown's article for worshiping with children suggests giving children worship bags when they begin attending worship full time to encourage them to explore creative ways to record their worship experience through art, poetry, and prayers....