Godly Play (Kindergarten)

Godly Play/Kindergarten is a powerful, imaginative method for presenting scripture stories to children and allowing them to wonder and respond. The goal of Godly Play is to teach children the art of using religious language – parable, sacred story, liturgical action, and silence – to help interpret what happens in their daily lives. In Godly Play, we tell Bible stories to children to encourage them to enter into the stories and relate them to their personal experience. A Bible story is told using 3-dimensional materials to illustrate the characters or major themes of the story. A “wondering time” follows where children are invited to reflect on the story either aloud or to themselves. Each child may then choose to respond to the story with art materials or through play (working with the materials used in the telling of the story). In Godly Play, the session has a liturgical design, so children will also learn the etiquette of being in church. Each class follows the pattern of Opening Acclamation — getting ready, The Ministry of the Word — listening and responding to a Bible story, Communion — the feast, and the Blessing and Dismissal — saying goodbye.  Registration Form