Children of the Liturgy

Equipping families into lifelong habits of Faith through the Anglican Prayer Book tradition

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Workshop Schedule

Join us at His Church Anglican in Livonia, MI.

(When you register you will automatically be registered for the Missions Conference.)

Friday, October 24

12:00 Lunch (children eat with parents)
1:15 Dr. Alex Fogleman - Founded on the Rock: A Renewed Vision for Family Catechesis**
2:30 Dr. Leslie Thyberg - Shepherding Living Stones: How We Participate in Jesus' Building Plan**
4:15 Ordination Eucharist (a snack is available beforehand)
6:30 Dinner

*From 9:00-11:30, Friday, child care is available by approved individuals from the diocese and His Church Anglican.

**From 1:00-3:30, Friday, there will be a conference for the children where there will be activities for the children that correspond to what their parents are learning.

Saturday, October 25

8:00 Breakfast (children eat with parents)
8:30 Morning Prayer
10:15 Dr. Leslie Thyberg - Bringing it Home***
11:15 Dr. Leslie Thyberg - Making a Plan that Survives Going Back Home***
12:00 Lunch (children eat with parents)

***From 10:15-12:00, Saturday, there will be a conference for the children where there will be activities for the children that correspond to what their parents are learning.

The Parenting with the Prayer Book Workshop is designed to:

Teach parents how to incorporate worship from the Book of Common Prayer into their family’s lives;
Help families structure aspects of life together around the theology and traditions of the Book of Common Prayer.

Meet our Speakers

Dr. Alex Fogleman

Director of the Catechesis Task Force for the ACNA, Associate Dean for Special Programs and Assistant Professor of Theology at Trinity Anglican Seminary, and father of four sons. Author of Making Disciples: Catechesis in History, Theology, and Practice.

Dr. Fogleman will be speaking on catechesis (discipleship) as basic but comprehensive instruction in what Christians believe, hope, and love.

Dr. Leslie Thyberg

Member of the ACNA’s Committee for Catechesis, faculty member of Trinity Anglican Seminary’s Practical and Pastoral Theology department, mother & grandmother. Dr. Thyberg has over thirty-five years of teaching experience, ranging from preschoolers to graduate students.

Dr. Thyberg will be working with workshop participants to explore different ”right-sized strategies” for passing on the faith in the Prayer Book tradition. She will also be assisting them in planning ways to implement the Prayer Book tradition in their children’s formation at home in bite-sized ways so that no one feels like they bit off more than they can chew!

About Children of the Liturgy

Children of the Liturgy grew out of a longing within the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes to better help our children grow in the knowledge and love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Our desire is to make the richness of the prayerbook accessible to even our youngest worshipers, assisting them in developing habits of daily prayer, weekly worship, and life-long faith. Additionally, we aim to provide a helping hand to clergy, church staff, and parents as they seek ways to meaningfully integrate children into public and private worship.

Over the next five years, Children of the Liturgy will publish four illustrated, child-friendly volumes of Book of Common Prayer liturgies along with an illustrated Anglican Children’s Catechism.

The books currently planned include:

an illustrated edition of Family Prayer*
a Children’s Catechism in partnership with the Anglican Church in North America Children’s Catechism Taskforce*
an illustrated edition of the Daily Office’s rites for Morning and Evening Prayer
an illustrated edition of the Eucharistic services
an illustrated liturgy for Baptism intended for use in preparing children to be baptized

The project team is working with the Custodian of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer to ensure these editions are in full conformance with the approved text and can be used alongside the complete prayerbook.

In addition to our print resources, Children of the Liturgy will also host workshops focused on both equipping clergy to incorporate children into prayer and worship, and educate parents and other lay leaders in how to confidently use the Book of Common Prayer to disciple children.

Generously supported by a Lilly Endowment, Inc. Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative grant, the Children of the Liturgy team is excited to provide beautiful resources in hopes that our children may never know a day apart from the Lord.

* currently in production