The "E" Book: Essential Prayers and Activities for Faith at HomeThe 'E' Book is bursting with fun activities, ideas, Bible readings and prayers to enable even the busiest families to celebrate the Christian faith together at home. The book can also be used on family outings and holidays and the activities require the minimal amount of preparation. The language used throughout the book is deliberately simple and direct, so that older children can read the suggestions and lead some of the activities. This fun-packed book is ideal to help families discover some of the real 'Essentials' of the Christian life. Events, people, organizations and festivals of the Christian year featured in the book include: Christmas, Candlemas, Pancake Day, Mothering Sunday, Holy Week, Christian Aid, Pentecost, St Aidan, St Francis and Fireworks. |
Contents
1 January | 3 |
6 January | 5 |
a job for a January day | 7 |
an activity for a clear night | 9 |
2 February | 11 |
a fun thing to do on a rainy day | 13 |
14 February | 15 |
Shrove Tuesday | 17 |
Mother Julian of Norwich 8 May | 45 |
May | 47 |
Ascension | 49 |
Pentecost | 51 |
Trinity Sunday | 53 |
the Thursday after Trinity Sunday | 55 |
24 June | 57 |
29 June | 59 |
Ash Wednesday | 21 |
something to do each day in Lent | 23 |
something else for Lent | 25 |
Mothering Sunday | 27 |
Maundy Thursday | 29 |
Good Friday | 31 |
Easter Eve Holy Saturday | 33 |
Easter Day | 35 |
Eastertide | 37 |
Eastertide | 39 |
Rogationtide | 41 |
28 | 63 |
July or August | 69 |
July or August | 75 |
14 September | 81 |
4 October | 87 |
42 | 93 |
Advent angels | 105 |
Bedtime prayers | 113 |
Being still | 121 |
talking about | 127 |
Common terms and phrases
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