Children in Worship Resources

Books

Will Our Children Have Faith? by John Westerhoff

Offering the Gospel to Childrenby Gretchen Wolff Pritchard

Children at Worship: Congregations in Bloom by Caroline Fairless

Liturgy for the Whole Church: Multigenerational Resources for Worship by Susan K. Bock

Welcoming Children: A Practical Theology of Childhood by Joyce Mercer

Creative Ideas for Worship with All Abilities by Hazel Bradley and Jim Cargin

All Ages Becoming: Intergenerational Practice and the Formation of God’s People by Valerie Grissom, editor

Websites and Online Resources

Illustrated Ministry

Music That Makes Community

VIDEO: The Work of the People: Formation Post Sunday School—a conversation with Wendy Claire Barrie and Emily Scott at Rooted in Jesus, January 2020: https://youtu.be/tOIQA_j7fmQ

VIDEO: The Meaningful Inclusion of Children in Worship: Theology and Practice— a webinar with Wendy Claire Barrie through Yale Youth Ministry Institute, April 2025: 

https://youtu.be/tBXSlhiz5vs?si=SFE-UeQ-ck8nnOfc