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Broken Bone Milestone Moment Download
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Life
is full of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated.
Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awareness of God’s presence
into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences.
This Milestones Ministry moment can be
used in times of
painful injury, whether it is a broken arm or hip or some other physical
mishap. This unanticipated and unwanted experience can be changed to be a
nurturing faith experience. It can be an occasion to remind and reassure the
injured person and their family that God’s healing power is present in their
body, is a gift to be cherished, and is something that can be filled with hope
and the possibility of a brighter tomorrow. The Healing Stone for Gifting are individually hand-crafted and available at
a low cost to purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this celebration. Giving these stones to someone is a wonderful reminder for them to be filled with hope and healing.
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Beginning School Milestone Moment Download
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Life
is full of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated.
Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awareness of God’s presence
into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences.
This Milestones Ministry Moment can be
used when children attend school for the first time in order to connect them
with family and friends in a supportive environment that brings together
personal stories, hopes, fears, and the life of faith. It can be an occasion to
remind and reassure the children that God is always with them, even at school.
This Milestone Moment allows for a special time to mark the beginning of school
as a significant event in one’s lifelong faith formation.
These pottery Blank stones are individually hand-crafted and available
at a low cost to purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this celebration.
They can be marked with permanent marker to personalize this special occasion
with a drawing or words.
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Back to School Milestone Moment Download
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Life
is full of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated.
Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awareness of God’s presence
into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences.
This Milestones Ministry Moment can be
used at the beginning of a school year when children and parents are perhaps
anxious about new schedules and activities that may need to be clarified and
woven into daily routines. It can be an occasion to create an awareness of a
new beginning that needs to be marked as a time of transition for many people,
not just the students. This Milestone Moment allows for a special time to mark
the beginning of the new school year as a significant event in one’s lifelong
faith formation.
This Milestone Moment includes the Four Keys for practicing faith outline which encourages growing in our faith by recognizing the home as church, too. A simple five-step structure is also included to establish a solid base for faith formation.
These pottery Blank stones are individually hand-crafted and available
at a low cost to purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this celebration.
They can be marked with permanent marker to personalize this special occasion
with a drawing or words.
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First Cell Phone Milestone Moment Download
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Life
is full of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated.
Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awareness of God’s presence
into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences.
This Milestones Ministry Moment can be
used when parents are deciding if it is time for their child to have a cell
phone of their own. It can be an occasion for parents to have important
conversations with their children about how a phone will be used and what rules
for its use are necessary. This Milestone Moment provides the opportunity for
families to address questions, establish guidelines, and connect this new way
of communicating as a meaningful and significant event in one’s lifelong faith
formation.
This Milestone Moment includes
the Four Keys for practicing faith outline which encourages growing in our
faith by recognizing the home as church, too. A simple five-step structure is
also included to establish a solid base for faith formation.
These pottery Blank stones are individually hand-crafted and available
at a low cost to purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this celebration.
They can be marked with permanent marker to personalize this special occasion
with a drawing or words.
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Christmas Tree Blessing Milestone Moment Download
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Life is full of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated. Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awreness of God's presence into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences.
This Milestones Ministry Moment can be used to celebrate setting up the Christmas tree during the season of Advent. The custom of an indoor Christmas tree was introduced in Germany in the 16th century. Legend tells us that the evergreen was chosen and decorated with candles to represent God's creation and the gift of God's Son as the Light of the World. This tradition is continued today as we use evergreen trees, strings of lights, and ornaments to decorate the tree in our homes as a faith formation ritual and tradition to be handed down from one generation to the next.
This Milestone Moment includes the Four Keys for practicing faith outline which encourages growing in our faith by recognizing the home as church, too. A simple five-step structure is also included to establish a solid base for faith formation.
The Christmas Tree Stone for Gifting are idividually hand-crafted and available at a low cost to purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this celebration. They are a wonderful reminder of the time spent setting up the Christmas tree during the season of Advent.
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Easter Egg Blessing Milestone Moment Download
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Life
is full of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated.
Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awareness of God’s presence
into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences. This
Milestone Moment encourages caring conversations that connect our faith while
participating in the tradition of coloring eggs for Easter and having an
awareness of its history in the Christian church. Historically, eggs have been
associated with new life, rebirth, and springtime. Many ancient cultures used
eggs in their religious ceremonies. It was not long before the Christian church
took up the tradition of decorating and giving eggs as gifts as part of the
springtime festival of Easter to celebrate the resurrection. Having an Easter
egg hunt at one’s home or at a community park can be a simple and effective way
of celebrating the message of Christ’s resurrection with family, friends, and
neighbors. A congregation can also use the Easter egg hunt as an outreach tool
for the surrounding community. This Milestone Moment includes
the Four Keys for practicing faith outline which encourages growing in our
faith by recognizing the home as church, too. A simple five-step structure is
also included to establish a solid base for faith formation.
These pottery Blank stones are individually hand-crafted and available
at a low cost to purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this celebration.
They can be marked with permanent marker to personalize this special occasion
with a drawing or words.
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Vacation Milestone Moment Download
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Life is full of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated. Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awareness of God's presence into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences.
Any time away from daily routines to travel with a vacation destination in mind is filled with potential faith-shaping memories. A vacation offers time to have an adventure together in new settings. This Vacation Milestone Moment helps individuals and groups to experience a vacation through the faith formation practices of caring conversations, devotions, service, rituals and traditions and can be used prior to the beginning of a trip, during the journey, and also once it is over.
This Milestones Moment includes the Four Keys for practicing faith outline which encourages growing in our faith by recognizing the home as church, too. A simple five-step structure is also included to establish a solid base for faith formation.
These blank pottery stones are individually hand-crafted and available at a low cost to purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this Milestone Moment. They can be marked with permanent marker to personalize with a drawing or words related to the vacation.
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Family Reunion Milestone Moment Download
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Life is full
of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated.
Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awareness of God's presence
into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences.
Being at a
family reunion creates an opportunity to pause and recognize and celebrate the
importance of the extended family. This event in family life is a good time to
reflect on past generations and the lives of those who have gone before. This Family
Reunion Milestone Moment offers families the opportunity during a family
reunion to embrace the past, talk about the present, and dream about the future
through the faith formation practices of caring conversations, devotions,
service, and rituals and traditions. It provides an opportunity for the family
members to be excited about traveling side-by-side into the future with the
encouragement that the Christian faith has brought and continues to bring to
them.
This Milestone
Moment includes the Four Keys for practicing faith outline which encourages growing
in our faith by recognizing the home and family gatherings as church, too. A
simple five-step structure is also included to establish a solid base for faith
formation.
The Family Reunion Stone for Gifting are individually hand-crafted and available at a low cost to
purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this Milestone Moment. They are wonderful reminders of the joy and excitement of meeting extended family members at the family reunion.
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First Christmas Milestone Moment Download
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Life is full of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated. Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awarenes of God's presence into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences.
A child's first Chirstmas provides an opportunity for family to gather and recognize the very first time a child will experience the joys of Chirstmas and hear the stories told of the birth of Jesus. It is a good time to revisit family rituals and involve the entire faumily, from parents to grandparents to great-grandparents to neighbors and friends to celebrate this wonderful occasion.
This Milestone Moment includes the Four Keys for practicing faith outline which encourages growing in our faith by reconizing the home and family gatherings as church, too. A simple five-step structure is also included to establish a solid base for faith formation.
The Manger Stone for Gifting are individually hand-crafted and available at a low cost to purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this Milestone Moment. They are a wonderful gift for the entire family, neighbors, and friends to celebrate the excitement and joy experienced during a child's first Christmas.
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New Year Milestone Moment Download
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Life is full
of meaningful moments that can be expected or totally unanticipated.
Celebrating these milestone moments helps bring an awareness of God's presence
into the home and highlights the rituals of daily life experiences.
Many of us look to the New Year as a time to begin again. We may want to lose weight, stop smoking, commit to gathering with family and friends more often, or envision other changes we feel would imporve our lives. New Year's celebrations are moments that provde opportunities for family and friends to gather and value God's presence in the past year and seek ways to recognize it in the New Year.
This Milestone
Moment includes the Four Keys for practicing faith outline which encourages growing
in our faith by recognizing the home and family gatherings as church, too. A
simple five-step structure is also included to establish a solid base for faith
formation.
These blank
pottery stones are individually hand-crafted and available at a low cost to
purchase and gift as meaningful reminders of this Milestone Moment. They can be
marked with permanent marker to personalize with a drawing or words related to
the New Year.
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