There are 15 Milestone Moments included in this Holidays and Events Set:
New Year Celebration, Candlemas, Saint Valentine’s Day, Saint Patrick’s Day, Shrove Tuesday, Easter Egg Blessing, Mother’s Day, Juneteenth, Father’s Day, Fourth of July, Severe Weather, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Longest Night, and Christmas Tree Blessing

Each Milestone Moment consists of two pages that are reproducible in your local setting. It can be sent in emails or printed.
· Page 1 describes the significance of the moment and the importance of observing it.
· Page 2 provides a conversation guide* that includes talking and listening to one another, reading a verse/s from the Bible, and a prayer and blessing. It includes a food for thought question on how one might show love for one’s neighbor through an act of service.

All Milestone Moment Conversation Guides are designed and based on the *Four Key Faith Formation Practices of Caring Conversations, Devotions, Rituals and Traditions, and Service. These practices encourage us to grow in our faith through personal, trusted relationships.

Suggested use as a faith formation resource for congregations:
· Send a link to a page on your website that is member only access where users can choose from the ones purchased by the congregation to download and use in their homes with family and friends.

· Set up a display with multiple Milestone Moments that have been printed in a common area in the church for people to choose from and take home.

· Host a Milestone Moment event during a weekday or following worship to introduce them to the congregation. Serve snacks or a meal before you begin. Invite people to sit in groups of 4 or 5 and facilitate them through each step found in the Conversation Guide. Following the event, invite and encourage people to take printed copies home of other Milestone Moments they would like to use in their homes with family and friends.

· Include them as an insert in the church bulletin for households to take home during certain times of the year: Blessing of the Christmas Tree, Blessing of the Advent Wreath, Saint Valentine’s Day, Candlemas, etc.