PARISH CURRICULA The "Christ Our Life Series" by the Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio (published by Loyola University Press, Chicago, IL 60657) is well illustrated and worth having a look at. David C. Cook St. Bartholomew's Christian Education Curriculum - First Communion Course: An eight-week course with reviews and tests and kid-friendly activities, designed for either a 2nd/3rd grade group or mixed aged groups including children up to age 12. Using both the Old and New Testaments, it teaches history, imagery, symbolism and sacraments, challenging the students to a personal journey with Christ. Best used during Lent, culminating in First Communion either on Easter Eve, Easter Day or the 1st Sunday after Easter. Includes a seder meal plan for Maundy Thursday. $5 per instruction booklet. Confirmation Course - An imaginative 2-year course covering all the main aspects of the Faith for youngsters aged 12-17. Includes challenging activities, recommended videos, games and songs. Instructive both for teens and those who teach them. Written to be used with either the '28 or the '79 Prayer Book, OR the Anglican Service Book. There is also a supplmental 1/2 year course on sexuality and the family. Available by contacting St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church, Box 563, Swartz Creek, Mi 48473, 810-635-9100. St. Francis' Children's Worship Bulletin: can be coordinated with the Sunday propers. Includes activities. Reasonably priced. www.childrensbulletins.com or 800-992-2144. The St. George's Christian Education Curriculum. Fr. Erich Zwingert of the Anglican Province of America recommends this highly. He writes, "Eight years ago, a group of lay people interested in ministering to children and young people at St. George's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, began developing a Christian Education Curriculum for use in Anglican Sunday Schools and confirmation classes...centered in Holy Scripture...and the Book of Common Prayer." Material convered includes (a year for each of these subjects) the Prayer Book Catechism, The Church Year, Notable People and Events in the Bible, and Significant Figures in Church History. Guiding principles of the curriculum are theological integrity, flexibility and user friendliness. Activities, games, songs and a focus statement or theme summary are part of every lesson, to be used with older or younger children, in large or small groups. For more information, go to www.stpeter.org/curric.html or write St. Peter Publications, PO Box 713, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada C1A 7L3, or phone or fax at 902-368-8442, or e-mail stptepub@isn.net. The Teal Curriculum The Thomas of Canterbury Curriculum is published by St. Thomas of Canterbury ACC, Roanoke, VA, and is approved by the Anglican Catholic Church. The series was written by Don Poff, B.SC., with the assistance of the Rev. Canon Marvin Gardner, Ph.D. Canon Gardner writes, "The Curriculum consists of Years 1, 2 and 3, each volume containing approximately 35 lessons, one for each Sunday of the liturgical year from September through May. Lessons are usable at all pre-confirmation grade levels and were designed for small Sunday Schools where more than one or two grades are necessarily grouped. Each volume costs $60 but comes with a license to reproduce all materials (lessons, illustrations and activities) for distribution within a mission or parish. There is no need to purchase curriculum materials more than once. "The fourth volume of the series is a Confirmation Manual consisting of 40 weekly lessons to be used over three semesters for confirmation instruction with middle school students." To order or get more information, write drmarvgardner@cox.net or go to the parish website, www.StTofC.org. The curriculum can be ordered from the website store. Or phone Fr. Gardner, whose study number is 540-345-6030. CHILDREN'S RESOURCES American Church Union Church School Curriculum; Confirmation Manual http://www.anglicanpck.org/resources/acu/index.html Heavenward Bound, by E.T.W. Branscombe: a Child's book of the Catholic Religion (with superb pen and ink drawings), was last published by Dacre in 1958. bookfinder.com. ADULT RESOURCES Anglican Catholic Church The Catholic Religion Anglican Catholic Faith and Practice is published by the Anglican Parishes Association in Athens, GA and is very good for adult confirmation and inquirer's classes. http://www.anglicanbooks.com/ International Anglican Fellowship The Ways and Teachings of the Church by the Rev. Lefford M.A. Haughwout The Practice of Religion, an illustrated Manual of Instruction and Devotions written by the Rev. Archibald Campbell Knowles, DD (for older teenagers and adults). http://www.acahome.org/tac/iaf/index.htm The Episcopal Recorder Anglican Faith and Order by Tarsitano 610-292-9852 The Convent Society The King's Highway by Carleton http://conventsociety.anglicancatholic.ca/