Godly Play
Where children come to know God. GODLY PLAY™ is an imaginative, Montessori-based approach to religious education developed by the Rev. Dr. Jerome W. Berryman and used in many denominations and around the world.
The Godly Play programtakes place in our Christian Education building and starts when the 10 am service starts. Children are returned to their parents midway through the service.
Godly Play Mission Staement: Making meaning through story, wonder, and play. Nurturing spiritual lives by honoring the centrality, competency, and capacity of children.
From the Godly Play website:
Godly Play is a creative, imaginative approach to Christian formation and spiritual guidance.
Godly Play has a Montessori foundation with 40+ years of research and practice.
Godly Play values process, openness, discovery, community and relationships.
Godly Play models the worship life, stories, symbols and rituals of Christian congregations.
Godly Play allows practitioners to make relevant and personal theological meaning.
Godly Play nurtures participants to larger dimensions of belief and faith through wondering and play.