Children's Issues

  Child Abuse - Articles (including a bulletin insert) from the FaithTrust Institute

  The Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is the foremost national proponent of policies and programs that provide children with the resources they need to succeed. CDF champians the policies that will lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation.

  Progress for Children: A Report Card on Child Protection (No. 8) 2009 - from UNICEF - This edition of Progress for Children reports some improvements but many remaining challenges to protecting children from such abuses. It calls on society to build a ‘protective environment’ for children.

A children's curriculum from The Center for Progressive Christianity - The Inner Wisdom Series: Progressive Christian Children's Curriculum
Spiritual Curriculum for Young Hearts and Minds
Year 1-  A Joyful Path, Ages 6-10

  The National Observance of Children's Sabbaths® Manual -From The Children's Defense Fund

 This multi-faith resource for year-round child advocacy serves as a guide for you and your faith community to engage in child and family advocacy work. The manual includes resources for worship services, education programs, direct service activities, and social justice initiatives for your congregation, organization or community.

Children's Sabbath Lesson Plans

Baha’i

Christian

Jewish

Muslim

  A Decade of the Child Prayer for Children from the PC(USA)

Children Praying A New Story, By Michael Morwood

  Donate School Kits given primarily to refugee and displaced children, helping students and teachers add some normalcy to disrupted lives. Also areas that experienced natural disasters receive them with joy. MCC sends school kits for children in places such as Bosnia, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Liberia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Serbia, and Ukraine and to poorly funded schools in Canada and the United States.

  Weaving a Just Future for Children: An Advocacy Guide - by Diane C. Olson and  Laura Dean F. Friedrich.  "Diane and Laura Dean's love for and commitment to children shine through this resource, inviting parents, teachers, pastors and laity to join their voices and their actions on behalf of children everywhere. Weaving a Just Future for Children combines scripture, stories, statistics, reflection and action steps into a manageable, accessible whole. For any congregation seeking to advocate for children, this is a must-have resource!" — Carol F. Krau, Congregational Leaders Team, GBOD