Blessings in a Backpack feeds kids on the weekend
WEBBlessings in a Backpack offers flexible program models built on scalable sustainability that any community in America can use to end weekend hunger for its kids. Through our network of over 1,200 program locations, we leverage our collective experience to ensure effective and efficient programming. With your help, we can end weekend hunger in ...
Backpack Blessings - Ministry Matters
WEBAug 22, 2011 · Lord, bless these backpacks and the children and youth who carry them as they begin yet another year of school. Give them peace when they feel nervous, focus when they feel distracted, energy when they feel tired. Open their minds to the lessons they will learn both in and outside the classroom.
Blessing Backpacks: Prayer and Resources
WEBMany churches have begun the practice of “Blessing Backpacks” as a way to send our children off with prayers for a safe and successful year of learning. These blessings can occur at any time of the church service: announcement time, during the prayers of the people, at dismissal time.
A Blessing of the Backpacks and the School Year
WEBA Blessing of the Backpacks and the School Year. Prior to using this blessing, ask children and youth in the congregation to come forward, bringing their backpacks to be blessed. Leader: Today, we have before us backpacks to be carried to and from school by the children and youth gathered here.
Astoundingly Simple Tips for Your Best-Ever Backpack Blessing
WEBAug 2, 2018 · A backpack blessing is a moment set aside during your worship service to encourage students. Doing so celebrates with the excited, and soothes the anxious. No matter the age or how a student is feeling about the upcoming school year, a backpack blessing is a valuable ritual within a faith family.
Blessing of the Backpacks (Back to School Event)
WEBAug 26, 2013 · Use these ideas in your children’s ministry as kids go back to school. Give them the spiritual boost and remind them God is going back to school alongside them! I love this time of year! Kids are headed back to school and back to church. Something about fall makes me think of big events and outreach ministries.
WEBBLESSING OF THE BACKPACKS. Gathering: Before reading through the blessing, Invite kids to bring their backpacks and gather around you. Or, if gathering virtually, invite kids to sit with their backpacks in front of their screen. You may choose to follow the script below, create your own, or skip it altogether.
Blessing of the Backpacks - Family Faith Builders
WEBAug 7, 2015 · Are you looking for a back-to-school lesson for your Children’s Ministry? One fun way to get kids back into the swing of things is by doing a Blessing of the Backpacks. This special blessing is typically done the Sunday before school starts.
Our Programs - Blessings in a Backpack
WEBHelp Blessings in a Backpack send kids home on Fridays with a backpack full of satisfying and nutritional food. For $175, or $15 a month, you can help provide food for one child every weekend of the school year!
Enhance Back-to-School with Backpack Blessing Tags for Kids
WEBJul 18, 2024 · Handing out a free, colorful backpack tag for back to school is a powerful reminder of God’s love. Plus, congregants and teachers can pray a blessing over each child who heads back to class. If your kidmin program hasn’t yet started a Backpack Blessing tradition, then keep reading to learn more.
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