An Illustrated Lent for Families: Reflections on Prayer
An Illustrated Lent for Families: Reflections on Prayer is a digital product. No physical product will be shipped. Your purchase includes one Single-Entity license. Learn about Multi-Entity licenses here.
Our Illustrated Lent for Families is an opportunity for families to take time each week during Lent to be intentional and focus on their faith. You'll receive seven weekly family devotions and coloring and activity pages.
Who is it for?
Most churches will purchase this and give it to families in their community. It's also great for individual families to purchase and use on their own. We've also had churches with intergenerational Lenten programming use it for multi-age gatherings.
An Illustrated Lent for Families: Reflections on Prayer invites families to focus intentionally on the spiritual discipline of prayer during the Lenten season. By exploring different Gospel passages of Jesus engaged in prayer, families will be encouraged to learn new ways to expand and enrich their prayer experiences, individually, as a family, and in community.
What You Will Receive
- Seven Family Devotions: Seven weeks of family devotions that are simple but meaningful. The seven devotions focus on scripture passages for our theme, and each week includes a brief reflection, discussion questions, an activity, and a prayer.
- Special Ash Wednesday Labyrinth Meditation: We also include a special meditation using a labyrinth for Ash Wednesday.
- Activity Pages: These activity pages help give families and participants concrete things to do to engage with the theme during Lent.
- Coloring Pages: Seven coloring pages tie in with both the weekly scripture and activity.
How You Can Use It
Churches often purchase this and send it home with parents to use during Lent. An Illustrated Lent for Families also makes a great addition to any Lenten materials you might be putting together to send home to families. One could also adapt it for a Sunday School or multigenerational programming.
Purchase Details
After completing your purchase, you'll instantly receive a link to download the PDF. You will find everything you need in the PDF, and then you can share it with the families in your church and community. Please refer to the information in the PDF on best practices for sharing our products with your community.
Weekly Themes
Below is a list of the themes for each of the seven weekly devotions:
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Ash Wednesday: Labyrinth
Scripture: Matthew 1:1–16; 16–21
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Week 1: Jesus Prayed Alone
Scripture: Mark 1:35 -
Week 2: Jesus Prayed During Special Times
Scripture: Luke 3:21–22 -
Week 3: Jesus Prayed When He Needed Help
Scripture: Luke 6:12–13 -
Week 4: Jesus Prayed With a Thankful Heart
Scripture: Matthew 14:19–21 -
Week 5: Jesus Taught Others to Pray
Scripture: Luke 11:1–4 -
Week 6: Jesus Prayed in Community
Scripture: Luke 19:37–38 -
Week 7: Christ is Risen! Peace be with you!
Scripture: John 20:18–22