New! Check our our prayer cube for choosing a grace to say at mealtimes.
Located on the second floor of the diocesan offices, the Resource Center provides tools and materials to help parishes live out their ministries of Inviting, Forming, Sending & Serving. The Resource Center is open Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Please call Amy Cook to arrange Saturday visits or consultations.
At the Resource Center you will find Sunday school curriculum samples from most major publishers, Christian education periodicals to peruse, DVDs and video curriculums and programs to check out and use in parishes, and retail materials specifically designed for church leaders.
As the Resource Center Coordinator, Amy Cook can meet with education or church school committees to talk through curriculum resources and implementation, recommend seasonal resources for small group study, and research specific education requests and orders.
Contact information: acook@diomass.org or call 617-482-4826 ext. 645
These are well-tested programs designed for group study on the parish level.
A joint web site of the Episcopal Church in the USA and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Resource Center director Amy Cook is available for consultation regarding parish-based Christian formation programs for children. Reach her at 617-482-5800 x645.
The Resource Center has many Sunday school-based curricula. In addition, two programs proven popular in the Diocese of Massachusetts have national web sites and local contacts.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Local contact:
The Rev. Joyce Scherer-Hoock
St. Anne's-in-the-Field, Lincoln
781-259-8834
Godly Play Local contact:
The Rev. Cheryl Minor
All Saints’ Church, Belmont
617-484-2228
Useful sites for clergy and lay leaders.
- Resources from the Episcopal Church, USA
- The Alban Institute
- An interdenominational research and consulting organization; publishes practical resources for congregations.
- Episcopal Parish Services
- Distributes materials for ministry to congregations and dioceses across the country. The materials are developed in consultation with churches and dioceses or sourced by program units at the Episcopal Church Center in New York.
- Center for Parish Development
- The Center's purpose is to help churches strive to become more faithful and effective missional communities that engage the culture with the gospel, liberate themselves from Christendom bondage, and equip themselves to discern and participate in God's redemptive mission.
Stephen Ministries
Use this cube at mealtimes to encourage family prayer before meals. Please print out the PDF file attached below. Card stock works best - if you can print directly, great, otherwise you can print on regular paper and then copy onto card stock. Fold to form a cube and tape to secure.
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