Welcome to the Faith Journey's Page!

On this page you will find information regarding our Milestone Ministry as well as an ever-changing variety of resources to support, enrich and encourage your personal faith journey. 

We invite you to add this page to your favorites and visit often.  If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact Bobbie Tomasek our Director of Faith Journey's at btomasek@allsaintpshoenix.org or 602-866-9191 ext. 19.

Faith Journey Resources 
                (click the links to view)
• Map for the Journey:
A welcome message from the director including descriptions of upcoming events.
• Faith in Daily Life "How-To" Series:
Using your God-given gifts and ideas for celebrating life.  New updates every 2 weeks.
• Milestone Ministry:
Education and recongition events for life and faith milestones from Birth from High School
• Milestone Events Calendar:
calendar of events and educational opportunities, click on the events for a copy of the invitation or other information. You may also visit after the event for a review of what we did and learned in class.  You'll also find follow up ideas after the class so click back often.
• Home Grown Faith & ReadyClickGrow:
A unique collection of online faith-building resources for individuals and families.

The Easter Season is seven weeks long.  Keep up the Easter spirit with ideas in this space updated weekly. 

 Try these Easter Puzzles together (New April 21) Easter word search/concentration game and Holy Week Picture Puzzle.  Talk about the order of events during Holy Week.  Talk about the meaning of the Easter words.  Make your own puzzles and games together for a fun family time activity.

NEW LIFE Mosaics (New April 7).  How many symbols of new life can your family name?  There are no right or wrong answers as long as  you can explain your answer.  On a sheet of clear Contact paper draw outlines of your symbols using bright colored sharpie markers.  Next, tear up colorful tissue paper into small pieces.  Peeling the backing off the Contact paper a little bit at a time, fill in the drawings with the tissue paper.  Leave plenty of room around the edges of the paper for the next step.  Stick your paper to windows or glass doors around  your home for a "stained glass" reminder of your new life in Christ. 

In Remembrance of Me (click) NEW MARCH 31.  This is a neat twist on random acts of kindness and a great reminder of Jesus' example of service, especially during the Last Supper.

click here for Resurrection Cookies

What to do with the plastic eggs:

Have egg rolling contests. Prep:  fill each egg with a symbol of the Easter story (cross, donkey, rock, nails, empty, etc)  Part one: Do a scavenger hunt to find all the eggs.  Part two: Use a spoon, or  your nose, to race your eggs to a predetermined finish line. Part three: open your eggs into the middle of the table.  Time how fast the egg roll winner can put the pieces in a logical order to tell the Easter story.  Finally, how many ideas can your family come up with to use your plastic eggs?

 Make a nail craft.  Using any type of nails and pieces of plywood, pound the nails into the outline of a cross, butterfly, or other Christian symbol.  Use pretty ribbons to wind around the nail and complete the picture.  Be sure to help younger children with the hammer.

Click here for a craft for younger kids

An activity page for younger kids

An Easter puzzle

 Click here for archived family time  ideas

If you are interested in community volunteer opportunities, try www.volunteermatch.org for a partial listing.

FAITH  MORSELS

Meal time is faith time:  Weekly "RECIPES" for passing on your faith.

Click here for archived ideas

Refresh your memory

Under each dinner plate or chair place an object, picture or a word that has to do with Holy Week.  For example, a coin, a picture of a donkey, a nail, a cross, a rock, and so on.  During dinner have family members discover what is under their chair and talk about what it represents.  Try to put the objects in order.  Afterward, reward each family member with a minute.  Give each person one or two minutes to talk about whatever is on their mind.  It's their turn.  Don't interupt.  This is a great practice for every night of the year.

The value of a family meal can't be overstated. 

 click on the event to view the invitational letter or other information prior to the event.  After the event you may wish to click on your event to review what you learned, find out what you missed or get ideas to follow up.  On-line evaluations will also be available.

Baptism classes:
Held quarterly on Saturdays from 9:00 - 10:30am
Sep 8, 2007,  Dec 1, 2007
Mar 1, 2008,  Jun 14, 2008

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