Religious Instruction for the Young

As part of our program of Spiritual Humanism education for youth we offer the Build a Better World Coloring Book both for sale in our online shop and free for download in Acrobat PDF format. As an to teaching 'sunday school' type programs there is a companion Lesson Plan for the Coloring Book.

download: Coloring Book (793 kb) Lesson Plan (163 kb)

The Build a Better World Coloring Book is an indispensable resource for anyone conducting religious youth education from a humanist perspective. Contains 28 pages of original artwork. Each of the drawings illustrates important religious concepts. Suitable for ages 2 to 7.

The Lesson Plan is a one page companion document and a great aid when conducting religious education youth groups centered on the Build a Better World Coloring Book. Covers the following topics:

• Respect for Nature
• Religion based on Reason
• Equality
• Good and bad behavior
• Respect for community property
• Seasonal religious holidays
• Personal spirituality
• Continuity of past, present, and future
• Standing up for your beliefs
• Being open to new ideas

Please send your feedback and expereinces using the Build a Better World Coloring Book and Lesson Plan.

Church of Spiritual HUmanism, PO Box 180, Jenkintown, PA 19046

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He is gone and that’s a good thing. Now it is time for America to get our house in order. It is time to end the wars and occupation that Bin Laden provoked. His goal was to pull us in to conflict with all of the Muslim world so that they might unite under his banner to battle against us. In this he failed. We have prevailed and now it is time for us to move on to face even greater threats and challenges.

Happy Spring Equinox
Sun, 20 Mar 2011
The Spring Equinox is today March 20th 2011. Also known as the Vernal Equinox, the official start of spring occurs today at 7:21 pm Eastern Daylight Time. If you are interested in the spiritual aspects of the natural event take a look at my Spiritual Equinox 2011 celebration post.

Spring Equinox 2011
Mon, 14 Mar 2011
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