Friends on Faith Adventures
Friends on Faith Adventures is a two-year programme of formatted sessions for groups of children aged 5 to 11. It is Bible based, taking children on an adventure around the books of the Bible, and follows a recognised pattern for each session.
Parents and carers are encouraged to engage with the sessions, staying for the beginning and returning for the end of the session and maybe being provided with a cup of coffee and a chance to chat together in between.
Children are encouraged to continue their exploring, experiencing and expressing of their faith through a walking the way challenge to do during the time between sessions. They are encouraged to take a photograph (FOFA-Cam) of something connected with the session or to use a bear mascot (FOFA bear) to accompany them between sessions and to write in the bear鈥檚 journal (could be an ordinary exercise book or notebook) what they did.
The Pilots Prayer reflects the origin of Friends on Faith Adventures, which was from a children鈥檚 organisation which has been part of the 国产无码 since before the 国产无码 was formed! You may want to use these prayers or to use the alternative.
All attempts have been made to make activities as inexpensive and environmentally friendly as possible.
The Adventure Map is a list of all the books in the Bible to enable children to see how the passage they are exploring in that session fits in with other things they may have experienced from the Bible. You may want to make one of these to display on a church noticeboard so that everyone can see and contribute to it with pictures of things they have made.
You may also want to look at Families on Faith Adventures @ 国产无码 as this weekly resource is full of ideas for prayers, storytelling, activities and challenges which could support your ministry with children and their families.
Resources to download
- Getting started (Word | 868kb) – a handy checklist to complete before you get started
- Risk and accident form (Word | 550kb)
- Safeguarding (PDF | 520kb)
- Role description for leaders and volunteers (PDF | 568kb)
Pre-planned sessions
Index of pre-planned sessions聽
New resources!
- John – Are you thirsty – Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well (Word| 337 kb)
- 2 Kings – Miraculous Healing – Elisha heals Naaman’s skin disease (Word| 281 kb)
- Acts – Leaping and praising God – Healing at the beautiful gate (Word| 335 kb)
- Joshua – The Walls Come Down – Joshua and the battle of Jericho (Word| 326 kb)
- Luke – Who’s responsible? You Decide – Faithful and unfaithful servant (Word| 335 kb)
- 1 Kings – Elijah and the prophets of Baal – Elijah shows that there is only one God (Word| 507 kb)
- Genesis – Joseph’s visions -Joseph’s dreams and聽 visions (Word | 341 kb)
- Matthew -Jesus gets angry – Jesus overturns tables in the temple聽 (Word | 322 kb)
- Luke – The good foreigner – The good Samaritan (Word | 346 kb)
- Samuel – Calling Samuel – Samuel hears God’s voice聽 (Word | 416 kb)
- Samuel-Scary Giants-David and Goliath (Word | 335 kb)
- Psalm 104 – A song of wow – praise psalm (Word | 334 kb)
- John – Fishing Frustrtaion – throw your nets on the other side (Word | 330 kb)
- Mark-Keeping calm -Calming the storm (Word | 385 kb)
- Acts-Peter’s Strange Dream (Word | 323 kb)
- Isaiah-Good news from Isaiah (Word | 1 mb)
- John-Mountain top vision – Transfiguration (Word | 400 kb)
- Jonah-Jonah and the big big fish (Word | 293 kb)
- Leviticus-Time to celebrate-harvest and Sukkoth (Word | 328 kb)
- Luke-Mary’s Story-Christmas (Word | 578 kb)
- Matthew-Being Really Rich-Rich man and heaven (Word | 176 kb)
- Psalms-David’s song of praise – Psalm 93 (Word | 327 kb)
- Psalms-Davids song – Psalm 121 (Word | 289 kb)
- Ecclesiasties – time for everything (Word | 323 kb)
- 1 Kings – Half yours, half mine – Wisdom of Solomon (Word | 325 kb)
- 1 Samuel – David’s call- David is made king (Word | 178 kb)
- Genesis – Will it ever stop raining – Noahs ark (Word | 329 kb)
- Luke – Through the roof – Paralysed man healed (Word | 672 kb)
- Mark – 5000 rumbling tummies – feeding 5000 (Word | 521 kb)
- Mark – Jesus picks his team – choosing the disciples (Word | 577 kb)
- Matthew – mini mustard seeds – parable of the mustard seed (Word | 350 kb)
- Matthew – Ungrateful servant – parable about forgiveness (Word | 329 kb)
- Revelation – new heaven and a new earth – vision of what heaven may be like (Word | 327 kb)
- Ephesians – Armour of God – Putting on God’s armour (Word | 323 kb)
- Matthew -House on the rock stood firm – Wise and foolish builder (Word | 323 kb)
- Matthew – This is how you pray – Lord’s Prayer (Word | 395 kb)
- Matthew – A time for shouting – Palm Sunday and beyond (Word | 327 kb)
- Mark – Now you see me – Healing of Bartimaeus (Word | 335 kb)
- Luke – Come to the party – Parable of the wedding banquet (Word | 324 kb)
- Genesis – Climbing the ladder – Jacobs ladder (Word | 322 kb)
- Genesis – Abraham’s Journey – Life of Abraham (Word | 169 kb)
- Exodus – Rules to live by – 10 Commandments (Word | 134 kb)
- 2 Kings – Miraculous healing – Healing Naaman (Word | 134 kb)
- Mark – Blessed Children – Jesus blesses the children (Word | 891kb)
- Exodus – Let my people go – Ten plagues in Egypt (Word | 129 kb)
- Matthew – Sorting the sheep from the goats聽 (Word | 128 kb)
- John – Lazarus Lives – Lazarus is raised from the dead (Word | 128 kb)
- Ezra and Nehemiah – Rebuilding the Temple – The temple in Jerusalem (Word | 128 kb)
- Proverbs – Wise Words – Assorted biblical proverbs (Word | 133kb)
- Esther – Brave Esther Saves the Day – Queen Esther (Word | 523 kb)
- Exodus – The Burning Bush – Moses meets God in a burning bush (Word | 322 kb)
- Luke – Where Are My Sheep – The parable of the lost sheep (Word | 367 kb)
- Mark – Not on the Sabbath – the healing of the man with the withered hand (Word | 328 kb)
- Matthew – A Supper to Remember – the Last Supper (Word | 525 kb)
- Luke – Jesus Changed Me – The crippled Woman (Word | 130kb)
- Mark – Greatest Commandment – Love God and Others (Word | 521 kb)
- Amos – God’s chosen one – The prophet Amos (Word | 129kb)
- Luke – A friendship found – The lost coin (Word | 156 kb)
- Mark – The Visit of the Kings – Christmas Magi (Word | 129kb)
- Luke – I hear you knocking – Persistance in prayer (Word | 162)
- 1 Corinthians – Al together now – One Body (Word | 551 kb)
- Luke – Second Chances – Prodigal Son (Word | 157 kb)
- Ruth – Growing Friends – Ruth and Naomi (Word | 165kb)
- Luke – FInders Keepers – Lost and Found (Word | 138kb)
- Galatians – Fruits of the Spirit (Word | 128kb)
- Luke – Jesus Cares – The Widow’s Son (Word | 128 kb)
- Acts: All change – seeing Jesus聽(Word | 158kb)
- Luke: All invited – party invite聽(Word | 205kb)
- John: Doubtful – Doubting Thomas聽(Word | 128kb)
- Exodus: Grumbling and moaning – fiery cloudy pillar聽(Word | 130kb)
- Exodus: Baby in the basket – the birth of Moses聽(Word | 243kb)
- Mark: Very tempted – Jesus is tempted in the desert聽(Word | 153kb)
- 2 Corinthians – Love is (Word | 141kb)
- Mark – Keep the Faith – Jairus’ Daughter (Word | 129 kb)
- Genesis – Top of the Tower – Tower of Babel (Word | 127kb)
- Luke – Walking with Jesus – Emmaus Road (Word | 127kb)