As we step into this fall season, OYM wants to highlight a few October resources for you or someone you may know working in youth ministry. We hope they will be helpful to you this month!
Find recipes, craft ideas, printables, coloring pages, activities, and much more for your October faith curriculum with these free resources from Byzimom. Click here to view.
Saints and the Animals that Served Them Activity Book (available for download)
Help children learn the beloved stories of saints who befriended God’s creatures with this free downloadable activity book. Each story is accompanied by detailed maps of their lives and travels; respective Troparia and Kontakia; entertaining word games and puzzles; helpful resources for further information; as well as beautiful and original iconographic line drawings of the Saints which may be used as handouts, enlarged for classroom use and bulletin boards, or given to children, as well as adults, to color. Click here to learn more.
October Coloring Pages (available for download)
Children will enjoy learning about this month’s holy days and their corresponding icons with these simple but informative coloring pages. Available to download free of cost. Click here to learn more.
Help kids follow along with the liturgical year with this weekly newsletter featuring a message on the Sunday Gospel lesson and on one of the saints for the week. You’ll also find a coloring page and other activities. Available to download free of cost. Click here to learn more.
Remind the young people in your life of the love and care with which God made them with this beautifully illustrated new video from Ancient Faith Kids. Click here to watch.
Featuring a saint for every day of the month, and two pages dedicated to each one of the saints, this book is useful for families or youth ministry workers looking for a helpful resource to teach children about the saints we celebrate in October. Click here to learn more.