Peanut Butter and Jelly Prayers

Julie B. Sevig

Description

The dinner table may be the only time that today's busy families sit down together - and pray together. This book meets families where they are, offering prayers of thanks for macaroni and cheese, fast-food meals, and, yes, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Includes rhyming prayers for little kids, dinner-table prayers for special family occasions, and prayers marking the movement of the church year.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Religious
• Juvenile Nonfiction
• Philosophie et théologie
• Devotional
• Prayer
• Christian

Informations

• Publié par: Church Publishing Incorporated
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780819226747
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Peanut Butter and Jelly Prayers
Peanut Butter and Jelly Prayers
JULIE B. SEVIG
Copyright 2007 by Julie B. Sevig
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.
Unless otherwise noted, the Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Morehouse Publishing, 4775 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17105 Morehouse Publishing, 445 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Morehouse Publishing is an imprint of Church Publishing Incorporated.
Cover art and design by Laurie Klein Westhafer Interior design by Beth Oberholtzer
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sevig, Julie B.
Peanut butter and jelly prayers / by Julie B. Sevig.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8192-2275-6 (printed casebound) 1. Family-Prayers and devotions. 2. Prayers. I. Title.
BV255.S45 2007
249-dc22
2007025120
Printed in the United States of America 07 08 09 10 11 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For my children Peder, Oliver, and Annika, in thanksgiving for all our meals, and our life, together .
CONTENTS
Introduction
Section One: What s Cookin ?
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches
Fast Food
Macaroni and Cheese
Pizza
Tortillas
Vegetarian Goodness
Pancakes
Picnic Blessings
Cereal
Leftovers
Section Two: Special Occasions
When Friends Visit
When Relatives Visit
It s Your Birthday
Celebrating a Loved One s Accomplishment
Celebrating Baptism or the Anniversary of a Baptism
Welcome to the Family-Person or Pet
In Our Sadness
Moving
Back to School
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Beginning of Fall
Beginning of Winter
Beginning of Spring
Beginning of Summer
New Year s Eve/Day
St. Patrick s Day (March 17)
Earth Day (April 22)
Cinco de Mayo (May 5)
Vacation
Section Three: All through the Year
Season of Advent
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Christmas Song
Epiphany of Our Lord (January 6)
Baptism of Our Lord
Sundays after Epiphany
Ash Wednesday
Season of Lent
Holy Week
Easter Sunday
Season of Easter
Day of Pentecost
Trinity Sunday
Mary the Mother of Our Lord (August 15)
Day of St. Francis (October 4)
Christ the King Sunday
All Saints Day (November 1)
Section Four: Ordinary Time
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Traditional Table Graces
Prayers around the World
INTRODUCTION
There s a prayer just for peanut butter and jelly sandwiches? Who knew? In this book of prayers for meals at home and on the go are prayers for a good old PB J, macaroni and cheese, and yes, even a prayer asking God to bless fast food and those who make it and serve it.
In our fast-paced society, some people quickly dismiss the family meal as a thing of the past. But architects and realtors will tell you the kitchen and dining areas remain important focuses of any home. Peruse the cooking section at your local bookstore or notice the number of TV cooking shows, even television channels devoted entirely to food. Apparently people are still making meals and eating them together.
Child Trends Data Bank reports that almost half of American teenagers eat with their family nearly every day. And the