Over the past few years, in an effort to build intergenerational community, many congregations have set their worship spaces up to include a designated area for young worshipers. Dubbed “pray-grounds,” these spaces sometimes offer child friendly furniture, resources, and lessons for young people in worship. I highlighted a number of them in this article.
Though pray-ground spaces work for many churches, they don’t work for all. Instead of a pray-ground space where children go during worship, some might opt for worship boxes at every row. The church I pastor right now has these, and they’re going over really well! These boxes are aimed with young worshippers in mind, although they’re used by all. I thought my readers and Treasure Box Tuesday subscribers might enjoy seeing what we put in ours for a little inspiration! Here are links to the products we include. These items were curated and chosen in collaboration with our church’s fantastic director of children and youth ministries who makes them extra special. Not every box has every item. Take a look!
Worship Boxes
Right now we have the following books and Bibles in our worship boxes, but we plan to rotate books in and out as we feel inspired.
Other Items
We also have colored pencils, crayons, and slips of paper with praying hands on them for pre-readers to draw their prayer requests on and for those who can write to write them down. Sometimes we put in season-specific activity or coloring sheets to go with whatever is happening that day.
