Way of Love Resources
During his sermon at the Opening Eucharist of the 79th General Convention on July 5, Presiding Bishop Curry formally invited the whole church to take up the Way of Love: Practices for a Jesus-Centered Life, as a Rule for the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement. The Presiding Bishop offered this rule as a way for us as a church together grow more deeply with Jesus Christ at the center of our lives, so we can bear witness to his way of love in and for the world.
The Way of Love was designed to be spare and spacious, so that individuals, ministry groups, congregations, and networks can flesh it out in unique ways and build a church-wide treasure trove of stories and resources. There is no specific order you need to follow. If you already keep a Rule or spiritual disciplines, you might reflect and discover how that path intersects with this one. By entering into reflection, discernment and commitment around the practices of Turn - Learn - Pray - Worship - Bless - Go - Rest.
Forma believes that The Way of Love is a wonderful way to encourage and practice formation in your congregations, community, and homes, and is excited to share the following resources:
The Way of Love - A post to share with your families from Building Faith.
Our partners at Church Publishing have created a vast collection of resources for every practice in The Way of Love. Find them by clicking here
Looking for a way to print The Way of Love in an easy format to use as a bulletin insert or handout? Thanks to Heidi A. J. Carter you can!
Follow the link below to download an easy-to-print version of the Way of Love materials. Also, remember that all of The Way of Love materials are open-source and can be adapted to your context.
*Other versions coming soon
For more printable versions of The Way of Love visit the official resource page.
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Want to share the Way of Love: Practices for a Jesus-Centered Life with your families and children? Download the Forma Way of Love resource: The Way of Love Catcher below!
Designed in the model of a "fortune teller" or "cootie catcher" this easy-to-print resource is a great way to introduce these Rule of Life inspired practices to all ages.
Ways to use your Way of Love Catcher:
- Send hardcopies or digital copies your families
- Add the catcher sheets (along with safety scissors and coloring utensils) to your Sunday Morning Activity Bags
- Use this resource during a church-wide gathering such as a potluck meal to keep hands busy while waiting
- Pass catchers out at neighborhood events
- Establish a coloring/ folding station in your church or organizations booth at your next community event
- Give them to grandparents as a faith-on-the-go activity to use with their grandchildren
Want more Way of Love resources?
Visit the Explore the Way of Love website.
Download your copy of the Way of Love Catcher here and print as many as you need!
(for best outcome, print 2-sided in grayscale.)
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This year, our church is adopting The Way of Love as our theme for formation and evangelism, which mean that our Backpack Tags needed to reflect this theme.
Working with a tight budget and a short time frame these are what we came up with.
Double-sided business cards placed in name badge holders, clipped with loose-leaf binder rings.
We used a local printer, ordered the rings and holders online, and the total cost for 100 was around $50.
The best part? Because I used an online design program, anyone can customize these cards and print.
How to print and customize your tags:
1. Visit Canva.com and create an account.
2. Follow THIS link
3. In the top lefthand corner, under FILE, choose MAKE A COPY
4. Click on the places where you want to insert your churches name and information.
5. Download as both a PNG and then as a PDF ( I did both so that I had the options for my printer.)
6. Send to your favorite printer.
In addition to the Backpack tags we also handed out The Way of Love Back-to-School Blessing prayer and coloring sheet, which you will find below - and can download and print.
Printable Blessing and Coloring Page:
Download and print your copies of these here: Back 2 school prayer 2
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