Lead Godly Play Storyteller First Baptist Church Halifax

First Baptist Church Halifax, an inclusive and progressive congregation, seeks a Lead Godly Play Storyteller to lead our Godly Play Team to develop and implement our Sunday morning Godly Play program for children and young adolescents.

The Lead Godly Play Storyteller will work approximately five hours weekly, developing the plan through preparation and training in July-August, leading the programming from September-June.

More detailed information including required competencies, experience, and primary responsibilities are available on the church website

Interested applicants are invited to submit a resume to Chair of Search Committee, Janet Margeson at jobopening@fbchalifax.ca. Screening of applications will begin on May 1, 2023.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Lead and strengthen our Sunday morning Godly Play program, expanding our implementation of the spiral curriculum to support children of various ages
  • Prior to worship, set-up Godly Play Room, ensuring stories and supplies are in place for storytelling circles
  • Inform the church office when supplies are needed
  • Participate in welcoming children and families as they arrive for worship andcommunicate information about Godly Play opportunities with all families
  • Join children for the children’s story; as appropriate assist ministers and layleaders in supporting children during this time
  • Lead the Younger Grades storytelling circle (in 2023-2024, this will be allchildren except those in the older/Middle School group). In future years, determine with Board of Christian Education and Godly Play Team where you are most needed to support the full implementation of the curriculum
  • Communicate information about stories told in Godly Play to the church office for a weekly FBCH Family News update sent out following worship each Sunday. Along with the stories told and a provided link to family pages (as available), share other important information for families to know about Godly Play.
  • Willing to receive formal training in Godly Play

Experience and Competencies

  • Experience as a teacher, or in leadership of children and implementing curriculum
  • Understanding of the progressive Christian faith tradition and an appreciation for Baptist heritage and values (see our church website for information on Baptist freedoms)
  • Outgoing personality, interpersonal attritubtes that connect well with children and their families
  • Storytelling and communication skills
  • Group management strategies
  • Understanding of pedagogy regarding stages of child development

Register for Core Training – Fall 2022

There are a lot of things you can learn from a book or a lecture, but Godly Play is best learned from the inside out.

At a Godly Play Core Training participants
· experience and learn about the different kinds of Godly Play stories;
· tell a story by heart and receive supportive feedback;
· learn the fundamentals of setting up your own Godly Play space and program.

Training is offered by accredited trainers from Godly Play Maritimes and includes three key plenary sessions and stories from each of the Godly Play genres:

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Update from the Godly Play Foundation

An Update from the Godly Play Foundation:

We have begun a comprehensive review of the materials to address concerns about the lack of diversity and implicit bias in our materials. To begin with we have made some small changes to the story of Creation and to some of the images and materials used in the Parables. The changes we made include:

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Training for Fall 2019

Godly Play Core Training for Storytellers & Doorpersons

Fall 2019 in Halifax!   October & November

There are a lot of things you can learn from a book or a lecture, but Godly Play is best learned from the inside out.

At a Godly Play Core Training participants
· experience and learn about the different kinds of Godly Play stories;
· tell a story by heart and receive supportive feedback;
· learn the fundamentals of setting up your own Godly Play space and program.

Training is offered by accredited trainers from Godly Play Maritimes and includes three key plenary sessions and stories from each of the Godly Play genres:

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Godly Play Introductory Day

ONE-DAY INTRODUCTORY GODLY PLAY WORKSHOP

Saturday, October 27 from 9:45am- 3:30pm:   Cost is $20.

at the Godly Play Space at First Baptist Church, 1300 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS

  • Godly Play is a creative approach to nurturing children’s faith.
  • It values process, openness, discovery, community and relationships.
  • It supports children in being more fully aware of the mystery of God’s presence in their lives.

In this Introductory Workshop Participants will:

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Godly Play Core Training Fall 2018

Join us for core training in Halifax at First Baptist Church.

Friday, September 21  (8:30-5:30) Module A – Sacred Stories and Creating Sacred Environments.

Saturday, September 22 (8:30-5:30) Module B –  Parables and the Spirituality of the Child.

Saturday, October 27 (8:30-5:30) Module C – Liturgical Action Stories and the Community of Children.

Registration is limited – a minimum of 12 participants is required for the program. Applications will be received on a “first come, first serve” basis. Your space is not confirmed until FULL payment is received.

READ MORE about Module Training and Core Training here and BEGIN THE APPLICATION hereGodly Play Core Training.

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