Bible Study -- Beyond Sunday School: How Parents Can Bring Faith Home - Epiphany & Lent with Bird Treacy

2025-03-02

Episode 105, Published 03/01/2025, Listen Here Gain confidence with the scriptures through our weekly Bible Study - this conversation discusses the Bible Readings for the week of 02/23. Find the prayer services and upcoming reading list here. Join us for a great conversation with Bird Treacy, a licensed Godly Play trainer and children’s ministry leader, to explore how children experience faith. This is the first of FIVE episodes with Bird. Given her love for Godly Play, we spend a bit of the time at the beginning introducing the concept. Then dive into John’s Prologue and the deep ...

Episode 105, Published 03/01/2025, Listen Here

Gain confidence with the scriptures through our weekly Bible Study - this conversation discusses the Bible Readings for the week of 02/23. Find the prayer services and upcoming reading list here.

Join us for a great conversation with Bird Treacy, a licensed Godly Play trainer and children’s ministry leader, to explore how children experience faith. This is the first of FIVE episodes with Bird. Given her love for Godly Play, we spend a bit of the time at the beginning introducing the concept. Then dive into John’s Prologue and the deep (if complicated) significance of Jesus as the Lamb of God. We also discuss how faith communities can truly know and nurture children beyond admiration—offering them a space to be fully seen and loved. Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, church leader, or someone curious about faith formation, this episode will leave you with rich insights and meaningful reflection. Bird has a WEALTH of Resource, stay in touch with her -- Website, Substack, @abirdinchurch (Instagram)

Bird Treacy is a Godly Play Trainer, Episcopal church lady, church programming consultant, and writer based in the greater Boston area. Prior to finding her way to professional work in the church, Bird earned a masters degree in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies with an emphasis on Disability Studies from Emory University, and she brings both an academic lens and a lived experience of disabled identity to her current work. When not wrangling small humans or developing programming, you can usually find Bird cooking, writing, competing in jigsaw puzzle competitions, making lace, or doing some other craft project. She lives with her wife, a current veterinary student, and their five cats.

Key moments in our conversation include:

(01:15 – 03:05) Introducing Bird Treacy & Her Work in Children’s Ministry
(03:05 – 05:31) What is Godly Play & Why Does It Matter?
(05:38 – 08:24) The Power & Mystery of John’s Prologue
(09:07 – 13:40) Being Called the #1 Predictor of Kids Staying in Church
(13:41 – 16:40) Jesus as the Lamb & The Lion

You can read a complete transcript of this episode, here.

Things we talk about on this episode:

Godly Play Foundation
Bible Gateway - John 1:1-18 (CEB)
Fuller Youth Institute - https://fulleryouthinstitute.org/blog/moving-away-from-the-kid-table'
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd USA

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