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Godly Play The Godly Play approach helps children to explore their faith through story, to gain religious language and to enhance their spiritual experience though wonder and play. Based on Montessori principles and developed using a spiral curriculum, the Godly Play method serves children through early, middle and late childhood and beyond. This approach to Christian formation invites children to wonder together in a safe, nurturing community. Each week, teachers present a sacred story, a parable, or a story about the
liturgical life of the church. The children then have a chance to choose their work for the day – drawing, building, playing with the stories themselves. Lindsay Powers leads a team of teachers that includes Kim Lawes, Kathy Whicker, Cindy Wilson, Katie Jones, Julia Harris, Lucy Jones, and Frances Knight. Click here to watch kids from the Episcopal Church of the Nativity help tell the Godly Play story “The Flood and the Ark” from memory.
“worship, love, belong, grow and serve.”
