This volume introduces the life and teachings of Jesus to children aged 3 to 7. It sets Gospel stories in the context worship that children can relate to. Sonja Stewart offers advice on how to create a worship environment which enables young children to begin to appreciate the meaning of worship through biblical stories and parables. Focusing here on the life and teachings of Jesus, she shows how to illustrate the stories using felt and wooden materials so that the children can read them as well as hear them. At the same time, she translates the stories into a fourfold order of worship that parallels adult worship but is approriate for young children. The book includes 34 story presentations and patterns for the figures in the stories.

Sonja Stewart and Jerome Berryman have taken the needs of children into account and devised an exciting method for introducing three- to seven-year-olds to the wonder of worship. Their approach, which integrates religious education and worship, has been presented at numerous workshops and training sessions. Based on the authors' experiences, the methods described here will be invaluable to teachers helping children understand and appreciate worship.