The Good Shepherd and the Child

Episode 176. RPC2 Ch. 4 and 5 with Stephanie Diethelm

The Good Shepherd and the Child

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“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” John 10:10

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Podcasts by Series Level One Book Study Level Two Book Study Today Stephanie helps us break open chapters 4 and 5 of The Religious Potential of the Child for 6 to 12 Year Olds Stephanie Diethelm has been a catechist since 1998. She completed her Level 1 training with Tina Lillig, Barbara Searle and Carol Nyberg in Chicago in 1999 and says that it changed her life. She has been a formation leader for the National Association of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd since 2005. She has worked extensively with children and adults in a variety of settings and now works with children in an atrium both at Red Mountain Community School and All Saints Episcopal Church in Birmingham, AL. She also completed the Education for Ministry (EfM) Seminar course through Sewanee: University of the South School of Theology in 2019 and has been a trained mentor for EfM Groups since 2020. She resides in Birmingham, AL and has two children, Catherine (33) and Christopher (30). TODAYS LISTENER QUESTION- I hear there isn't any use for the slow controlled movements of practical life in level 2 or 3. Yet as an adult we are asked to make materials and explore practical life to slow us down. Doesn't the 2nd plane child also need help with slowing down and contemplation? Podcasts Episodes For the Beginning of the Atrium Year: 98: Welcoming the Children (Level 1) 122: Welcoming the Level 2 and 3 Child PART ONE 123: Welcoming the Level 2 and 3 Child PART TWO

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