Fall on Your Knees Activities and Prayer Services for Youth This important new resource from Eric J. Sova could prove to be the desired text for Catholic youth programs across the nation. Using the songs from his recently re-released recording Fall on Your Knees, Sova has created twenty faith development activities and ten prayer services focusing on faith formation and specifically designed for young Catholics. Centering on themes derived from Sova’s song lyrics, each activity contains related Scripture passages, reflection questions, and challenges for students to undertake throughout the week. The faith of our young people is constantly being tested. Fall on Your Knees is a resource that can help to address many of the faith issues teenagers face. Some of the subjects covered in Fall on Your Knees include trust in God, faith in times of crisis, Catholic identity, standing up for your faith, and living the call. The activities found in this book are clearly structured, and the leader’s page provides detailed instruction to maximize program success. Reproducible student pages are also included to help facilitate participation.

A note from Eric about the book: The most common challenge over my years in youth ministry can be summed up in one word, programming. On more than one occasion creating an interesting as well as faith-building program for my group became very frustrating. There were also other times when I would need to plan a prayer service in a matter of minutes, sometimes with success and other times without. Most youth ministers I know have been in this position at one time or another. Hence this book was started. Inside you will find 20 activities and 10 prayer services focused around the music on my Fall (On Your Knees) CD. Each activity strives to engage young people in the Gospel message of Christ utilizing music as a tool to reach the youth culture. This resource is designed for the seasoned youth minister as well as the part-time weekly volunteer. Each session provides both a leader page and a student page with step by step instructions to make the program successful. You may choose to follow each step as it is written or you may want to customize any of the activities for your particular group. I believe flexibility is important in creating dynamic youth ministry programming. Whether you are new to youth ministry or have been working with young people for many years, this resource will be a valuable tool in conquering the challenge of programming. May God bless your work with the youth of the Church.