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Printable Back to School Prayer Bookmarks

August 9, 2016 By Jerusalem Jackson Greer 9 Comments

Each year our church holds a Blessing of the Backpacks for our students and teachers. Since our church is smack dab in the middle of a three-college town, we have almost as many educators as we do students in attendance. To honor the wonderful new beginnings of the school year we try and create a meaningful gift to give to each student and teacher beginning a new year of learning and growing.

A few years ago my friend and artist Jeanetta Darley worked with me to design these easy-to-print bookmarks for us to give away.

Whether you are packing these with your child’s lunch, passing them out at church, or handing them to your teacher friends for the first day of school, these bookmarks are a creative way to encourage students and teachers to begin the new school year, and each school day, with grateful open hearts, and eager minds, serving as a reminder that they are never alone.

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To make your own bookmarks, simply print the PDFs below on solid white cardstock and cut into individual bookmarks with scissors or a paper cutter. If you would like to embellish your bookmarks you can punch a hole in the top and tie colorful ribbons or yarn to the top of the bookmark. The first year we gave these away we used twine, added beads and small wooden crosses to the ends.

Download the PDF with a Prayer for Teachers here: Teacher-Prayer-Bookmark

Download the PDF with a Prayer for Students here: student-prayer-bookmark

 

[Editor’s note: An earlier version of this post had a teacher prayer bookmark with a typo; it has been replaced with a corrected bookmark.]


 

As you prepare to return to a school routine, what prayers are you offering?

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Filed Under: Discipleship, Parenting Tagged With: back to school, bookmarks, students, teachers

About Jerusalem Jackson Greer

Jerusalem Jackson Greer is a writer, family minister, speaker, blogger, and the author of the book At Home in this Life: Finding Peace at the Crossroads of Unraveled Dreams and Beautiful Surprises, and A Homemade Year: The Blessings of Cooking, Crafting and Coming Together. Jerusalem lives with her husband and two sons (ages 12 and 16) at the intersection of beauty and mess, on a farm-in-progress in Central Arkansas. Together they are attempting to live a slower version of modern life rooted in their faith. In-between batches of laundry Jerusalem loves to write and speak all the wonderful trouble this pursuit causes her. You can find Jerusalem online at jerusalemgreer.com or on Instagram under the same name.

Comments

  1. Rev. Jack Stanton says

    August 9, 2016 at 9:45 am

    I was thinking about a gift for the children when I open your email and saw your excellent bookimarks.

    Reply
  2. Wendy Barrie says

    August 9, 2016 at 10:19 am

    I LOVE THESE BOOKMARKS. Thank you!!

    Reply
  3. Tina Clark says

    August 9, 2016 at 12:38 pm

    These are wonderful and just what I needed for our “Blessing of the Backpacks” in a couple weeks.
    Thank You!!!

    Reply
  4. Joseph Farnes says

    August 9, 2016 at 12:51 pm

    Just a note: on the teacher’s bookmark, just before the word “Truth” the word “with” is misspelled. Can that be fixed? (Otherwise these are awesome!)

    Reply
    • Nurya Love Parish says

      August 9, 2016 at 1:14 pm

      Thank you for noticing! I am embarrassed I didn’t even see it. Have asked the author. – ed.

      Reply
    • Nurya Love Parish says

      August 9, 2016 at 9:15 pm

      Thanks again for commenting – the bookmarks are now corrected.

      Reply
  5. Melanie says

    August 19, 2016 at 9:55 am

    These are lovely, thank you!

    Reply
  6. Juan Villegas says

    September 15, 2019 at 8:22 pm

    Thank you, are they available in Spanish?

    Reply
    • Allison Sandlin Liles says

      September 17, 2019 at 2:11 pm

      At this time, it’s not available in Spanish. I’m terribly sorry.

      Reply

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