Designed for 8- to 12-year-olds, Pockets magazine offers wholesome devotional readings that teach about God’s love and presence in life. The content includes fiction, scripture stories, puzzles and games, poems, recipes, colorful pictures, activities, and scripture readings. Freelance submissions of stories, poems, recipes, puzzles and games, and activities are welcome. The magazine is published monthly (except in February).
The purpose of Pockets is to help children grow in their relationship with God and live as Christian disciples. It is written and produced for children and designed to help children pray and to see their faith as an integral part of their everyday lives. The magazine emphasizes that God loves us and that God’s grace calls us into community. It is through the community of God’s people that we experience that love in our daily lives.
Family: In This Together - due date Oct. 1, 2010, published May 2011
Caring for Creation - due date: Nov. 1, 2010, published June 2011
Joyful Living - due date: Dec. 1, 2010, published July 2011
Living in Community - due date: Jan. 1, 2011, published Aug. 2011
Encouraging Others - due date: Feb. 1, 2011, published Sept. 2011
Let Your Light Shine - due date: March 1, 2011, published Oct. 2011
Hospitality - due date April 1, 2011, published Nov. 2011
Welcoming Jesus - due date June 1, 2011, published Dec. 2011