The most effective way to bring Godly Play to your church is to do your research, learn some stories, and then take them to every meeting and event possible! As you do this work, it is important to explain that the story you are about totell is just one piece of the overall Godly Play session. But hopefully it will be intriguing enough that you gain support for your new program.

You can also print a What Is Godly Play? handout and bring it to your church's governing body to give them a sense of what your goals.

Fundraising may be an integral part of starting or re-starting your Godly Play program. The right tools—beautiful materials, a sacred environment, trained teachers—give a program the right start and set it up for success.

Some ideas:

• Ask members of the congregation to purchase specific stories, and then frame a donor list detailing who purchased each story to hang just outside the Godly Play room.
• Ask parish-wide for donations of baskets and small boxes.
• Ask artists and wood-workers in your congregation to work on some of the materials or to build shelves.
• Ask local a local carpet store if they would be willing to donate low-pile samples for work rugs.
• Ask members of the congregation to host Trainers or donate food for a training—perhaps three families bring salads, three families bring dessert, two families make a soup, and then you are only left with providing a main entree for dinner.
• Seek Synod, Diocesan or other governing body support. These groups often have lending libraries of materials or have funding available for training scholarships or underwriting.