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Grab yourself an ice cream (or warm cocoa if the weather’s anything like it is today!), take a comfy seat and enjoy the Summer Newsletter with ideas for staying connected with your families during the holidays. Click on the image to download, or you can read the online magazine version here: https://bit.ly/3roOVPj
As a board, we are delighted to partner with KidsMatter to bring their fantastic parenting programme to Ireland. With Thanks to Priorities Fund, we can enable 11 parishes (one from each diocese) to access KidsMatter facilitator training and support so that you can run the programme for families in your local community….
To download the Health Check, please click the image above. No matter what activities and facilities you have in place for Children and Families, it is always good to review that provision, particularly in our ever-changing world. The needs of families in your area will change, the congregation will change, and volunteers…
Join us on May 4th as we look at ways to reignite Children and Families ministry in your parish. This event is specifically for Church of Ireland parishes, if you are a Children & Families volunteer / paid staff or Clergy and you want to start, re-start or re-imagine Children and Families ministry in your…
A simple and fun activity for Pentecost. Download, print – ideally onto card if possible, cut and stick – see, simple! 😉 You can either use the ready coloured version if you’re short on time or if you’d like the children to colour as you chat about Pentecost you can download a plain version that…
Download by clicking HERE This is a super easy and simple activity for children young and old to give as a gift to those who help them to grow be it physically or spiritually or both! They can be used for Mothers day or as gifts for any day. All you need are some clean…
Click on the image of the pot to download the pdf It’s hard to escape the little fella and his pot of gold during St Patrick’s Day, but how can we turn the wee man into a helpful teaching tool ?! Well, we’ve had a go at least! Based on the verse Luke 12:34 “Where…
The Bible Buddies are reclaiming Easter from the Easter bunny! 😉
A Bible Buddy is a small toy which a child adopts and promises to look after. The main difference to any other toy is that this buddy needs feeding – not with pet food but with the word of God!
“I Believe” is fantastic resource for Clergy leading Confirmation classes. It is 12 sessions long and is based round the Confirmation Service, the Ten Commandments and The Apostles’ Creed. Topics include ‘Who is God?’, ‘Why we need a Saviour’, ‘The Sacraments’ and ‘Serving God/Serving others’.
Each session offers a blend of teaching, games, worship and prayer activities and discussion questions. The sessions are aimed to last between forty and ninety minutes at the discretion of the facilitator and the resource offers the flexibility for sessions to be tailored to the needs of the particular context.