Peter Cheney caught up with Sarah Fretwell, Children and Families Officer in Mount Merrion Church East Belfast. Sarah has run the pilot of the KidsMatter programme for us – take some time to hear her thoughts on the programme and how it has impacted her ministry, what it involves and…
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A 4 part curriculum full of farming faith filled fun! Machines, Beef, Sheep and Tillage. Can be used in Sunday Clubs, Intergenerational Services, Holiday Clubs or simply at home 🙂
CIYD have created this amazing resource to help you engage families in the Climate Justice conversation. It’s packed with games, crafts, groups discussions and videos as well as loads of fascinating information. Free to download – simply click on the picture above.
Click any of the images to download the pack or click the video image below to go to the video download page. If you need a print-ready version with crop marks and bleed please click HERE If your families are fed up with Elf on the Shelf and all that it brings, why not…
Whilst this resource was created for pandemic times you can adapt it to use during situations of where hope needs to be the focus. The Liturgical Advisory Committee (LAC) of the Church of Ireland published a resource for use in the Church to help children to reflect on their experiences of the pandemic. The resource, entitled A Service of Lamentation and Hope in the Context of a Pandemic Experience, centres around the themes of lament and hope
TRAILS Bible Society Lent & Easter ‘The Seriously surprising Adventure Trail’ is a tried and tested trail that comes with 11 points to pause and learn more about the Easter story. You can place the 11 points (each an A4 sheet) around your church grounds like signposts or in a designated area in a park…
CONNECTION OVER CONTENT Like many of us, the children’s and family coordinator for Holy Trinity Rathmines, Zoe Hill, moved online when the Pandemic hit. She faithfully posted online sessions week in and week out but found the lack of contact frustrating – were people connecting in, were they finding the content and the resources useful? …
The Children’s Ministry Network have produced an excellent resource called Make Yourself at Home. It’s a tool kit to help parishes think about how they welcome children and their families into church and what small changes they can make to improve on where they are at. Check out this video that shows you how the…
Make Yourself at Home is a Church of Ireland Children’s Ministry Resource that enables parishes to identify all the areas in which they are welcoming to children and their families, then select some areas where they want to improve or make changes and then take action in a timeframe that suits them. The pack contains…
We got there by the skin of our teeth! Here is our Advent and Christmas Newsletter jam packed full of ideas that you can use in a variety of contexts to bring a focus and a joy to the meaning of this time of year. Children’s Ministry Advent and Christmas Newsletter 2018