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…
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Heart of Nails You will need: piece of wood Cardboard heart template String/wool Hammer How to: Choose a piece of wood and lay a heart template on top Choose a number of nails and carefully hammer them into the wood, outlining the heart shape as symmetrically as possible. Hammer the nails into the wood deep…
Click on the image to download the pack. This is a lovely all-age service put together by the Council for Mission. It helps us to consider the radiant faith that Patrick had and how transformative his witness was. The pack includes scripts, prayers and service outline.
Diddy Disciples is a worship and story telling resource for babies, toddlers and young children. It was part funded by the Sunday School Society for Ireland. Here are some free samples for you to browse and use! Click here to get all 6 samples: Diddy Disciples Sample Programmes 1. Thy Kingdom Come 2. Pentecost 3….
The UCA has been working on some new, lectionary based intergenerational material and have agreed to let us signpost it to you! Follow the link below to see resource ideas for Sunday December 4th..you’ll find a selection of art, drama, music and interactive prayer ideas all related to this Sunday’s readings. http://ctm.uca.edu.au/children-and-families/advent-intergenerational-lectionary-based-resources-available-now/
This year‘s Advent and Christmas Newsletter has taken on an angelic theme and is full of angelic crafts, games and prayer ideas which you might like to try. Click the link to download.. childrens-ministry-network-newsletter
We are heading for the busiest, maddest time of year..and yet, whilst also being great fun it is meant to be a period of reflection and preparation of the coming of Christ! Perhaps this resource will help us with that, and encourage us and our children to Make Room For The Manger as we journey…
..and if you have started to think about your nativity production for this year,this one is definitely worth a look. Based on The Well Good News of Christmas, there is a free Nativity script available for you to use plus other free resources including colouring sheets and a colourful powerpoint to support the nativity script….
With so many Harvest services still to go, here’s a lovely ‘seed prayer’ idea. This was done at a harvest service I was at last week and everyone really engaged with it, children and adults alike. The minister chose to leave out the Bible links and cut out one of the sections to make it…
Here’s a lovely, play based Harvest session for under 5s from Care for The Family. This story is based on the Parable of the Sower in Mark 4. It is just the first part since young children need to learn how a seed grows in order to understand the full parable in later years. Toddler groups…