This was a bumper edition of the newsletter from a few years back focussing on Kindness, but it’s full of some fantastic ideas and really lovely things to read so can be used any time!
Category Archives: Resources
A beautiful reflection on Father’s day.
This a lovely all age service activity for the Sunday after Pentecost & Trinity Sunday that includes a Russian doll prayer and craft (one for younger children and another for older children). Can also be adapted to use as an assembly. Click JIGSAW@HOME-All-Age-Family-First-sunday-after-Trinity-Sunday to view.
Together@Home have a resource to help families explore Justice as a Biblical command. They explain why here: Many of us are struggling to find the right words to respond to the global outpouring of pain and anger following the death of George Floyd. These are big…
Illustrated Ministries (see image above) have a free beautiful Pentecost Colouring page: Illustrated Ministries Pentecost Colouring Page You can adapt this colouring page to make a craft: ‘It can be used to make a headband, stuck on a lollipop stick to wave around, you can add strips of red, yellow, orange tissue/crepe paper, or even…
Lent and Easter are fast approaching! The Children’s Ministry Network have pulled together some ideas for this season and have put together our Easter Newsletter 2020. It has lots of different ideas for you to try as we explore Lent and Easter together.
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…
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.