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EnviroLent
A weekly resource that encourages families to use Lent as an opportunity to focus on how their actions impact the environment
Themes: • Lent
Plates of pLENTy
Plates of pLENTy is a mostly child-led resource which helps them to consider practical ways to respond to Lent other than the usual giving up of chocolate.
Themes: • Lent
Family Time – devotions and prayers
Family Time is a wonderful resource to help encourage faith at home. There are suggestions for praying with children and 99 devotion outlines for teaching faith to children
Themes: • Faith at home
CFM Planner 2024
Take control of your planning for the year with our planner. Free to download and print
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Christmas 23 Newsletter
All the latest resources and ideas to inspire your Advent and Christmas journey 🙂 Click the image to download the magazine with clickable links.
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Hide and Speak
Click the image above to download the pack This is a new resource you can give to your families or school, offering a fun alternative to the pesky Elf! 😉 Hide and Speak is an advent challenge that tells the whole Christmas story day by day. Every day from December 1st adults hide the relevant…
Themes: • Christmas
Autumn Newsletter 2023
Click the image to read the latest news and ideas from BCFM 🙂
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Farming Faith
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 🙂
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Welcome Families Flyer
Click image to download flyer/poster. Can be printed as large A3 poster or as small as an A5 leaflet. Church is meant to be a family, of all ages, all backgrounds and all abilities, all fully participating in life, worship and growth. What happens may well be messy, not neatly coloured between the lines, and…
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Heroes of Faith
The Bible Buddies are fired up and excited about heroes of faith!
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Summer Newsletter 2023
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
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Children & Families Ministry Health Check App
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…
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Pentecost Headband
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…
Themes: • Pentecost
Pots of encouragement
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 jam jars with labels…
Themes: • Father's Day • Love • Mothers day • Valentines
Where your treasure is
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 (Click on the image of the pot to download the pdf) “Where…
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Easter Bible Buddy Pack
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!
Themes: • Bible Reading • Easter • Lent
I Believe – Confirmation Resource from CIYD
“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.
Themes: • Confirmation
Spring Newsletter 2023
Make yourself a cup of tea, take a comfy seat and enjoy the Spring Newsletter with plenty of ideas for Valentines day, Lent, Easter and St Patrick’s Day! Click on the image to download, or you can read the online magazine version here: https://bit.ly/3DUj5xu
Themes: • Easter • Lent • Spring • St Patricks day • Valentines
St Patrick’s Day Playdough Mats
Ideal for Children’s clubs, toddler groups or use at home, we have two different mats to print – one can be used to help explain the trinity to older children – or parents, the other is just for fun but can also be used to talk about rainbows, God’s promises as well as St Patricks Day.
Themes: • St Patricks day
Hand on Heart – you are loved
This super simple download can be used either for Easter or Valentines day. The heart picture can be used as a take home Easter / Valentines card or you could even go one step further and frame them as mementos to give as a gift to parents.
Themes: • Easter • Valentines