The importance of inclusion
9 Jan 2020
Hannah tells a story of how including a girl with additional needs in the pre-service prayer meeting impacted the kids worship later on.
Children, families and youth work
A whole range of ideas, stories and resources for children’s, youth and families workers as they seek to support families and encourage a culture of parenting for faith in their ministries, as well as fostering God-connection in the children and young people they work with.
For more about running the free Parenting for Faith course, equipping parents and carers to parent for faith and supporting families facing challenging times, see our equipping and supporting families topic, which also has specific information on working with families who come to you for infant baptism or dedication.
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Small changes making a big difference - changing church to support parents
9 Jan 2020
When Elise’s church ran the Parenting for Faith course through parent-led life groups, they made a decision to implement changes in their kids ministry that would reinforce what the parents were doing at home - with great results.
Holiday clubs, camps and events: Facebook live
8 Jan 2020
In one of her monthly webinars for children’s, youth and family leaders, Rachel talked about how we can integrate Parenting for Faith values and skills into our big events, so that we grow parents and team as well as the kids.
God connected versus God smart
7 Jan 2020
We want our children to be God connected, but it’s also important that they learn to love their Bible. Lesley ponders the relationship between the two.
Awkward Biblical love stories
3 Jan 2020
How can we help children understand those tricky love stories we read in the Bible so it helps them think about their relationships?
Reading a Bible story with under fives
18 Dec 2019
Anna shares some ideas for reading Bible stories to a group of under fives including explaining words that are difficult, involving them in the story and enabling them to have their own conversation with God.