Children & Youth

Shepherding Families in a World of Sexual Confusion

Ed Drew

How can we understand the changing attitudes to complex sexuality in the world, and lead the church in responding? From the 2024 Leaders' Conference.

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Shepherding Parents

Ed Drew

Parents have the primary responsibility for their children: how can we shepherd them to be godly in this task? A 2024 Leaders' Conference seminar.

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Making Space for Mums

Rachel Sloan , Cid Sparks

Many of our churches run parent & toddler groups, but how do you take the next steps in introducing parents to Christ?

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Youth Workers for Life

Adrian Reynolds , Trevor Pearce

How can we reclaim the value of youth and children's work in its own right and invest to train and deploy life-long workers in this ministry?

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Children's Ministry as Ministry

Adrian Reynolds , Ed Drew

How can church leaders encourage and support those who are working in our churches with children and young people?

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God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook (Book Review)

Adrian Reynolds

Drawing biblical faithfulness and delightful visuals together for children is a tough task. This new book is a great option that does just that.

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Raising Confident Kids (Book Review)

Joel Murray

Ed Drew’s book sets out principles for every Christian parent to help their children know who they are and whose they are.

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An Unashamedly Christian Toddler Group

Joel Murray , Gerry Straker , Vanessa Rigby

A church toddler group can be an effective way to reach families in your community and introduce them to the gospel.

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Community Youth Work

Adrian Reynolds , Antonia Sheldrake , Andy Mossop

What does youth ministry in a local church look like when it seeks to reach young people in the community?

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Why Send Your Kids to Summer Camps?

Adrian Reynolds , Sally Jackman

What are summer camps for? Why should we encourage parents to book their children to go during the school holidays?

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Reaching Parents Through Toddler Groups

Adrian Reynolds , Liz Turton

What does it look like for a church toddler group to reach the community in a meaningful way?

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Training Volunteers in Youth Ministry

Adrian Reynolds , Mel Lacy , Joel Murray

What is the role of kids and youth ministry in church life? How can we equip and train volunteer leaders best?

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Seen and Not Heard? Children in Sunday Services

Adrian Reynolds , Mel Lacy , Joel Murray

How can church leaders make Sunday School work well and prepare children to transition into main Sunday services?

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Growing Young Disciples

Adrian Reynolds , Mel Lacy

Resources and events to train, advise, and mentor those in our churches to disciple our young people well.

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Staying Safe When Church is Online

Paul Harrison

We mustn’t lose sight of our legal duties to protect online and our responsibility to ensure our children & vulnerable adults at risk are kept safe.

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5 Reasons to Make Your Online Services Suitable for All Ages

Tom Fenning

One church shares the reasons why they made the decision to make their online services suitable for the whole family.

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Developing Youth and Children’s Leaders

Mel Lacy , Stui Chaplin

How do you develop skilled and committed children’s and youth ministry leaders? How do you conceive a training programme to nurture and equip them?

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Leading All-Age Services

Adrian Reynolds

How can you plan good all-age services where the whole congregation benefits? Here are five pointers.

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World Mission for Sunday Schools

Janet Brown

Two church members in Suffolk have been trialling their new young-people’s world mission course at an FIEC church.

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Moving the Family

Carolyn Lacey

One of the realities of ministry is that God’s call might move you to pastures new. What effect can such a calling can have on your family?

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Staying Safe Online

Linda Allcock

How can we help our children to navigate the digital world when they often know more about it than we do?

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Discipling Children and Youth 3: Maintain the message, modify the method

Dave Patty

What are the most effective ways to evangelise young people in post Christian Europe?

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Discipling Children and Youth 2: What got you here won’t get you there

Dave Patty

What are the natural stages of development in a youth ministry? How must you change your leadership to respond to them?

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Discipling Children and Youth 1: The Jesus Model

Dave Patty

How simple principles from the life of Christ can transform your youth ministry.

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Shepherding Families in a World of Sexual Confusion