Kid’s Leader

By Dec 2020, the novelty of Zoom church had certainly worn off for us! After nine months of trying to use snacks and excessive enthusiasm to make ‘going to church’ an event for the children, we were all growing tired. So when we began to organise the Christmas service, we were delighted …

5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; he has risen! Luke 24: 5-6 Easter: In the face of fear, anxiety and exhaustion, we have a certain hope because of Christ’s resurrec…

At the height of his power, Napoleon ruled over France, Spain, Italy, Holland and parts of Germany and Austria. He was truly an Emperor. At the end of his life, he was exiled on St Helena, an island in the middle of the Atlantic measuring ten miles at its widest point. During his last days, he was o…

We have come to the end of our 8-week Matthew teaching Series – “We need Jesus.” Here are a few things we have learned. • Keep it simple – parents are overwhelmed – don’t give them more than a page. • Make it visual – kids are fed up, engage them w…

These are strange days. Here in Chicago, we’ve been “sheltering in place” for a couple of weeks. Just like you, we’re alone in our homes, church isn’t meeting and this could be our new normal for a while. It also means our children’s ministry is being stretched in…

One way to make an all age service truly ‘all age’ is to ask a family, or an extended family, to lead the prayers. Everyone loves hearing a family pray. But some children (and their parents!) find standing at the front of church and leading prayer frightening, so we want to encourage you…

I had a text from a mum friend before church, “Have you got crackers – I can’t survive church without them, and we are out.” I didn’t have any, but I totally understood the question. Church with little ones (and particularly under 3s) is hard. Round 1 - getting out the …

Here it is! Our BRAND NEW package of resources for Christmas - ‘The ultimate Christmas feeling’ - There aren’t enough fairy lights to see, Christmas puddings to taste, carols to hear or wiffy candles to smell to fully express the wonderfulness that Jesus brings to our homes! Christ…

It may come as a surprise to hear that the midweek toddler group is the London Marathon of outreach ministries. These groups take months and months of slog to get anywhere worthwhile as relationships are never built quickly. The preparation of the fiddly craft, the set-up of all those plastic toys a…