Two types of people
The world can be divided into two types of people: The planners and the deadliners. The planners get straight to the most important task, they stay calm, they work out the process and they pull together the team to get it done. The deadliners ignore the task until a few hours b…
Three-quarters of British parents of Under 5s have contact with a church through its toddler group. That is extraordinary. Is there any other ministry in our nation that is reaching three-quarters of a demographic?
The ordinary
Step into a toddler group and you are witnessing the ordinary. I do…
Here are the top 4 Faith in Kids Halloween resources we have to offer for 2023.
Church leaders/kids workers
Using a carved pumpkin prop, this kids slot/short talk for Halloween shows that God is better than the best gardener, and that we don’t need to be scared of the dark because Jesus is the …
The Big Day Out Express is our regular online training event for those who lead children’s ministry in their church. In our May BDO Express we focussed on ‘Partnering with Parents’. But why does this partnership matter? Why can’t kids leaders just deal with what happens in church groups and leave pa…
Mark 2:1-5 tells us the story of a paralysed man whose four fabulous friends were completely convinced that he needed to meet Jesus. But there were so many obstacles between their friend and Jesus that you might have thought they’d just give up. Not these guys! Full of tenacity and deter…
Sticky fingers, wobbly stares from googly eyes, glitter clinging to everything, and so much to cut out! Crafts… why bother?
Well…God loves making things! From stars to starfish, from quantum mechanics to unquantifiable forgiveness, he made it all. And he’s created YOU, so YOU can do go…
My phone lit up on the drive home from our church weekend away with a message from one of the parents – ‘Our children loved the keepsake boxes from the weekend away. The boxes now stay beside their beds and the clues inside have been a great talking point and a reminder of what they learned. The clu…
‘That worked really well, Mum’ was the feedback from my daughter after I’d tried something different in Sunday School for the first time. This was not in line with her usual, occasionally indifferent, often critical, always brutally honest critique.
I’m not sure how others measure what a good sess…
Kids, parents, grandparents, churches, ministers, streets, communities – we’re going on a Christmas adventure and we want you to join us!
Our belly-busting Christmas menu of resources is being prepared and there’s something for everyone. So, get out your diary right now and make a …
Our children are handling some big emotions. They may be small but the pressures on them have been huge. Children are developmentally different to adults and each child is different, but the struggles and temptations of the human heart remain the same, irrespective of age or stage. The critical diff…
