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In my opinion it really is the greatest families' ministry initiative and deserves a weekend to be carved out in every church calendar! This all sounds like marketing hyperbole. Let me justify that claim. During my time as the Children’s Worker, Dangerous Camping was an initiative we developed to re…

I want to give up children’s ministry. One day, you will say this. You will start by saying it to yourself. Perhaps it will be on a Monday morning as you heave your weary body out the door to another week. Perhaps it will be on a Friday night when dinner is a piece of toast before heading out …

Apparently Jesus was actually born at the end of September. It’s all to do with the time of year sheep are out on the hills around Bethlehem and when Herod would have done his census. So Jesus would have been the oldest in his year, if he had gone to a British primary school. Although his earl…

Christmas is the easiest time of the year to invite friends to come with you to church. Which makes it a great opportunity to encourage your children to invite their friends, too. We asked one parent of primary-age children how they do this in their family: When you start talking about Christmas, a…

There are so many ways we can be distracted from the true meaning of Christmas during the holidays. Why not make time for one or more of these resources celebrating the birth our Lord Jesus Christ while you’re enjoying time together as a family this Christmas? Randall Goodgame Sing the Bible F…

If you would like to gather the family together for a devotional during the Christmas holidays we have two brilliant family devotionals to guide you:  Prepare Him Room helps you build family Christmas traditions around Christ. The memorable and meaningful activities, songs, and stories of Prepa…

In our last blog, we suggested 6 games you could play at Christmas events.Here are 6 Christmas Talk Illustrations. You’ll still need to study the passage, prepare your talk and make it suit your context; but maybe there is just the seed of an idea here that could get you going. Shopping list.…

So it’s Christmas again – and as a children’s minister I groan at the list of Christmas events, parties, nativity rehearsals, assemblies, over excited children, snotty noses and diva strops from the kid who wanted to be a donkey … such a marvellous time of year… for p…

Did you know that Jesus' birth and the Christian meaning of Christmas is part of your local school’s curriculum? Well, it is! So let us give you our Christmas lessons written to support you in making the most of this opportunity by offering to teach a lesson in your local school. Even if the t…

Christmas is the perfect time to give Gospel centered gifts to your loved ones. Here’s our top picks. 1. Awesome Cutlery CD and Family Devotional does not only jam out with some awesome gospel truths for little ones but they also have a family devotional that will help families set aside …