Other special days

Other special days

The Pumpkin Story Fun Activities and Carving

Here you will find some fun activities and ideas of how to carve a pumpkin.

These resources are linked with The Pumpkin Story tract that can be purchased from The Good Book Company. The Pumpkin Story is the perfect gift to give

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Top 4 Faith in Kids Halloween resources for 2023

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 …
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Halloween – From socially awkward to generously welcoming! 

It’s that time of year again …. the season for ghosts, ghouls and zombies arriving on your doorstep in search of chocolate! I’m not sure which is worse – the prospect of a ‘trick’ or the social awkwardness of trying to make polite conversation with a 6 year-old monster.   It doesn’t need…
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Look back, look up, look on

In Uganda, for Christmas, most city dwellers head to the countryside where their families live. Once they arrive, families sit together and tell their stories; laughing, eating and celebrating. We heard about a Ugandan Christmas on our recent Faith in Parents podcast, "Christmas elsewhere." What str…
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Look back, look up, look on

Parenting often feels like, “wake, eat, sleep, repeat”, so memories and traditions feel like gold dust.

Download the family reflections worksheet and create a special moment before you return to the routine in January.

Give the time to the Lord, asking that he would use

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Halloween

We live in an area that loves Halloween. Each year hundreds of kids get dressed up and walk around the street trick or treating. Families decorate their gardens and really embrace this event. Until this year we’ve done the complete opposite. We’ve closed our curtains; told our girls we don’t get inv…
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Combine Harvesters

I mean…. What’s not to love? Massive wheels, caterpillar treads, sticking out spouts, trundling through a golden field. Just the very sight makes me burst into “We plough the fields and scatter…” My children prefer to sing “Big, red, combine harvester, big red c…
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Love Actually: Piccadilly Circus not Heathrow Airport

The film, “Love Actually” got it wrong. If you want to see love, don’t go to Heathrow Airport, head to Piccadilly Circus. There in the middle of the bright lights, confused tourists and big buses is the statue of Eros. Except it isn’t. The statue is actually of Anteros, the b…
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Why can’t we be just like everyone else?

There are lots of reasons why my kids ask me this question – from what they are allowed to watch or play to the events they are allowed to attend, to whether they can have a mobile phone or a social media account (no, you’re in primary school). The current seasonal variation is “Wh…
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How we go to school

A series of 3 kids slots helping children get excited about going back to school after the summer holidays. The series gives 3 compelling reasons why christian children have more reasons to look forward to going back to school than anyone else:

We go to school with Jesus

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