Quick Links for Children & Family Ministries
We’re excited to share that we’ll be posting regular updates from Chris Barnett, Children & Families Worker for VIC/TAS Synod. The updates include events, resources, blogs and training opportunities. Every update is a terrific asset to churches & individuals seeking to minister alongside children and their families.
- NEW from Lost Sheep
+ the Christmas favourites…
- Advent Resources
Advent Liturgy (UMC)
Advent Ideas (Barnabas)
Advent Ideas (Faith in Homes)
Advent Resources (Uniting World)
Pinterest Advent & Christmas Ideas (Mary Hawes)
- Christmas Giveaway Resources
Kidzone Christmas (Salvation Army)
Christmas Book Set (Salvation Army)
Christmas at Home (NSW/ACT Baptist)
Christmas Family Time (Messy Church)
Christmas Countdown (mainly music)
ADVENTure Family Devotions (Ali Campbell)
The Really Good News of Christmas (Bible Society)
- Resources recently highlighted by practitioners
Playmap (Playgroup planning tool)
Surprise the World (book)
Prayer Mate (prayer app)
Generation Next (books)
Heather Price (music)
- The Value of Stories (via Mary Hawes)
Sharing (church) family stories
The importance of fairy stories
Hearing stories from the older saints
Why adults need kids’ books more than ever
- Some Resources (via CRCNA)
Spiritual characteristics of teens
Ministry with stressed out youth
Justice and reformed confessions
Found: Psalm 23 from Sally Lloyd-Jones
Some books to explore for your children’s ministry library
- Seven Practical Things at Max 7
Resources in multiple languages
- A Miscellany of Articles
Meditating on the Psalms with children
Are you teaching your children “twee-ology”?
Beyond Holiday Clubs: what should come next?
5 things churches need to consider about children’s ministry
