Keeping Christ in Christmas
It’s Christmas time, get ready for parties, nativities and nonstop action. The church goes into overdrive at this time of year as...
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The end of the session
So, you’ve done it! You’ve made it through the hour with the children, nobody has been hurt (hopefully), children have learnt about God...
Aug 286 min read
Empowering Evangelism
How can we empower our children as evangelists.
Aug 134 min read
Teenage Transformers
How do we nurture faith in teenagers that lasts the test of time?
Jul 317 min read
Releasing Child Intercessors
How can we raise the next generation of intercessors? What can we do to kickstart children's prayer lives?
Jun 124 min read
The Family Centred Ministry
This article was first published in Elim Direction Magazine, May 2024 How can churches empower parents to nurture children’s faith at...
May 314 min read
Will it work?
Around 30 years ago I started leading the children’s ministry of my local church. Our vision was big. We did not want to raise a...
Apr 303 min read
Good news in the UK
Here in the UK we are in a unique time. While the world is going crazy, especially in the West as we abandon our Christian heritage and...
Apr 166 min read
Training in the Word
While the stories of the Bible are important for our children to know it is the God of the Bible who we really want our children to know.
Apr 86 min read
Time to worship
In this blog we continue our basics series. This time we are thinking about leading our children into worship. We were made to worship...
Mar 287 min read
Welcome to church!
This session is the start of a series of blogs looking at some basics of children’s ministry. In many ways the start of the session is a...
Mar 205 min read
New Spirituality
As the Christian faith has waned in this nation and is no longer shared as the foundation for life it would be easy to think that we now...
Dec 27, 20234 min read
Hope on the horizon
As we approach the start of a new year, the world around us is rapidly changing. With war in the Ukraine and Israel the international...
Nov 30, 20235 min read
Children’s Ministry is Changing
Post pandemic there has been a noticeable shift in children and in children’s ministries. We must adapt to this shift if we are to be...
Nov 14, 20235 min read
Supporting young evangelists
When Jesus commanded us to go and make disciples that command was given to those who believe in Him. It is a command enduring for all...
Sep 22, 20237 min read
Let's talk about Israel
Why should we talk to our children about Israel? Israel is a country so far removed from everyday life for those of us in the West that...
Aug 24, 20233 min read
It's finally happening!
It was over a decade ago that I wrote the Josiah Generation, speaking of the generation God was preparing who would be prepared to...
Aug 2, 20234 min read
Every child, every year
Every child should have an opportunity to hear the Gospel every year in this nation. I was very inspired talking with missionaries from...
Aug 2, 20234 min read
When God shows up in your Sunday school
One pastor spoke with me and shared how God was moving among the children of their church. “Our children are all praying to God. When...
Aug 2, 20233 min read
Giving birth to something new
As the church of Jesus Christ we have proved ourselves very adaptable at creating ministries to respond to the needs around us. Down...
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