All Editorial articles – Page 15
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BlogGet Crafty This Christmas
There is no shortage of Christmas craft ideas in books and on the internet, but here are some great activities to help children think more deeply about the Christmas story.
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BlogReady to use games – Christmas
Registered users only: Download as a PDF here. The Christmas season is packed full of parties and events designed to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Here are some games to spice up your party! GINGERBREAD DECORATING You will need: gingerbread people (bought or ...
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BlogReady to use Christmas family event
MEETING AIM: To enjoy hearing and exploring the Christmas story together.
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BlogChristmas drama
Subscribers only: Download as a PDF here. Use this drama as part of a youth session or Christmas service. SETTING Four friends (any mix of male and female) meet on Christmas Eve. CAST ...
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BlogChristmas party plan
Subscribers only: Download as a PDF here. PARTY AIM: To explore the Christmas story and what it means, and to have fun doing so. BACKGROUND: This party is designed for use in a variety of contexts – for example Sunday groups, after-school clubs and ...
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BlogChristmas party plan
Download as a PDF here. PARTY AIM:To give parents, carers and children the chance to hear the Christmas story and respond in some way. BACKGROUND: This party plan is Santa-Rudolf-Christmas- tree-free so that children and parents hear the Bible’s version of the Christmas story. ...
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BlogChristmas party plan
Download as a PDF here. PARTY AIM: To explore the Christmas story and what it means, and to have lots of fun in doing so. BACKGROUND: This party is designed for use in a variety of contexts, for example Sunday schools, after-school clubs and ...
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IssuesLearner Turner: Let it go
It’s been a few years since ‘Let it go’ took over our lives. Some of us loved it, while others would have paid good money never to hear it again. But every year it creeps back in.
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BlogNativity play
Download as a PDF here. This Nativity play has been designed for church-based children’s groups to perform within their own communities. In situations where we are often unsure who may be there on the day, this play is led by one adult narrator ...
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BlogHelping children remember
As we approach Remembrance Day Chris Poch, director of Artless Theatre Company who have produced To War With God, urges us to help children remember
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BlogGod's children: he, she or ze?
Following the suspension of a Christian doctor for discrimination and harassment after he refused to refer to a transgender individual by their chosen pronoun, a Christian paediatrician and youth worker shares his thoughts.
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BlogWill new pilgrims begin their progress?
John Bunyan's classic tale is over 340 years old. It has recently been retold in children's film The Pilgrim's Progress and Becky May, a youth and children's leader, shares her thoughts
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Blog‘Halloween is my holiday’: the link between Hillsong, Hailey Bieber and All Hallows Eve
Whether or not to celebrate Halloween is a topic of contention for many Christians – and Hailey Bieber, wife to pop-singer Justin, found out the hard way this week that not everyone agrees.
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BlogNama-stay or should I go?
An Irish bishop has warned against yoga and mindfulness in schools. Jess Lester explores what two Christian teachers think.
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BlogJoshua: Session 1
MEETING AIM: To reflect on leadership and how we can be leaders like Joshua was to God’s people.
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BlogJoshua: Session 1
MEETING AIM: To discover that it’s OK to feel scared and that we can have courage because God is with us.
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BlogJoshua: Session 1
MEETING AIM: To explore how God encouraged Joshua before he led the Israelites on the final leg of their journey into the Promised Land.
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BlogNovember 2019 : Ready to use movie – Stranger than Fiction (12)
Registered users only: Download as a PDF here.
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BlogRahab: Session 2
MEETING AIM: To think about how Rahab chose to trust God and live differently compared with those around her.
