dan zanes – the welcome table

Dan Zanes and Friends have been performing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and doing a fine job of it too!  If you like folk/blues/rock/samba type music then have a listen.  You can read the lyrics and listen to samples of his CD’s at www.danzanes.com.  Specifically, The Welcome Table has some great songs.
There’s a review of [...]

faith at home, training material

The slides from the 2009 training morning on Faith Development at Home with Jane Butcher from Barnabas are available to download in two formats – either Powerpoint or PDF:
faith at home jane butcher combined pack (pdf)
faith at home jane butcher combined pack (ppt)
The video of the morning is being editted and will be too big [...]

creating sparks 2009 saturday 16th may

Are you a children’s leader, regular helper, occasional pair of hands, thinking about getting involved, or perhaps a member of the clergy?  Then this event is for you – phone 01483 484925 for a booking form.
Keynote speaker: Jim Davis of The Children’s Society
Jim is a member of The Good Childhood Inquiry Panel, and will bring [...]

su building blocks

Scripture Union is offering Building Blocks, a free training resource designed to help toddler group leaders think through how to be a Christian toddler group, serving their community.
It is a flexible resource for a small group or individuals to read and discuss together where to take their parent and toddler group.  With a mix of background and practical ideas this will [...]

glowsticks galore

With All Saints, Christingle and Christmas all approaching, there’s plenty of opportunity to focus on light.  www.theglowcompany.co.uk sells glow sticks in all sorts of sizes along with other lights, lasers etc.  It’s a real aladdins cave.

starship discovery – rockets

We used the Starship Discovery holiday club material as a basis for our summer “Global Gang” club.  One of the bits we added was a “mad rocket scientist” section each day in which we tried to launch better and better rockets.  Our mad scientist wore lab coat, safety specs, hard-hat, etc and one of the kids [...]

labyrinths

Labyrinths are a great way of creating a sense of journey or can just be loads of fun.  At a recent church weekend we mowed a labyrinth into the grass around the church.  It didn’t follow any great or ancient plan but wiggled all over the place – the kids LOVED it!  All you have [...]

stickers

Have you ever wondered where to get stickers printed or faffed around trying to print your own?  Check out moo’s sticker books £5 for 90 stickers in a book.  You can print 90 different stickers or a book full of the same ones.
Visit: http://www.moo.com/products/stickers.php.

paul dallgas-frey

Paul Dallgas-Frey has produced some great retellings of bible stories, prayers and stuff.  Take a look at his website. 

puzzles and word searches

Here’s a couple of useful sites (thanks Anja) for making your own wordsearch or crosswords.  A personalised wordsearch with local people, places or team names is so much more fun!

word search site  http://www.armoredpenguin.com/wordsearch/ 

crossword maker http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/