The Child in Church: Resources Spiritual Child ResourcesThinking about worship: What ideas, questions and principles underpin our thinking about children and worship? Worship services: How do we structure our worship to include both children and adults? Elements of worship: Ideas for confession, prayers and creeds as part of All Age Worship. Prayer Stations: Using prayer stations as part of All Age Worship. Baptism: What does it mean to be baptised? How do we include children in our celebrations of baptism? Holy Communion: What part can children play in services of Holy Communion? Under 5s: Ideas for nurturing the spiritual development of children under 5. Children's play areas: Using toys, symbols and other materials in children's areas in churches. Liturgy boxes: A box of objects and symbols to help children join in worship. Books Offering the Gospel to Childrenby Gretchen Wolff Pritchard In Offering the Gospel to Children, Gretchen Wolff Pritchard challenges our attitudes to children's work. She asks that we stop hiding children in the church basement, telling them distorted stories from a kiddie Bible while emphasising moral points. Instead she asks us to offer children the real gospel, which includes both good and evil, easy and difficult, light and dark. In this book she offers many practical suggestions and ideas that she has tried out herself to help churches engage with children in this way. published by Cowley Publications 1992 ISBN 1-56101-065-0  Through the Eyes of a Child: New insights from children doing theologyEditors: Anne Richards and Peter Privett Through the eyes of a child is a collection of 14 essays looking at theological themes from a child’s perspective. Published to mark the 30th Anniversary of the International Year of the Child in 1979, the essays consider children’s spirituality, the position of the child in church, the theology of the child, the child’s voice and our ambivalent attitude towards children. Essays include Creation, Play, Sin, Grace and Judgement and contributors include Keith White and Rebecca Nye. Published by Church House Publishing 2009 ISBN 9780715140888  Post-modern Children's Ministry: Ministry to Children in the 21st Century Churchby Ivy Beckwith In this book Ivy Beckwith contrasts modern and post modern thought; in particular the latter’s lack of certainty and need for narrative. She highlights the need to rethink the position of children in our churches - how do we ensure that children are treated as part of the whole church community and given opportunities for worship and service? Published by Zondervan 2004 ISBN 978-0310257549 WebsitesChildren's Ministries at St George's Campden HillNews, ideas and meditations from the children's and young people's programmes at St George's Campden Hill in the Diocese of London. This blog is written by Margaret Pritchard Houston, their children and youth worker Children's Ministries at St George's Growth in FaithThe Growth in Faith pages of Going for Growth (the Church of England's website to support children's and youth work) can be found here: Growth in Faith Building FaithThis is an online Christian Ed community for those involved in children's work to share ideas and good practice and reflect on the issues facing children's work today: Building faith |