Children's ministry
Practical and user-friendly curriculum material and resources for church children's groups, Sunday Schools and midweek groups.
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She has led various youth and children's programmes over the past 17 years, within a local church context, including both Sunday morning discipleship groups for children aged between 0 and 12 and midweek outreach groups for both primary school aged children and teenagers. She has written for Youthwork magazine, YFC, UCB and One Way UK, creating a variety of curriculum materials, articles, children's devotional materials and assembly scripts. 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For groups with a wide age range, the most suitable game relating to each story is also noted as 'All ages'. In some cases, both games are appropriate for mixed age ranges and are therefore both noted as such.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nRebecca Parkinson is a trained teacher, experienced youth and children's worker and published author. She taught full time for four years at primary level before becoming a teacher adviser for Lancashire and working alongside Lancashire Business and Enterprise Team to develop curriculum-based Road Show packages for Early Years and KS1 and 2. 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Simple directions, costumes and props ensure that the children are given the opportunity to participate fully in the performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes photocopy permission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nBrian Ogden was for many years a teacher and RE advisor for the diocese of Peterborough and Chelmsford. He is author of several books published under the Barnabas imprint. 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In this book, popular author Brian Ogden offers three very diverse plays - all of which can be performed with groups of any size. Each one tells the story of the first Christmas from a difference perspective, using well-known nursery rhyme tunes to bring the storyline to life. Simple directions, costumes and props ensure that the children are given the opportunity to participate fully in the performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes photocopy permission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nBrian Ogden was for many years a teacher and RE advisor for the diocese of Peterborough and Chelmsford. He is author of several books published under the Barnabas imprint. He is a regular speaker in schools, typically sharing his stories and his work with more than 7,000 children in the course of a year.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Friends told us it was the best nativity they'd seen Reception perform.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The children found the songs really easy to learn and wanted to do it again and again.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKey Stage One Teachers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eAssociation of Christian Teachers\u003c\/em\u003e website - October 2008\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book commends itself as a book of three Christmas plays, aimed at the youngest of our children, which can be performed with a minimum of fuss and manageable preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories are told with the suggestion that adults (or very competent older children) should read the parts of the narrators, with the young children miming the action and singing the songs with the audience joining in the singing. 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Pioneered by Rachel Turner, the Parenting for Faith course is a video-based resource that helps parents and carers discover that they are perfectly positioned to show their children – of whatever age – the reality of a life with God, and empower them to have their own, vibrant, two-way relationship with him. Usually run in a church or small group, the course can be used by individuals as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor Information\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRachel Turner is an author, a speaker and BRF’s Parenting for Faith Pioneer. She presents the Parenting for Faith course, a free eight-session video-based resource for church groups and individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRachel Ridler March 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rachelridlermumonamission.co.uk\/2020\/03\/spring-book-reviews\/\"\u003ehttps:\/\/rachelridlermumonamission.co.uk\/2020\/03\/spring-book-reviews\/\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you haven’t heard me talking about how great the Parenting for Faith Course is already, then let me say it again! I LOVE the parenting for faith course. So when I got sent the printed copies of the resources to review I was over the moon. I ran the course using all the free online versions of the videos and booklets, but I have to say that sometimes people didn’t bother to watch the videos at home or print off the booklets. So to have it on DVD would mean that you can easily watch this in churches where there is no WiFi (yes those places do still exist!!) and altogether as as group. I loved the quality of both the leaders' and participants' books, and there is plenty of space to write answers in. 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You don’t need any formal qualifications to run a Parenting for Faith course – just enthusiasm, a bit of preparation, and a passion to see those parenting and supporting children equipped and inspired.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParenting for Faith provides skills and ideas for raising God-connected kids. Pioneered by Rachel Turner, the Parenting for Faith course is a video-based resource that helps parents and carers discover that they are perfectly positioned to show their children – of whatever age – the reality of a life with God, and empower them to have their own, vibrant, two-way relationship with him. Usually run in a church or small group, the course can be used by individuals as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor Information\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRachel Turner is an author, a speaker and BRF’s Parenting for Faith Pioneer. 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A teacher by profession, her time-tested ideas come from more than 25 years of classroom experience with primary-aged children and young people with special needs, as well as with her own children and grandchildren.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Good Bookstall\u003c\/em\u003e - July 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eYou might have thought you knew plenty of things to make out of a paper plate but this book will prove to you that you hadn't thought of everything!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a wide collection of ideas ranging from sheep to musical instruments, clocks to doves and advent wreaths to woven crosses. There is an index of Biblical references at the back as well as thematic contents at the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEach craft is nicely illustrated in black and white. 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{"id":2439755661412,"title":"Blended A Call to Reimagine Our Church Family: Rethinking how we can be church together","handle":"blended-a-call-to-reimagine-our-church-family-rethinking-how-we-can-be-church-together","description":"\u003cp\u003eChurch as we know it is changing... with conversations and initiatives bubbling up around how our churches can be truly intergenerational, functioning in close and loving community as the body of Christ. Eleanor Bird speaks into the debate with a challenge to rethink our work with all ages from the ground up, offering practical observations drawn from her experience of developing children's and youth ministry in a local church context, together with a biblically based framework for how this thinking can be taken forward in your church.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEleanor Bird is Head of Children and Youth Ministry at St Chad's Romiley in Greater Manchester, overseeing all ministries with two to 19-year-olds. She has been involved in children's work leadership since she was twelve and in full-time ministry since the age of 21, leading children's venues for New Wine and workshops and seminars for leaders across the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\nIn order for us to see nations changed, we need to see the full body of Christ rise up together across all ages, to walk and minister shoulder to shoulder. Blended invites us to see that it is not only necessary, but possible. No matter what size community or denomination we belong to, this book gives us ways of seeing and doing church together with a new heart that will reap great rewards for the kingdom.\r\nRachel Turner, author and speaker\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nEleanor Bird is Head of Children and Youth Ministry at St Chad's Romiley in Greater Manchester, overseeing all ministries with two to 19-year-olds. She has been involved in children's work leadership since she was twelve and in full-time ministry since the age of 21, leading children's venues for New Wine and workshops and seminars for leaders across the UK\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMethodist Recorder 13 May 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"\u003eHERE'S another of those paperbacks whose title alone makes you believe it might provide the answer to all the challenges facing the life of your local church. \u003cem\u003eBlended - A Call to Reimagine our Church Family\u003c\/em\u003e by Eleanor Bird (brf, 8.99), subtitled 'Rethinking how we can be church together', is about investigating a 'new way of being God's family'. And in the ensuing 14 chapters there is much to give church leaders a lot of food for thought. When you realise that the author is 'head of children and youth ministry' at a thriving Anglican church in Romiley, Greater Manchester, overseeing all ministries with two- to 19-year-olds, you have a good idea of what it is all about. In fact, this book could be the answer to your prayers!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Singleton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Well magazine. The Methodist Church Summer 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBlended\u003c\/em\u003e, Eleanor Bird invites us to reimagine a new way of being Church together: a Church that no longer divides by age lines but instead embraces being a community of different generations. For too long, she says, Christian communities have been separated; children, youth and adults each following their own programmes. Her vision is one where the lines drawn between these groups become blurred; rubbed away to become a more unified and connected body of believers.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe focus of Bird's book is the times when church communities gather for worship. Her philosophy is built on four key values: \u003cbr\u003e not calling Church 'work; '\u003cbr\u003e giving everyone in church equal influence; \u003cbr\u003e training when apart, for the times we gather as Church; \u003cbr\u003e making the most of the times we gather to experiment and explain what's happening.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThese building blocks underpin all that Church is and does. They serve to create a community that thrives in worship, both when together and apart. So the times when groups pursue their own programme are seen as vital opportunities to prepare and develop understanding for when all gather together. 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Before this he was a teacher, schools worker, training officer, and Cathedral Education Officer. He is passionate about seeing children, young people and families grow in the church, the place of boys in faith communities, and making school visits to churches much more fun! He serves on national bodies including the C of E General Synod, is trustee of a number of charities, and has written many resources and songs for children's and schools work. He has led all-age worship, is part of the event leadership team, and has taken seminars at Spring Harvest for many years. Nick regularly speaks and delivers training at conferences around the country and in Ireland, inspects Church Schools, and sits as a magistrate in Nottinghamshire. Most importantly Nick is married to Clare (a primary school head-teacher) and they have two grown-up sons. He has books published by CPAS, Kevin Mayhew, Scripture Union, Grove and SPCK. \r\n\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePremier Youth and Children\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Ruth Young\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book that challenges you to think about how to better engage and connect boys with the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe ideas and suggestions are focused on primary school boys, although, as the author says, some will work well with other ages. It follows on from Nick Harding's Grove booklet 'Boys, God and the Church' and offers a more detailed look at the issues and challenges as well as offering practical suggestions. Nick starts by asking the key question, 'What are boys like?' and says that: 'Equality does not mean we are all the same.' He reminds us that evidence suggests that boys who do attend church and church-based activities tend to leave because there is not enough to keep them connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter reading this book I was left with some clear challenges, including thinking through the particular needs boys have and reflecting on how 'boy-friendly' our church services, groups and teaching materials are. It is logical that giving a bit more thought to the kind of activities and teaching programmes you provide will ensure that the needs of both boys and girls are met, which will, in turn, lead to them coming to faith and playing an active part in the life of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e'The Church and Boys' is well set out with clear and helpful chapters. I started scribbling ideas and thoughts from the beginning and have already made changes to the way I do things. It is definitely a book I will be sharing with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuth Young, children and families' missioner at St John's, Walmley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Door\u003c\/em\u003e - Diocese of Oxford, December 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e'This book is a must for anyone seeking to re-evaluate their ministry with children.'\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e'To recognise that boys are different from girls can be a dangerous thing to do.' So opens Nick Harding's latest book \u003cem\u003eThe Church and Boys\u003c\/em\u003e. This book is an expansion of a Grove booklet Nick wrote back in 2007 when the Church was only just beginning to recognise that perhaps boys and girls do have different needs when it comes to faith formation and nurture. My sense is that it is still difficult to have in-depth conversations about how, as churches, we can helpfully acknowledge difference without getting hung up about it. But here Nick provides a great way in.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI must confess there are many things in this book that made me think, 'that applies to girls too', and, 'yes, but I know girls who share those preferences too', but it also challenged me to consider again how intentionally I plan my Sunday Group to be accessible and engaging across the spectrum of needs of both boys and girls - which, I expect, can only be a good thing. It is easy to get complacent about what we think we know about children, or to get set in a pattern of how we like things to be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt also made me extremely grateful for the fact that I have the opportunity to minister to boys as well as girls, something that Nick highlights as not to be taken for granted. Boys do bring unique things to our groups. Is that because they are boys or because they are uniquely human and therefore made in God's image? We could debate that a lot further.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a must for anyone seeking to re-evaluate their ministry with children and who wants to intentionally and seriously nurture both boys and girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe massive challenge Nick presents us with is that the biggest thing that will make a difference to boys in our churches is that they have male role models as leaders of their groups. Unfortunately, the gender disparity in the majority of churches will mean this either feels completely impossible or offers us a huge missional opportunity to seek to reach boys and men in meaningful ways. You choose!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers useful and thought-provoking theory and background, plus some helpful practical tips and ideas. It's an easy read - I read it quickly but it still had an impact. 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Why do churches find it so difficult to cater for boys? What would help boys in church grow into mature men of faith? This uniquely inspiring book by Nick Harding spells out the problem and encourages churches to see this in missional terms. The main part of the book includes resources, suggestions and ideas to help boys connect better with the church, with the Bible, and with the Christian faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat boys are like\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eHow this affects their view of church\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eIncluding boys\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003ePrayer with boys\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eChildren's worship with boys\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eChurch worship with boys\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bible with boys\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eActivities with boys\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eMentoring and supporting boys\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eMission to boys\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eContinuing with boys (as boys become men)\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion - Through a boy's eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nNick is currently Diocese Children's Ministry Adviser and DBS Manager for the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, where he works with church leadership structures and children's leaders in training, consultation and delivery of quality children's ministry. Before this he was a teacher, schools worker, training officer, and Cathedral Education Officer. He is passionate about seeing children, young people and families grow in the church, the place of boys in faith communities, and making school visits to churches much more fun! He serves on national bodies including the C of E General Synod, is trustee of a number of charities, and has written many resources and songs for children's and schools work. He has led all-age worship, is part of the event leadership team, and has taken seminars at Spring Harvest for many years. Nick regularly speaks and delivers training at conferences around the country and in Ireland, inspects Church Schools, and sits as a magistrate in Nottinghamshire. Most importantly Nick is married to Clare (a primary school head-teacher) and they have two grown-up sons. He has books published by CPAS, Kevin Mayhew, Scripture Union, Grove and SPCK. \r\n\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePremier Youth and Children\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Ruth Young\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a book that challenges you to think about how to better engage and connect boys with the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe ideas and suggestions are focused on primary school boys, although, as the author says, some will work well with other ages. It follows on from Nick Harding's Grove booklet 'Boys, God and the Church' and offers a more detailed look at the issues and challenges as well as offering practical suggestions. Nick starts by asking the key question, 'What are boys like?' and says that: 'Equality does not mean we are all the same.' He reminds us that evidence suggests that boys who do attend church and church-based activities tend to leave because there is not enough to keep them connected.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter reading this book I was left with some clear challenges, including thinking through the particular needs boys have and reflecting on how 'boy-friendly' our church services, groups and teaching materials are. It is logical that giving a bit more thought to the kind of activities and teaching programmes you provide will ensure that the needs of both boys and girls are met, which will, in turn, lead to them coming to faith and playing an active part in the life of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e'The Church and Boys' is well set out with clear and helpful chapters. I started scribbling ideas and thoughts from the beginning and have already made changes to the way I do things. It is definitely a book I will be sharing with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuth Young, children and families' missioner at St John's, Walmley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Door\u003c\/em\u003e - Diocese of Oxford, December 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e'This book is a must for anyone seeking to re-evaluate their ministry with children.'\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e'To recognise that boys are different from girls can be a dangerous thing to do.' So opens Nick Harding's latest book \u003cem\u003eThe Church and Boys\u003c\/em\u003e. This book is an expansion of a Grove booklet Nick wrote back in 2007 when the Church was only just beginning to recognise that perhaps boys and girls do have different needs when it comes to faith formation and nurture. My sense is that it is still difficult to have in-depth conversations about how, as churches, we can helpfully acknowledge difference without getting hung up about it. But here Nick provides a great way in.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI must confess there are many things in this book that made me think, 'that applies to girls too', and, 'yes, but I know girls who share those preferences too', but it also challenged me to consider again how intentionally I plan my Sunday Group to be accessible and engaging across the spectrum of needs of both boys and girls - which, I expect, can only be a good thing. It is easy to get complacent about what we think we know about children, or to get set in a pattern of how we like things to be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt also made me extremely grateful for the fact that I have the opportunity to minister to boys as well as girls, something that Nick highlights as not to be taken for granted. Boys do bring unique things to our groups. Is that because they are boys or because they are uniquely human and therefore made in God's image? We could debate that a lot further.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a must for anyone seeking to re-evaluate their ministry with children and who wants to intentionally and seriously nurture both boys and girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe massive challenge Nick presents us with is that the biggest thing that will make a difference to boys in our churches is that they have male role models as leaders of their groups. Unfortunately, the gender disparity in the majority of churches will mean this either feels completely impossible or offers us a huge missional opportunity to seek to reach boys and men in meaningful ways. You choose!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers useful and thought-provoking theory and background, plus some helpful practical tips and ideas. It's an easy read - I read it quickly but it still had an impact. This is certainly a good resource if you have never really thought about this issue before or are just getting going in your thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eYvonne Morris is the Children's Work Adviser for the Diocese of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePobl Dewi\u003c\/em\u003e, June 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecently I looked around our Sunday School: with an average attendance of 20, about 80% are girls. By contrast, the evangelistic youth group I run has only boys. Boys are absent from churches, but are not against Jesus or Christianity. This book covers a topic I am grappling with, but the whole church urgently needs to tackle it as well. Harding's introduction highlights Christian statistician Peter Brierley's work, which suggests that by 2028 males will be an endangered species in our churches. Having written my dissertation on this topic I think Brierley is optimistic, especially if we look at the Church in Wales. This needs urgent attention -- look around your church on Sunday. So, how does this book help?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWe need to realise that boys are different from girls. 'Churches still tend to see they their children, if they have any, as a homogenous group.' Only once we recognise how boys and girls differ does the number of problems boys face in church become obvious. I recognised situations I had encountered in my youth, in churches I know now or in our own Sunday school. Read this chapter with an open mind, expect to be challenged and, maybe as part of a group, look at what you can do to be more accessible to boys. Every year I attend many carol services and subject people to my dislike for \u003cem\u003eOnce in Royal David's City\u003c\/em\u003e. Why? Because what does the line 'Christian children all must be mild, obedient, good as He' say to a boy? Boys want to be boys, they want a challenge and a hero. Jesus offers both, but does the church?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHarding offers practical help with planning, materials, prayers, session outlines and worship ideas. After a recent discussion with young people at the Governing Body a point to highlight is simply talk to boys in your church, listen to them and include them in decision-making. We should be inspiring the leaders of the future, and therefore appropriate mentoring and role models are needed. I was encouraged by a male vicar, who, once a month, made a point of leaving the service to help in the Sunday School. Far from his comfort zone but showing that young people were just as central to church life as the rest of the congregation.\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a must read for laity, clergy and bishop; it is an excellent first step to engaging more with boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDan Priddy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n"}
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