Children's & Youth Resources

No planning, no preparation, no photocopying or collection of lids or yoghurt pots - once you have filled your tin or box with a few inexpensive and easy to find resources you will be set up for the rest of the year. For each Sunday there is a story, based on the lectionary readings, a game, something to make using what you already have in your tin, and a child-friendly prayer.

25 sketches requiring minimal perparation and staging, covering the major festivals and themes of the church calendar

Teens will learn that their role in life is bigger than themselves, and that they’re not too young to make a difference for God.

Put a book in your kids hands that makes them think, laugh, and spiritually grow all at the same time. In 'Professor Bumblebrain's Bonkers Book on Creation', we join him at the zoo as he helps your primary school kids to look at the various ideas connected to the beginning of our planet, how amazing we human beings are, and whether the world around us is all God's handiwork.

Often when you bring together a new group of young people - or even adults, it can be hard to get them to integrate and chat. The naturally migrate to people they know. Icebreakers play an important part in helping to get young people to connect with each other in a group setting. It is a great way to involve the shy and quieter ones as well as encouraging team play with each other. It also promot

Sports Fun for Messy Church includes crafts on a sports theme, games suitable for the all-age community, involvement ideas such as a sports trail and messy weekends!

From the Tiddlywinks series, 'Stories and Pictures: Old Testament' provides 45 Old Testament stories and activities for any pre-school setting. It is a photocopiable resource that comes in size A4.

45 more Old Testament stories and activities for any pre-school setting

15 Bible based sessions plus resources for small groups of children with a wide age range

In '52 Memory Verses' Rosalind Brown outlines some very useful and practical ways in which you can help children memorise scriptures. From Jigsaws to Singing verses, and everything in-between, this small book will be an asset to your children's work.

Supports church communities in talking about death and loss

A key resource for the whole Church family

Special Sundays Sorted features all age worship services for key events and Sundays throughout the year. Each session provides everything you need for every age group to engage with the lesson.

Seasonal Sundays Sorted features All Age Services for a selection of seasons throughout the year

Eight A4 pages make-up a timeline covering events throughout the Bible. The timeline contains major events, dates and how they relate to each other as they occurred. The timeline can be wall mounted and used as a reference. Chart 7 covers historical events which are not in the Bible, but some are alluded to in the prophecy of Daniel.

So the Next Generation Will Know: Preparing Young Christians in a Challenging World. The next generation has the potential to change the world. If you are raising, pastoring or teaching generation Z, this book is for you.

A whole year’s worth of sessions for your 11 to 14s… · 52 Bible-based sessions exploring who God is and what he is like.

Scripture Union: Blue Light Compendium: Splash! A whole year's worth of sessions for your 5 to 8 year olds. Contains 52 Bible-based sessions of activities, exploring who God is and what he is like, designed for your Splash! group of children. · A wide range of Bible passages covered, including Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and more… · All resource pages photocopiable

Would you like to run services for key events of the Christian year, but don't know where to start? This book includes 15 tried and tested and ready to use all age service outlines for key feasts and festivals of the Christian year.

The recent Church Growth Research (see www.churchgrowthresearch.org.uk) identifies that the successful transmission of faith to children and young people is a key factor in stemming decline and promoting growth. This book explores the cultural and theological reasons as to why this is the case and makes research-based recommendations for the faith formation of children and young people.