Children’s Ministry
How can we shape learning experiences that will empower our children to explore the Christian Faith and make it their own? How can we show them that they are valued members of the church today? This forum will be a place for us to share the joys and challenges of Christian Education. Come and join us as we share ideas and resources, ask questions, and encourage each other in this vital ministry.
Five ways to let learning flow (or how not to be another brick)
It happens around this same time every year. Several million students go back to school In North America alone, there are 10s of millions of children in elementary school. From the Sunday school basement to the university physics lab, we understand ourselves through our pursuit of learning. Continue reading
Five ways to help children respond to a tragic photograph
I pray for children who have now seen, through the accessible window of the internet, the sacrifice of one of their own . Children who look at this picture need to be able to talk about what they have seen. How can we start the discussion? Continue reading
The Garden Gang, chapter two
There was a note left in the apple tree. The Name of God We Hear copy
Written in pencil, folded twice by 3… Continue reading
The Church Garden Gang, chapter one
Open up the back door you will see,
Below the window to the sacristy… Continue reading
Crucial matters
My son trundles up the stairs with the rest of the children from the Sunday school group holding in his hand… ummm… ahhh… what is that? Continue reading
How much do children need to know?
Do horrific stories such as the death of John the Baptist mean that the Gospels are meant for adults only? How well can our children know trauma? How much should they know? Continue reading
Life under the W
Somehow, there is joy. But there is also trauma here. We see it on the streets every day… in order for trauma to be understood, it must be passed through. Continue reading
Dear lifelong Anglican:
Who was it that helped you know that the church was really home? Be that person for some child next Sunday. Continue reading
My child called
Children’s misbehaviour shocks us out of our habits. A child calls its parents to consider themselves anew: that which is unnecessary must fall away. Continue reading
