Children’s work and All Age resources
and Training 2013.
Advent Quiet Morning – Led by Revd
Alison White, at Shepherds Dene
Retreat House, Riding Mill on Saturday
th
16 November 10am – 1pm. Cost is
£7.50 and includes a light lunch.
If you would like to book a place,
please send a cheque for £7.50 made out to Newcastle DBF,
and send it to Karen Hunter, Church House, St John’s
Terrace, Percy Main, Tyne and Wear NE29 6HS. Tel 01912704100 Please give Karen your name, address, email
details and a contact phone number. Places will be limited
to 20 and allocated on a first come first served basis.
www.sermons4kids.com
This website is lectionary based and will send you out
a lesson plan and activity sheet with craft and talk
ideas each week for free if you sign up to the
newsletter. I have used this info as a basis for my all
age talks in the past and for Sunday school sessions.
www.pinterest.com
This website is full of resources on
near enough any subject. For children’s work
resources that I have found and recommend, log into
my section by signing up to follow my pages. This can
be done by putting my name ‘Sandra Doore’ into the
search section and pressing the link to follow my
boards. On here you will find up to date resources for
Christmas, Easter and harvest etc. There is also a
section on children’s spirituality. You will also find
resources from other Dioceses and international
posters’.
Roots
www.rootsontheweb.com
Lectionary-based, weekly resources,
children and young people, additional
material on the website
Roots is a lectionary-based resource, offering a wealth
of material to support weekly worship and learning of
the whole Church community. It consists of two bimonthly magazines for leaders – Roots Worship and
Roots Children and Young People – supported by a
www.lostsheep.com.au
website. The Roots Children and Young People
magazine provides flexible ‘pick and mix’ material for
This website has parables and
stories from the Gospels in
cartoon form. There is a story
book to buy, or a power point
presentation to purchase with
notes for presentation. There are activity sheets for
children and areas for children and parents and
schools to access. This is well worth a look. I have
used the lost sheep in all age worship and plan to use
others during the celebration time of Messy Church in
the future.
leaders of the 3-14 age group from which they can
select and adapt relevant material for the range of
ages and time available. It contains background notes
on the readings, specially-written versions of the
passages which children will understand, ideas for
linked craftwork and activities, prayers, and ways to
connect the bible teaching with children’s lives.
Children’s Ministry
http://www.familyministry.co.uk
Light
www.scriptureunion.org.uk/light/
Undated, thematic material for a variety of age
groups
Dated, weekly material, a variety of age-groups,
thematic, additional material available free on the
TotZone , MiniZone , KidZone and Y-Zone form the
Children’s Ministry Teaching Programme, which is the
LightLive website
Bible-centred, age-appropriate teaching programme
Light is Scripture Union’s Bible based learning
resources. The range includes Bubbles for under 5s,
that will help you disciple a new generation.
Splash! for 5 to 8s, Xstream for 8 to 11s, theGRID for
11 to 14s and Light Years for all age worship.
Additional resources include CD-ROM, audio visual
Godly Play
resources, a Bible Timeline and specially written songs
www.godlyplay.org.uk
and music for worship. Light is ideal for use with
junior church on Sundays, in midweek Christian
Undated, Bible story and liturgical
presentations shaped by the structure of worship
groups, at youth clubs, and with children’s prayer
Godly Play presents biblical material and liturgical
groups.
action through a structure of gathering, responding,
Seasons of the
celebrating and blessing. Based on Montessori
Spirit
principles, it offers children a sacred, safe space to
www.spiritseasons.com
explore scripture and come close to God.
Lectionary-based, weekly materials for age groups
up to 18 & adult, available as a printed or on-line
resource
Seasons of the Spirit curriculum, a lectionary-based
resource is created by publishers and denominational
partners in four countries. Seasons of the Spirit is
unique. More than a curriculum – it’s a resource for
your whole congregation. The vision is to provide
God’s people with lectionary-based, ecumenical
resources that empower all ages to be transformed in
Christ as they: explore meaning and mystery in the
Bible; celebrate in worship, sacraments, education,
and service; engage in ministries of love, justice, and
witness; and live in inclusive communities of faith,
shaped and led by the Holy Spirit.
Go Teach www.goteach.org.uk
Go Teach publishes teachers’ guides with
accompanying visual aids and children’s activity
sheets in four age groups: 3s-4s (Beginners), 5s-7s
(Primaries), 8s-11s (Juniors) and 12s-14s (Young
Teens).They also publishes other undated visual aids
and material to assist in teaching the Bible and
organises an annual Scripture exam for 8s-14+ and for
teachers.
Searchlights
to know the leader. Activities are suggested to help
www.kevinmayhew.co.uk
the process. Only two issues of Power Source were
published and it was not continued to go into a
Lectionary-based, 3 age groups
available, 3 years worth of material
second year of material, both Issue One and Issue Two
are still readily available.
Searchlights is a range of Sunday group material from
the publishers Kevin Mayhew. As with the Living
Creative Ideas for Children’s
Stones series from the same publisher (by Susan
Sayers) there are age-group books for 3-5s, 6-10s &
Worship
11+, ands a ‘Complete Resource Book’ which contains
http://www.canterburypress.co.uk/books/978184825
all the material from the other books (except
0420/Creative-Ideas-for-Childrens-Worship-Year-A
worksheets) along with suggestions for worship.
Searchlights follows the Common Worship Lectionary,
and each week there are suggestions for activities, an
idea for prayer, teaching material and a photocopiable
worksheet. There are also suggestions for songs, and a
separate CD set with the songs on can also be
purchased.
Powersource
www.kevinmayhew.co.uk
Lectionary-based, outlines for an all-age Sunday
group
A year's worth of activities and ideas complete with
artwork and visual aids based on the Lectionary
readings. The worship outlines include simple
children's liturgies and a complete lesson or story plan
that harmonizes with what the adults are doing in
church on the same day. Each outline includes a
variety of options which make them workable with
small and large groups of children or single groups of
mixed ages. Illustrated throughout, the text and
artwork appears on the accompanying CD Rom in full
colour for downloading and printing or copying.
Undated, thematic material for a
variety of age groups – only one year’s worth of
material available
There are four distinct age groups with carefully
Whole People of God online
tailored material for each.
http://www.wholepeopleofgod.com/
Key elements of Powersource include Pastoral and
Lectionary-based, on-line resource for a variety of
age-groups, priced according to the size of your
congregation
Response Times underpin Christian growth. Pastoral
Time is one of the Powersource ‘essentials’. Leaders
are encouraged to spend time with children building
pastoral relationships, as children need to be nurtured
as well as taught. This is especially true if leaders are
part of a rota, and thus only seeing the children
periodically. Pastoral Time involves talking with the
children, getting to know them – and letting them get
An ecumenical, lectionary-based resource, only
available on line, which offers materials for a variety
of age-groups and includes: weekly sessions, overview
and planning notes, at home pamphlets, weekly
Biblical backgrounds, additional worship resources
and suggestions, music CD and book, full-colour
posters
Welcome the Word
http://www.kevinmayhew.com/welcomethe-word.html
Roman Catholic, lectionary-based, one volume with 3
years worth of material
Welcome the Word contains celebrations of the Word
for children for every Sunday of the Church's threeyear cycle – an incredible 596 pages in all. Each
Sunday is accompanied by notes to help leaders
deepen their own understanding of the Gospels, with
links made between the Sunday liturgy and the
Catechism of the Catholic Church. Every week is
structured to include a resources section, an opening
prayer or reflective activity, a Gospel reading, homily,
intercessions and a community link to take the
children back into Mass. Templates for take-home
cards for the children are available on the
accompanying CD-ROM.
The Complete Children’s Liturgy
http://www.kevinmayhew.com/christianbooks/children-young-people/primaryschool-resources/complete-childrens-liturgybook.html
Lectionary-based, Roman Catholic, two volumes
available
This is a child-centred liturgical programme which
faithfully follows the Lectionary. The inspirational
teaching ideas are the result of Katie Thompson’s long
experience within her own parish, during which the
material was tested and refined. Photocopiable
worksheets accompany the liturgy and there are 165
in total. A second three-year volume is also available.
Roman Catholic.