The 6 Bible Illustrations of Christmas
In our last blog, we suggested 6 games you could play at Christmas events.Here are 6 Christmas Talk Illustrations. You’ll still need to study the passage, prepare your talk and…
The 6 Games of Christmas
So it’s Christmas again – and as a children’s minister I groan at the list of Christmas events, parties, nativity rehearsals, assemblies, over excited children, snotty noses and diva strops…
Parents: Will you offer to teach Christmas to your child’s class at school?
Did you know that Jesus' birth and the Christian meaning of Christmas is part of your local school’s curriculum? Well, it is! So let us give you our Christmas lessons…
2017 Christmas Gift Guide
Christmas is the perfect time to give Gospel centered gifts to your loved ones. Here’s our top picks. 1. Awesome Cutlery CD and Family Devotional does not only jam out with…
“Dad, Father Christmas is not real!”
It was said by my 5 year old son with the wide-eyed amazement of a boy who believed he was the first human ever to make this discovery. In a…
Halloween
There was a time when I used to hide in my kitchen at the back of the house, with the lights out, for the whole of Halloween evening. I wasn’t…
Massive 2017
We know that giving up a precious Saturday to come to Massive is a big deal.For many in your children’s ministry team, it might be too big an ask.Perhaps there…
During the holidays, be a bear not a toad
Apparently bears don’t hibernate. Bears go into “torpor”. Their heart rates go down, they rest, they stop hunting, they sleep but they remain ready. As they have cubs, they need…
Colin Buchanan: Loo roll cannons, a new album and being a Dad in the chaos
There aren’t many people who are instantly recognisable simply by their first name; Barack, Brad and Angelina, Clint and possibly now, Donald. Christian children all over the world know another;…
You are a hire car
Let me daydream with you. You need to hire a car. You walk into the office. The car you ask to hire is entirely up to you. What do you…
