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Please click on the Book List and short introductions on new publications on subjects related to children's work for your information.

Our REACH newsletters page also has book reviews for your reference.

 

Diocesan staff

Most dioceses have a children’s adviser who will provide help and advice on anything to do with a parish’s ministry among children. These will include:

  • Individual consultancies
  • Training courses
  • Advice on resources
  • Planning holiday clubs
  • Links with schools
  • Children’s festivals

Visit your diocesan website or handbook for the name of your local Adviser.

Two dioceses, Canterbury and Chester, have designated children’s evangelists: They will advise on matters specifically concerning outreach among children. Contact via your diocesan website.

 

 

Diocesan Missioners

They may be called Missioners, Evangelists, or Parish Development officers according to the focus of their brief. They help the whole Church to fulfil its mission and to share its faith. Some of them include children’s evangelism in their responsibilities and work closely with the Diocesan Children’s Adviser.

Visit your diocesan website or email paul.bayes@c-of-e.org.uk for local contact details.

 

 

Church Army

Church Army officers hold a variety of posts in dioceses and parishes. They are trained evangelists and some of them specialise in work with children and young people. 

Visit  http://www.churcharmy.org.uk for further information.

 

 

Barnabas Ministry

From September 2006, Margaret Withers will be joining the Barnabas ministry team, (the training wing of BRF) offering training and consultations on children's work, including:

  • Children and evangelism
  • Children and worship, including Holy Communion
  • Churches with few or no children
  • Churches and schools

The team offers a variety of programmes to resource churches, clergy and children's leaders. There is also a programme of training and support for schools.

For information on the work of the whole team visit the website http://www.barnabasinchurches.org.uk

or contact Eithne (Aina) Nutt on: 01865 319704  eithne.nutt@brf.org.uk

 

 

Fresh Expressions

Discerning and exploring the many ways that children are being church is an integral element in the Fresh Expressions initiative of the Church of England and the Methodist Church that the Archbishop of Canterbury launched in 2004. It offers training, resources and has opportunities to register information about ways that people are being church on its website.

Two of the classifications are 'Focus on children' and 'Young Children and their parents'.  On 27th February 2006, 68 (17%) of the 400 fresh expressions registered on its website are classified 'Children’s Fresh Expressions' with a further 25% including children or young people.

For further information visit the website http://www.freshexpressions.org.uk

 

 

Other useful websites

Many Christian Organisations are concerned with enabling children to hear the Christian story and supporting children’s workers through provision of publications, advice and training.

 

BRF         http://www.brf.org.uk

Children Worldwide          http://www.childrenworldwide.co.uk

Church Mission Society (CMS)       http://www.cms-uk.org

Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS)       http://www.cpas.org.uk

Crusaders       http://www.crusaders.org.uk

Children in Urban Situations (CURBS)         http://www.curbsproject.org.uk

Mothers’ Union     http://www.themothersunion.org

Rural Sunrise         http://www.rural.missions.org.uk/sunrise

Scripture Union     http://scriptureunion.org.uk