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Title: God’s Story for Under 5s – 36 Bible-based sessions for midweek and Sunday groups. Author: Becky May Useful for: groups leaders and parents of under 5s wanting to share Bible stories with their children in a developmentally appropriate, play-based approach Best bit: loads of stories, and multiple ways to playfully explore each story in a meaningful way, plus short … Read more
I am just sending my three god-daughters a countdown candle with a card with some suggestions of prayers they could use with their candle. I say countdown candle, as strictly it’s not Advent, as Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, I believe. This candle has numbers 1-24 to countdown to Christmas during December. … Read more
For a while I’ve been pondering the question of the best Bible for 4-7 year olds. I’ve seen many threads on Christian mums forums, with various bibles recommended including: The Big Bible Storybook by Scripture Union. I love this one and have used it along with the matching board books since my children were very young. … Read more
Do you have Godparents? Are you a Godparent? Here’s some ideas of things you could do to celebrate! 1 Get in touchNot spoken for months or years? Get in touch this week by phone or email or facetime or text or letter. When my God daughters were little, I sometimes made them letters using pictures … Read more
In her book, Parenting Children for a Life of Faith, Rachel Turner talks about creating windows on our faith practises so our children can see what faith looks like for us. We all have our own ways that we like to spend time with God. Mine is often with art materials. Some mornings before the girls … Read more
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Title:Â The Garden The Curtain and the Cross – the true story of why Jesus died and rose again Author: Carl Laferton (illustrated by Catalina Echeverri) Useful for: parents of children 4-8ish wanting to share the reason Jesus died and came alive again Best bit: stunning, colour-filled artwork, not too many words on each page, strong, simple, theological explanation of why Jesus … Read more
How are you doing with your 40acts of generosity? Are you enjoying it? I’ve chatted with a few families who were concerned they hadn’t done all the acts so far or were getting behind. That’s not a problem! Seriously. Honestly. It’s not. Would you berate another family for not doing 40acts ‘correctly’? No? So don’t berate … Read more
Each year I have to increase the postage rate just to keep up with costs. This year, at the same time as increasing the flat rate postage, I’ve also introduced a special One Item only postage and packing fee of only £2. To get this, you need to be ordering only one item and enter the code … Read more
Exploring Generosity is a 32 page, full colour book from GodVenture in partnership with 40acts. WHATS INSIDE? Each activity has It’s a fab way for families to explore the Bible and let God speak with them about generosity. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK FOR AN ALL-AGE SERVICE Around your meeting place, set up some stations based on activities from … Read more
As you know, GodVenture is all about inspiring and helping families do faith at home, but my resources can also be used in a church setting! Read on to find out how! THE GENEROSITY RESOURCES FROM GODVENTURE Here some ways you could use it in your church. Why not send a link to this post to your church leader?
This is really similar to the Thanks jar but without the risk of broken glass, either in the session or at home. It works at any time of year, but I like to do it at the start of the year. We did it at our Messy Church, using one box for thank you words … Read more