New Resource: Time with God Booklets

The Bible is a vibrant and rich treasure to explore. And just like looking for treasure, it can be helpful to have a guide to help us discover its riches. We’re working to produce little booklets to help young people (or anyone really!) spend time with God. They are simple devotional tools with brief passages to […]

Kids Talks Library

We’re committed to resourcing ministries to kids in churches around the world. To that end, we are hoping to build a growing library of kids talks that can be used and adapted to teach the Bible simply and faithfully in a method appropriate to your context. We have a simple approach to our kids talks: […]

Simple Bible Study Method

If you’ve spent any time in a Bible Study group, you’re probably familiar with the ‘Swedish Method‘ of Bible study. It’s a good, simple tool to help people engage with the Bible. Over the years, I’ve developed my own techniques and adapted the Swedish Method to a framework with a little more depth. It’s been […]

Experiencing God

Did you experience God at church this weekend? Did the teenagers experience God at youth group? Or the kids in Sunday School? There is a lot of pressure these days for church to be a special experience. It has to be memorable. Uplifting. Inspiring. It needs to feel transcendent – that you were taken somewhere […]

#hellopack

We’ve recently created #hellopacks to help us welcome new people to youth group. We wanted to put a mix of things together that would be a) appreciated; b) useful; and c) thoughtful. Here’s a sample: Here’s what we’ve included in the pack so far: A can of pepsi (because we’re in the west) A chupa-chup (it’s […]

Advertising and Inviting

We’re currently in the process of making several changes to how we advertise youth group. For one, we got these postcards printed to help us invite people to youth group. They are designed to be flexible for a variety uses. Here’s some inspiration for you. We hope to use them for: Kids passing on to their friends, possibly with […]

Epic Explorers: A ‘Christianity Explored’ program for kids.

Looking for new material for your next kids holiday club? Or next term’s kid’s church program or kids club? Epic Explorers might be for you. Christianity Explored have recently adapted their course for kids aged 4-11 years in the form of Epic Explorers. The course takes kids through Mark’s Gospel to discover who Jesus is and what he […]

Are we too independent?

There is nothing like asking for help to take a shot at your pride. Asking for help so often feels like the equivalent of being a failure. You can’t achieve something yourself, so you need someone else to do it for you. It’s a humbling experience. Most parents have a desire for their kids grow up […]

Freely: free high quality Christian stock photography

    Yet another free stock photo source? Freely can be especially useful as they have a range of Christian-themed photography. It’s a small but growing collection. You might find something useful here for your next flyer or sermon series. It’s at least worth adding to your bookmarks for later.