Two years ago our good friend Jose moved back to his native Portugal. At his leaving do, he was asked by various people when he was coming back. He replied, “When Jon and Kirsty have a baby”, knowing full well we weren’t planning on starting family for a while.
For about the last year, a young [...]
Last week, we ran our annual church kids playscheme: Funhouse. The theme this year was Superheroes and the team really got into the swing of it! Have a look at my Flickr set here.
We had over 220 kids booked in for the week which finished with a special family service on Sunday morning. Next week, [...]
Glubble is a great plugin for the Firefox web browser that gives totally FREE parental controls! There are essentially two criteria for using it:
you must use Firefox for web browsing
you must have children that use the internet
Aimed at primary aged children, Glubble changes the look of the browser to a simple kid-friendly interface when they [...]
I was listening to the Simply Junior High Podcast earlier today and they were talking about worship with youth groups. They were saying it was great to get young people involved as it helps to engage the group in the family service. Now I’m sure it wasn’t meant in this manner, but during the discussion [...]
I came across this quote on Taking Thoughts Captive from Martin Luther the German theologian and reformer from the 16th century regarding how Christian parents should raise their children:
If [bringing up children in the fear and knowledge of God above all things] were done, God would also richly bless us and give us grace to [...]
I recently came across these amazing animated videos and have been stunned about both the quality and content of them.
Created by the BBC for Newsround (the kids news programme), the series of five tells the stories of real children living in poverty and difficult circumstances in the UK. Watching them brought back many memories [...]
This is a great speech from Dave Sharples who set up Kidz Klub out of Frontline church in Liverpool. Given the platform at the recent conservative conference, he stirs up the audience with his message of hope and a passionate plea for a recognition of community-based workers rather than bureaucratic policies.
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