read / Children & young people So what? Thoughts on reimagining culture Dr Grace Bally-Balogun, CCX Church Plant Enabler, reflects on the complexities of culture, and how we can navigate change within our church cultures successfully
watch / Children & young people Multiply 2024 talks: Youthscape & Rachel Gardner Rachel Gardner shares the latest insights from Youthscape's research, transporting Multiply 2024 delegates into a conversation with a group of young people as they examine the story of Zacchaeus.
read / Children & young people Youth Outreach: Our deepest passion & our greatest weakness Laura Hancock, National Ministries Director of Youth for Christ, shares her thoughts and hopes for youth outreach in the Church today, drawing on the insights of the latest Youth for Christ research.
read / Children & young people Youth Outreach: Our deepest passion & our greatest weakness Laura Hancock, National Ministries Director of Youth for Christ, shares her thoughts and hopes for youth outreach in the Church today, drawing on the insights of the latest Youth for Christ research.
read / Children & young people The power of finding the right song Many of us have experienced all-age worship that isn’t being enjoyed by anyone. It’s hard to keep a three-year-old, 13-year-old and 83-year-old equally engaged! That’s why people often get discouraged by intergenerational worship, enduring it, rather than enjoying it.
read / Children & young people How to recruit (and keep!) volunteers Finding people to help with youth work can be challenging – volunteers seem to have been in short supply in lots of areas of church life since the pandemic. What’s more, youth work can be intimidating, especially if you feel out of touch with teenagers. “What have I got in common with a 14-year-old!”
read / Children & young people Reaching schools with the FLOURISH network In seeking to increase the strategic partnership opportunities between the Church and education settings, the Church of England is launching the FLOURISH network of worshipping communities in schools and Further Education (FE) colleges in autumn 2024.
read / Children & young people Planting youth-focused churches on estates When most teens don’t attend church or know the Christian story, how can we engage and help them discover God’s love? Andy Milne, Team Leader of Missional Youth Church Network, shares his insights.
read / Children & young people Intergenerational discipleship the Messy Church way A recent survey commissioned by the Church of England showed Messy Church is particularly good at attracting non-churched families. Often children lead the way, accompanied by a parent/carer, keen to belong to a community that loves and feeds their family, but with little idea of Christian basics.
read / Children & young people Growing Younger: Where to start? Multiplying a younger church is a journey that starts with small steps, but finding the right ones can feel so difficult that we end up not stepping out. Ali Campbell shares nine practical things we can do that, applied consistently, will start to add up to progress.
read / Children & young people Safeguarding as mission Thirtyone:eight reframes the vital-yet-weighty subject of safeguarding in our churches.