Fantastic new children’s ministry resource
It’s here at last. The culmination of a lot of hard work, prayer and biscuit consumption – the first issue of Childrenswork magazine!
For quite a few years now, the team at Youthwork magazine has wanted to launch a sister title, aimed at providing ideas, resources and guidance for children’s ministry, and here it is. The aim of Childrenswork magazine is to support your ministry and help you nurture the children in your group to reach their full potential in faith.
The editorial team write…
Here’s something you’ll never have read in a launch issue editorial: only 10–20 percent of new magazine launches are ever successful. It’s not a statistic that’s keeping us awake at night, but it is where you come in. If you want this magazine to exist, then please get behind us from the start. Make sure every children’s worker, volunteer leader, primary school teacher and church leader you know has an opportunity to see a copy.
Every issue of the magazine will be packed with the same mix of creative ideas, stretching feature articles and spiritual support that has made Youthwork an invaluable resource for Christian youth workers. In this very issue, you’ll read an exclusive visionary article from one of the most highly respected voices in global children’s ministry, Ivy Beckwith.
You’ll find a brilliant, practical guide to making Bible stories come alive with children, from storytelling legend Bob Hartman. And in our regular age–specific feature, New Wine’s Simon Parry writes with passion and wisdom on leading under–5s in meaningful worship.
While all that will sharpen your thinking, our creative resources will make your practice sparkle. Two all–age service outlines will give you new ways to communicate effectively with the whole church family. Our game and craft columns will build up, month by month, to create a veritable library of ideas. We’re really excited too, about Victoria Beech’s reflective resources, which aim to give children opportunities to encounter God deeply.
We’ve spent a long time trying to make this magazine the best that it can be. There’s news, interviews, inspiring columnists, reviews and more. There’s just one more thing it needs to make it great – you.
Martin Saunders is the former editor of Youthwork magazine. Sam Donoghue is Children’s adviser for the Diocese of London.They are the editors of Childrenswork magazine