Daniel Jones provides church children and youth worker training and support, encouraging networking of these workers and developing links with parish schools.
Tel: 0117 906 0100
Are you a church-visitor to a school? Do you have a heart for serving your local school?
Introducing the new Diocesan initiative that aims to train, equip and officially commission ‘Be the Link’ school visitors...
First Aid Training - an exclusive offer for churches in the Diocese of Bristol
First Aid is essential in any situation but especially when working with children and young people. Do you know what to do in an emergency? You may be the difference between a life lost and a life saved. Does your church have enough people trained in First Aid?
Resources to inspire family ministry
With Spring in the air and some nice weather too, there is no better way to spend time than with my wife and kids. For churches, parent and toddler work can transform relationships and strengthen families, yet sometimes men may have very limited access to the parent and toddler world.
The time is 9.30am, the day is Maundy Thursday and there’s a definite chill in the air! Only a few days ago, I was wearing shorts and flip-flops in the garden; however the priority for today was keeping dry and warm. The start of the youth pilgrimage was about to begin and sixteen young people and leaders were poised outside St Paul’s Church in Chippenham, eager to get the 2012 youth pilgrimage underway. Malmesbury Abbey, the destination, thirteen miles away.
Due to the success of the Next Generation Conference in October 2011, the Youth and Children’s Advisers from the Dioceses of Bristol and Bath & Wells are teaming up to tour both dioceses in 2012 with free training for children and youth leaders, church leaders, teachers and headteachers.
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Here is a silly sketch I wrote a few years ago when I was a youth and children’s worker for a church.
If you’re thinking about at spicing up your family Christmas services this year, and I don’t mean serving mulled wine (although how great would that be!), here are a few clips from YouTube that retell the nativity story all with a visual edge to them - enjoy…