Who's Who in the The Deanery
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Information from The Deanery and Diocese
The Diocesan Prayer Diary booklets
Events in the Children & Youth Calendar
York Youth Fest - for 11-18yr olds - takes place Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th September. Full details here.
September - Youth Alpha course running at both St Oswald's Sowerby and All Saints Northallerton with a joint Holy Spirit Day on Saturday 5th November. Contact Donneta Thomas for details.
September 23rd - DoY & Child Theology Movement Theology Symposium on children's faith and spirituality at Bishopthorpe Palace
October 15th - Diocese of York Early Years Conference at Manor School, York. A day packed with useful resources and ideas for all those working with under 5s and their families
November 12th - Generation to Generation day at Boston Spa - Book your places via Eventbrite
Sheffield Diocese run two Aurora courses each year - one in Children’s Ministry and one in Youth Ministry. The courses cover the basics and essentials in working with children and young people, and will help you develop your groups and teams.
Both courses start on Saturday 17th September at Church House in Rotherham and cost £250 per student.
The courses are designed for people who could commit to 7 Wednesday evenings (on Zoom) and 3 full day Saturdays (at Church House, Rotherham) through the year with time for private study.
Further information and course content can be found here: https://www.auroratraining.org.uk/
Resources Directory – York Diocese Y&C Resources (yorkdiocese-children-youth-resources.online)
Six Beats One Story by Dai Wooldridge is a pocket-sized devotional poem exploring God’s rescue plan in in six key scenes – Origins, Exodus, Exile, Messiah, Spirit, Home. Watch a video and order copies here.
Wild and Wonderful is the title of a blog on the ECLAS website by Petra Crofton, Scientists in Congregations project co-director at St Lawrence Church in Barnwood, Gloucestershire. She describes the activities she's been running with children to connect faith and science. She is running workshops on 15 October and 5 November for anyone keen to start something similar. Email her for details.
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Let's Get Talking about families and faith is a useful beginner's guide from The Kitchen Table Project for people who are asking how they might embed families and children in the life of their church.
The first days of being a Christian is a new series available on the Grow phone app from Urban Saints. It's useful for any young people who have just made a faith commitment. You can also find a good range of summer resources here.
How To Help is a series of downloadable PDFs from Youth for Christ covering a wide range of topics, including friendships, anxiety, hormones, confidence, resilience and the planet.
Transition between schools and key stages can be stressful for children. This useful guide from Beacon House gives some advice on how to help a child get through.
The Youthscape Podcast series has an episode on addiction. Find it here.
The Scripture Union has a new sports resource, Back on Track, to help you share the good news of Jesus through sport. Reminder that the Commonwealth Games is taking place in Birmingham next month.
RaiseUPfaith children’s work platform has recently been upgraded and has a free subscription to try out 17 free lessons with 120 free creative elements such as songs, videos, games etc. Find out more here.
September - Youth Alpha course running at both St Oswald's Sowerby and All Saints Northallerton with a joint Holy Spirit Day on Saturday 5th November. Contact Donneta Thomas for details.
September 23rd - DoY & Child Theology Movement Theology Symposium on children's faith and spirituality at Bishopthorpe Palace
October 15th - Diocese of York Early Years Conference at Manor School, York. A day packed with useful resources and ideas for all those working with under 5s and their families
November 12th - Generation to Generation day at Boston Spa - Book your places via Eventbrite
Sheffield Diocese run two Aurora courses each year - one in Children’s Ministry and one in Youth Ministry. The courses cover the basics and essentials in working with children and young people, and will help you develop your groups and teams.
Both courses start on Saturday 17th September at Church House in Rotherham and cost £250 per student.
The courses are designed for people who could commit to 7 Wednesday evenings (on Zoom) and 3 full day Saturdays (at Church House, Rotherham) through the year with time for private study.
Further information and course content can be found here: https://www.auroratraining.org.uk/
Resources Directory – York Diocese Y&C Resources (yorkdiocese-children-youth-resources.online)
Six Beats One Story by Dai Wooldridge is a pocket-sized devotional poem exploring God’s rescue plan in in six key scenes – Origins, Exodus, Exile, Messiah, Spirit, Home. Watch a video and order copies here.
Wild and Wonderful is the title of a blog on the ECLAS website by Petra Crofton, Scientists in Congregations project co-director at St Lawrence Church in Barnwood, Gloucestershire. She describes the activities she's been running with children to connect faith and science. She is running workshops on 15 October and 5 November for anyone keen to start something similar. Email her for details.
.
Let's Get Talking about families and faith is a useful beginner's guide from The Kitchen Table Project for people who are asking how they might embed families and children in the life of their church.
The first days of being a Christian is a new series available on the Grow phone app from Urban Saints. It's useful for any young people who have just made a faith commitment. You can also find a good range of summer resources here.
How To Help is a series of downloadable PDFs from Youth for Christ covering a wide range of topics, including friendships, anxiety, hormones, confidence, resilience and the planet.
Transition between schools and key stages can be stressful for children. This useful guide from Beacon House gives some advice on how to help a child get through.
The Youthscape Podcast series has an episode on addiction. Find it here.
The Scripture Union has a new sports resource, Back on Track, to help you share the good news of Jesus through sport. Reminder that the Commonwealth Games is taking place in Birmingham next month.
RaiseUPfaith children’s work platform has recently been upgraded and has a free subscription to try out 17 free lessons with 120 free creative elements such as songs, videos, games etc. Find out more here.