Children and Families Ministry
OCTOBER UPDATE

These resources are compiled by Chris Barnett from the Intergenerational Ministry – Children & Families team at equipping Leadership for Mission (eLM) in the Synod of VIC/TAS. Thanks Chris for this valuable resource!

Online 2020: Stories of Childhood Conference, Saturday, 10 Oct, 3pm-5pm

It’s FREE, it’s SOON and it’s for ANYONE engaged in Playgroup/Pre-school ministry!
More accessible than ever before, the annual Stories of Childhood gathering for is taking place via Zoom on Saturday October 10 from 3pm to 5pm. Special presenters will be Dr. Vivienne Mountain – author of Building Emotional Health and Wellbeing: a pastoral ministry handbook and Rev. Mat Harry – leader of the New Paradigm Project. Join with other passionate Playgroup/Pre-school ministry leaders and volunteers from across Australia for a time of learning, sharing and being encouraged!

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All Hallows’ Eve/Halloween Ideas

•  SU Light Party packs (SU)
• Pumpkin Heroes (World Vision)
• Halloween alternatives (Strandz)
• All Hallows’ Eve/Halloween resources (Build Faith)
• More All Hallows’ Eve/Halloween resources (Going 4 Growth)

Very Practical Resources to Explore

• Advent 2020 Engage Together multi-age worship resource (UCA)
• Stuck: A Prodigal Son Storycine (UCA)
• Games for families (Faithful Families)
• Kidzone magazine (Salvation Army)
• Guardians of Ancora Australia (SU)

Faith at Home Resources

• Church at Home 5 (Grow Ministries) NEW
• How Can I Help? (Beth Nicholls, UCA) NEW
• The Pondering Platypus (Kay Morgan-Gurr)
• Family Time devotion: Responding in Adversity (Max7)
• Six Spiritual Traditions series – The Holiness Tradition (UCA) NEW 

Playgroup & Pre-school Ministry

• Cake in a Cup devotion (CPN)
• Getting Back to Playgroup (CPN)
• Talking Toddlers (Hope Together)
• Playgroup at Home LIVE (Playgroup Victoria)
• My Time – for parents and carers – LIVE (Playgroup Victoria)

Intergenerational Ministry – Podcasts, Webinars & Posts

• Intergene-rela-tional ministry with Terry Williams (UCA)
• Young People and the Prophetic Edge with Beth Barnett (UCA)
• Moving from multi-generational to intergenerational (Cory Seibel)
• Nov 10 Engaging all Generations webinar with Cory Seibel (Intergenerate)
• Intergenerational Preaching with Dave Csinos – webinar recording (Intergenerate)

Via Fuller

• Leadership begins with listening (Fuller)
• Three changes to know re young people (Fuller)
• Three questions to encourage innovation (Fuller)
• Leading change when everything has changed (Fuller)
• Leading from the edge: navigating unfamiliar territory (Fuller)

Thinking Missionally

• Building on-line community (UCA)
• The New Paradigm Project – resources (UCA)
• Godsend App and Resources (Fresh Expressions)
• Playing with faith formation: digital experiments in time of Covid (Steve Taylor)
• Oct 13 Re-imagining Faith and Theology from a Non-Western Perspective (UCA)

The Nurture and Spiritual Guidance of Children, Nov 25-27, Dec 1,2 via Zoom

Available this Semester via Zoom (which means anyone from anywhere can access it easily), this excellent professional development opportunity from Pilgrim College is for Ministers, Chaplains, Pastors, Thoughtful Practitioners and Christian Educators. Taught by Beth Barnett, it is especially suitable for church-based, school-based and community-based expressions of ministry and participants will…

• Develop more richly theologically-informed practice in relation to the spiritual nurture of children
• Examine links between Scripture, theological thought, spiritual and psychological development
• Explore spiritual formation processes in the educational, congregational and missional settings
• Increase their capacity for care of children in the context of family, church and broader society

More information: 2020 Intensive or via chris.barnett@victas.uca.org.au or Erlinda.loverseed@pigrim.edu.au

Contact details for Chris Barnett:
Intergenerational Ministry – Children & Families
equipping Leadership for Mission
29 College Cres Parkville 3052
t  (03) 9340 8806  | f  (03) 9340 8805   
e  Chris.Barnett@victas.uca.org.au
w  victas.uca.org.au