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CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD
How do you celebrate Jesus’ Birthday? We asked children’s ministry leaders around the world and this is what they said… Alberto in Honduras: “It is a long-awaited date because it is when as families we meet to celebrate the birthday of our Saviour…the children are very excited. We eat Nacatamales and french toast. We sing Christmas…
Read MoreViolence in Schools
For some children, not even school feels safe. Edwin, a children’s ministry leader in Kampala, Uganda knows this only too well. He works closely with children in disadvantaged areas of Kampala where they face violence at home and school. “Due to ignorance, many of these children don’t even know it is violence. (It is just…
Read MoreSpooked by Halloween?
Churches from Latin America to Australia have been running ‘Light Parties’, an alternative to Halloween. An outreach event for the community, Light Parties aim to share Jesus – the light of the world, with fun activities for children and their families. In Latin America, it’s called ‘Octubrillante’ and happened in over 220 cities in 450 churches…
Read MoreChildren and Teens in Leadership
Here are two stories from Africa on what happens when we give children and teens the opportunity to serve and lead others. Children Who Lead Can children lead other children and be one of God’s workers in the harvest? Betty in Kampala, Uganda thinks they can. Betty leads the Children’s Ministry at her church involving 1800…
Read More1for50 Update
A Growing Vision in the Philippines After attending the 1for50 retreat in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2016, leaders from the Philippines came together to form the 1for50 Dream Team for their nation. United by their love for Jesus and passion to see children following him, this energetic group of leaders met every month to pray…
Read MoreGlobal CHILDREN’S Forum
For nine years Global Children’s’ Forum (GCF) has been creating, developing and releasing new ways of helping children’s ministry leaders around the world engage with children in their communities to share the gospel. There are numerous projects like KidsHubs (Max7, 2Fish5Bread resource disks/USBs, 1for50 training for children’s ministry leaders) that have been undertaken by GCF…
Read MoreMessengers of Hope in Uganda
Chess is Life “Chess is life and life is chess”. This is just one of many statements you’ll hear from those who are part of the five SOM (Sports Outreach Ministries) Chess academies in Kampala, Uganda. Operating in the poorest areas of Kampala, the chess academies begun by Coach Robert Katende have seen lives transformed…
Read MoreGod’s People – Serving in Unity for Children
IMAGINE … GOD’S PEOPLE EVERYWHERE SERVING IN UNITY… “What you can accomplish with a partner will always be greater than what you could accomplish alone” Many of us live in parts of the world where the prevailing culture is one that encourages us to be self-centred and independent. As Christ-followers we are of course called…
Read MoreHELPING CHILDREN ON THEIR JOURNEY TO JESUS
My guess is that the majority of the readers of this article can remember a time and/or a place where they made a commitment to follow Jesus. Perhaps you ‘gave your life to Jesus’ or ‘invited Jesus into your heart’? Others may have ‘made Jesus the boss of their lives’ or said ‘I want to…
Read MoreWHY WE NEED TO ‘GIVE UP’ MORE IN CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Distributing free resources has been going on since the early church shared Paul’s letters and the early gospel accounts from city to city. Christians are generous people and they want others to know more about God. The internet has made this more prolific as it is so easy to make your resources available for free…
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