Front page articles
Turning up the heat
Church heating leaving you cold? The DAC thinks it’s time to take this hot topic off the back burner.
Boring, boring, boring, biscuits, boring, boring…(part two)
Meaning, community and God. More parts of the antidote to boring church.
Boring, boring, boring, biscuits, boring, boring…
Sam Donoghue explores how to help children be less bored at church and puts forward a theory of biscuits.
New funding to set up Girls’ Brigade groups
News of funding and support for parishes wanting to set up Girls’ Brigade groups.
Health and Belief Fund 2013
Grant open to social action groups, voluntary and community organisations based in London with an annual income of less than £150,000.
Worshiping With Small Children, And Other Adventures
Screaming toddlers, the dreaded stink-eye, and other hazards of worshiping with children. What to do?
Lunch
Last week I took a trip out to Essex with Marlon Nelson to visit a club set up by a church in Thurrock that gives a cooked meal to children eligible for free school meals during the holidays.
Intergenerational Work: new project and a free resource
An exciting new piece of intergenerational work is starting in North Marylebone.
Beyond “Hatched, Matched, and Dispatched”: celebrating rites of passage in children’s lives
Big kid beds, the new baby, and other rites of passage for children.
