Most people sitting in the pews of our churches on a Sunday morning spend more time in the workplace than anywhere else. Yet we can too easily make following Christ a matter of personal devotions and church activity. The nine to five routine becomes irrelevant to my Christian life. The …
Still buzzing from a great day at the Growing Young Disciples conference in central London. I especially enjoyed running a workshop on Making Crafts Work for those who run childrens' groups and Sunday Schools. Here's a few key points that I became more convinced of during my preparation:
Crafts …
It's scarily close. That season when many who are sympathetic to Christianity (but rarely give God a second thought) make their annual visit to church. And if you're speaking at a Christmas event, the chances are you're starting to at least mull the content of your talk and pray …
Later this week we're launching a great new book for men, The Hard Corps. Here's a little taster to whet your appetite. Pre-order with a great launch offer.
Eleazar the son of Dodo, son of Ahohi was with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered …
It's estimated that 1 in 4 people in the UK struggle with depression at some point in their life. Most of us know someone in that situation. But how can churches respond? What difference can a loving and supportive, Jesus-centred community make to those who feel life is very …
We're looking forward to seeing many of you at our open day tomorrow for bargains, burgers and some great seminars!
It's not too late to book in for one of our training sessions. So please do click through and secure your place.
And just to whet your appetite, …
Getting children to remember Bible verses is important to their understanding of the Bible, the key is to make it fun and most of all memorable!
Following Alison Mitchell's series this week on children's work and particularly her piece on 'learning God's living Word', for the next …
I’m just back from a church weekend where we learnt the whole of Psalm 16 by heart. I’m now practising it every day to try and get it firm in my mind. I am not finding it easy. But that’s partly because my adult brain isn’t used to memorising stuff, …
I hope the children’s teaching material you use helps you teach the Bible well and faithfully. But no matter how good the material is, still expect to make changes. I’m the UK editor for the CLICK teaching syllabus, but even so, every time I’ve used it, I’ve changed it!
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Following the success of our last open day, we're flinging wide the doors of the company once again this summer!
It would be great if you could join us in Epsom, Surrey on July 14th for a look around our premises and a chance to snap up some …
