CYP Resources for Church and Home

Current Guidelines and Support

• Six ways to engage CYP during Covid
• CYP Back to Church guidelines – NYA Guidance 30 Nov 2020
• Government out-of-school settings guidance for providers and parents
• Risk assessment and action plan templates for work with CYP - Created by the National Youth Agency.
• Some of our youth and children’s workers got together to reflect on what the future of our ministry might look like and how things have been. Have a listen to our children’s worker’s round table and our youth worker’s round table.
• Guidelines: Messy Church, Girls Brigade
• National church guidelines for filming services with the required permissions
• 100 ideas for ministry leaders
• The future of children’s ministry
• Socially distanced games to play with children

  

Worship at Home

• Bible Podlets- guided Bible study for adults and children
• Bible Chat Mat- engaging for a range of ages to grow in faith at home
• Diddy Disciples: church at home
• Creative Prayer Ideas
• Worship for Everyone: Experienced children’s worship leaders Nick and Becky Drake are leading online ‘Family At 4pm’ worship sessions via Facebookevery Saturday at 4pm.
• Worship, liturgy and ideas for families at home
• Together at Home Facebook group offering resources and support
• A simple Pilgrimage you can make at home
• 30 days of Playdoughand Lego church challenges 
• Faith at Home Mini-Mag from GodVenture£4, free delivery
• Family Fit: Combining faith and fitness with fun, available in over 20 languages on the website, and it doesn't assume you know much about fitness. Anyone can lead and participate. It works in any space available.

 

IWorship at Church

• Australian podcast focussing on intergenerational ministry
• Intergenerational Ministry Resources
• Dave Csinos: Intergenerational Preaching
• Family Friendly virtual church– for churches engaging with families/congregations
• All age worship resource written based on The Good Childhood Report by Fraser Dyer
• Spiritual Styles webinar from Dave Csinos, writer of ‘Children’s Ministry that fits’. A really helpful look at how we connect with God in different ways and that no one way is right or wrong, but that it’s important to cater for different styles.
• The All In Thing by Big Ministries – all age services read to use
• Roots - liturgical resources for all age and CYP groups

 

Outdoor Worship

• Outdoor worship stations ideas
• Exploring outdoors
• Go outdoors - groups(for ideas only)
• Outdoor worship reflective stations
• Simple pilgrimage in a time of easing lockdown

 

Getting Online

• Zoom top tips for youthwork
• National church guidelines for filming services with the required permissions
• Examples of how others have used online resourcesthat you can watch, and a ‘how to’ on setting up your own
• Craig Philbrick’s bloghas lots of really useful links and thoughts on it
• Video conferencing with young people: the ‘how to’ with safeguarding advice, parental permission form, an example risk assessment and a template to log communications.
• A zoom tutorial
• Family Friendly virtual church– for churches engaging with families/congregations
• Net Aware: online safety tips from the NSPCC

 

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Families of all ages

• Table Talk resource to connect church and community as we navigate these difficult days and find shared language around our mental and emotional wellbeing.

• An Engage Worship journal resource for talking about emotions at home
• Intricate colouring pageswith good messages/scriptures.
• Coping Calendar – 30 activities to do in lockdown
• Looking after your mental health during times of increased stress
• Mental health and wellbeing knowledge organiser
• Self-care at home: Ideas for looking after the whole family together
• Mindfulness activities for young children Anxiety books for children
• Anxiety books for parents
• Ideas for worshipping at home, and for pastoral care of children who may be anxious or afraid
• Aimed at helping young families to engage with biblical themes and stories through secular books – one on anxiety is attached, entitled I’m not scared

Young People

• Be Headstrong is an online space aimed exclusively at young people with a focus on promoting positive mental wellbeing. 
• Exploring mental health and wellbeing (based around the Good Childhood Report findings) – 7 sessions for youth groups
• A guide to supporting young people with their friendships and a friendship guide
• Ideas for young people in interesting times
• Young people’s guide to stressful situations (written BY young people FOR young people)
• Young Minds: Mental health resources during the lockdown for young people
• Anxiety books for young people

Support websites/resources

• Know a potentially marginalised young person or in challenging circumstances? Noise Solution offer a way to encourage and develop young people through music to improve their confidence and wellbeing.
• https://parents.actionforchildren.org.uk/Parent Talk
• https://www.minded.org.uk/
• nshn.co.ukNational Self Harm Network
• Young Minds: Mental health resources during the lockdown for young people

 

Bereavement

Help & Support

• Care for the Family
• Resources for Bereavement
• Advice for CYP who are grieving

Resources for children & families

• Ideas to help think about someone who has died
• Supporting children through loss and bereavement
• Children’s books about death
• Talking to children about illness(British Psychological Association)
• How to tell a child that someone has died(Oxford University Hospitals)
• Best practice principles with CYP going through bereavement

Resources for young people

• Conversation around trauma with young people
• Death, Grief & Hope: a resource for young people (Church Army)
• A book for teenagers "Lights for the Path" exploring bereavement and grief, including theological questions

 

Tackling Racism

• Children’s books to start the conversation around racism
• Sesame Street: How to teach your children about racism
• Speaking to very young children about racism
• A video explaining recent events and racismfrom the perspective of teaching white children
• A simple and profound video thinking about privilege in life
• Pinterest board with resources
• A comprehensive library of Anti-racism resources
• Check your blind spot – spoken word
• Covid and young people conference sessions– Power the Fight
• What it means to be black and how you can help
• XLP have produced a podcast conversation around race equality, particularly following recent events and the death of George Floyd (1hr)
• We need to talk about race - Jesus walks - social welfare to social justice – Ben Lindsay
• Disproportionate BAME Impact and the White Led Church Response Webinar
• Power the Fight discussions on a range of subjects around race

 

Additional Needs

• Active Prayer
• Faithfull Generation Resources: training and support for additional needs
• Faith, spirituality and people with autism – a Masters paper written by one of our own children’s workers!
• SNAP have produced a Coronavirus Family Guide to help families navigate these challenging times with SEND children at home...Booklet includes:
  • 1 – Explaining the virus and answering children’s questions
  • 2 – Important Information for Parents and Carers
  • 3 – Makaton and British Sign Language Resources
  • 4 – The reassuring importance of Timetables and Visual Supports
  • 5 – Coronavirus Community Support
  • 6 – Helpline Support
  • 7 – Helping to deal with anxiety (for everyone)

 

Young People

See also Mental Health & Wellbeing, Anxiety & Trauma, Youth Violence & County Lines

• Youth Ministry in a Covid world– a webinar with resources:
  • https://www.churchyouthministry.com/
  • Canva for creative posters/publicity
  • DMC cards
  • Safeguarding online from Youthscape
  • Great videos on Bible Journaling ideas for creative sessions
  • http://www.isabelsbakehouse.com/
  • https://www.facebook.com/playitbyeardrama/
• Mission Academy Live is a series of 10 innovative video-based sessions, each one empowering young people as missional disciples within a small group context, with a focus on peer-to-peer evangelism.
• Youthscape offer some innovative, up to minute resources for young people and those working with them including ‘Together Apart’ – enabling you to explore life and faith with young people
• Youth for Christ – topical sessions of life and faith for online youthwork
• Dan Randall on Youth Evangelism: Encouraging young people to talk to their friends about faith, particularly in this time of lockdown
• A list of the best online youth evangelism resources from Hope Together(including peer to peer resources)
• Youth Work Conversations  Exploring some of the issues in youth work during lockdown, and what their legacy might be (on Facebook)
• Quarantine Ideas for Young People
• Group challenges for youth groups in isolation
• Six sessions answering questions 16-19 year olds want the answers to
• LecDeck - a lectionary-based discipleship resource for young people in the form of a deck of cards. Purchase years A & B (free P&P)

• Or get both years via the LecDeck App for a one-off payment of £5.99 in both Android and Apple iOS formats. Year C will be added in 2021.

 

Parenting

• Parenting for Faith resources and Upcoming events. Facebook pages for ministry leaders or parents and carers with weekly webinars, resources and support.
• Top Tips for Christian parents, sharing faith and values
• Care for the Family – marriage and parenting support
• Faith at Home is a monthly digital magazine for parents to encourage you in sharing and exploring faith at home (Free)
• Kids Matter support vulnerable families and offer resources for you to respond to families in your parishes who need some extra help/support. Domestic abuse/conflict support
• Southwark Children’s Servicesis looking for parents, carers and family members to become Family Council member and become Parent to Parent peer advocates to support other parents.

 

Under 5s

• Playtime national Conference – Salt and Light. If you missed it, here are the main points, or you can watch it back here
• 1277 Facebook Group
• London Network for Toddler Groups Facebook Group

 

Messy Church

• "Grow your own disciples – a reflection on discipleship in Messy Church"by Aike Kennett-Brown
• Messy church at home downloadable resources

 

Youth Violence and County Lines

• Children and young people trafficked for the purpose of criminal exploitation in relation to county lines:  A Toolkit for professionals
• fearless.orgis a website for young people from Crimestoppers where they can report anything illegal. It scrambles IP addresses, you can hide the page easily if needed and all details provided are anonymous and shredded once received. They also offer resources for work with young people.
• The Children's Society: Disrupting exploitation slang dictionary
• The Children's Society: Disrupting exploitation leaflet
• The Children’s Society help: Disrupting exploitation programme

 

Eco Church

• Ibex Earth - Lesson Plans and Learning Materials for Children during the Covid-19 Outbreak
• Indoor eco activities for kids
• 30 Days Wild: activities, downloads, ideas for homeschooling
• Activities about how food contributes to climate changeand what people can do to help
• Send an templated email/letter to the PM asking the UK government to reboot the economy in a way that prioritises the poorest, tackles the climate emergency and builds a better world for everyone.

 

Training

• Parenting for faith upcoming events
• Emotional first aid– by TLG
• Emotional rollercoaster– by TLG
• Young People & Mental Health Training - free and online
• Certificates in children or youth ministry available with the Diocese of Sheffield, limited spaces, £250 per course

 

Faith at Home (National Church of England Initiative for Growing Faith)

• Faith at Home resource page from national church: Resources that cover schools, home and church will be added for the long term as well as in this CV-19 season. #faithathome #EverydayFaith
• Faith moments at home– Tools and ideas from the national church initiative: Everyday Faith

 

Seasonal Resources / Holiday Clubs 2021

• Church Publishing in America have created a free, online booklet of activities, worship, prayers, crafts, recipes and much more for families to use during Advent, Christmas and Epiphany
• Standard Christmas Journey video
• Christmas journey video with BSL and Subtitles
• Christmas Ideas for Young People
• Advent, Christmas & Epiphany resourcesbeing used and recommended across the Diocesan advisor network
• A webinar of Christmas ideasfrom children and youth workers in London and Southwark Dioceses
• Christmas Journey – A great opportunity to connect with your local schools, this online resource brings the Christmas story to life as a series of well-produced videos for year 2 children as part of the national curriculum, with a resource pack list that the school will need.

• The success of the Christmas Journey – a note from the organiser
• Resource pack – items you will need to provide to schools with photo
• Resource pack suggestions for teachers to encourage discussion
• Letter of introduction to your local school

• 12 ideas for Advent
• Advent & Christmas ideas
• Faithfull Generation webinar of Christmas ideas
• Rhema Theatre Company: a series of short films telling the Christmas story which would be great for school Collective Worship or RE. Watch the trailer.
• Christmas Bible Chat Mat
• Bible Society Christmas Rhymes
• Sticker Advent Calendar from Godventure, £6.50 with FREEDELIVERY when you use this code
• Zoom Crib service outline
• Messy Christingle with Children’s Society
• National Church of England Comfort and Joy theme including a downloadable advent calendar
• Christmas Resource box/craft ideas from one of our fabulous children’s workers!
• ‘Books for the Christmas Season’

 

Transition Resources

• Pray for schoolsservice resources
• A book covering a range of transitions– starting school, a new sibling, death, moving house
• Anna Freud Centre offers Moving Up!It’s non-faith based
• A leaver’s service& leaver’s reflective activities
• SEAL Community: Transition& Change
• Back to school ideas for churches& more ideas for churches
• Transition Lesson Plan
• A service and prayer activity called ‘Moving On’for children transitioning from year to year but especially from Y6 to Y7
• Year 6 transitions group on Facebook, offering resources to help those who are moving up to year 7
• Transitions of young people to university – Student Christian Movement (SCM)
• Students heading off to university - Fusion

• Pre for Uni online training
• Linkup boxes (resources for youth leaders and young people)
• Student linkup app and church application
• Fusion Conference

 

Holiday Clubs and Summer Resources

• Nurturing faith over the holidays: Activities– aimed at churches to connect with and encourage families
• Holiday club resources
• Online holiday clubfrom Christ Church Purley
• Easter online holiday club example
• How to run an online holiday club
• Roots – liturgical resources for the summer
• Summer events
• Youthscape: Satellites 2021– a new 5-day event for young people designed to inspire them to live with God at the centre of their lives for the other 360 days of the year. Early bird rate if you pay a £25 youth worker deposit before the end of October. Full ticket costs due in February 2021.

 

Children’s Worship Music Resources

There are lots of places to find music online if you want to use this in your worship at home:

• Fischy Music assemblies
• Rend Co Kids: Well-known Rend Collective songs in a child-friendly style.
• Bethel Music Kids
• Hillsong Kids
• iSing Pop – fun lessons and songs
• Out of the Ark Music
• Same Boat Music
• St Peter’s Battersea All Age Worship