Programme

Click on a speaker name to see a short biography.

Main stage sessions

Friday evening: Through the eyes of a child Anne Richards
Children and young people are found worthy by God of commission, blessing and healing in ways that adults often overlook. What are the implications for the Church?
Geraldine Latty and her band will be leading worship.

Saturday morning: Transforming children in to spiritual champions George Barna
Children are the most important mission field in the world. Help families and churches work together to direct their paths appropriately based on research among churches who have succeeded.
Geraldine Latty and her band will be leading worship.

During this session David Pearson from CCPAS will give an update on the ISA Vetting and Barring Scheme and immediately after the main session ends David will take a Q&A session on the scheme. We will also tell you about the work with children in Amazonian villages being undertaken by Ray of Hope, Amazon and will take an offering to support this work.

Saturday evening: Entertaining Angels: a light-hearted session inspired by Abraham's visitors
Lucy Moore will host the session which will include Rhema Theatre Company, Bob Hartman and others.

Sunday lunchtime: Loving God’s Word: Inspiring children with the Bible Bishop Paul Butler
Geraldine Latty and her band will be leading worship.

Bible studies

Optional seminar and workshop programme

On Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning there are seven seminar/workshop slots where you will be able to choose from 47 options.

Our aim is to bring you some of the most experienced practitioners and thinkers in Children's Ministry and Family Ministry and that means that they may well have also been asked to write books or record albums, so we are delighted to able to bring you speakers who are also the authors and artists of some the key titles that will be in the conference shop. We do ask most speakers to cover their topic in a more general way than just promoting their own material, but this year you will see some Showcasing... sessions on the programme. These sessions should still be packed with helpful ideas, but will focus on a particular product or ministry.

Children's Ministry

Whether you have just volunteered to help with the children's work in your church or seem to have been doing it forever, there should be sessions here that will inspire and resource you. If your area of ministry is focused on preschoolers or tweenagers (9-13s) then you will find seminars throughout the weekend particularly aimed at you.

Family Ministry

Family Ministry may encompass Children's Ministry in your church or may be complementary. These sessions will look at how to write the job description for a Family Ministry worker; how to reach out to families in our communities; good practice and great ideas for family and all-age events and services; and how to encourage parents to share in the role of faith exploration at home.

General workshops

Sessions packed with practical ideas for children's and all-age ministries. Many of these workshops will be hands (and feet)-on, so if you think you may have sat for too long in sessions on Saturday, plan to attend the dance or BibleBop workshops on Sunday morning!

Children Matter! leadership stream

These sessions are aimed particularly at those in positions of leadership, examining in more depth some of the issues relating to the role of the church and family in the faith development of children. The final session recognises that it is important for leaders to take out to be refreshed and restored.

Click here to see an overview of the full timetable or select any of the following streams to see more details for each seminar.
  • Under 5s ministry
  • 5-11s ministry
  • Tweenager (9-13s) ministry
  • Family ministry
  • All-age church and worship
  • New to children’s ministry
  • In leadership

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