Midweek clubs

If you are running a midweek club for children you need to be clear about its parameters - and be sure that everyone (all the club leaders and helpers, your church leadership, parents and children) knows and accepts them.

What is the style of the club? Do most of the activities relate to Bible/christian teaching or are they mostly 'secular'? This section relates to clubs which have at least some Bible/christian teaching. For other styles check out the children's ministry community section.

Who is the club for? Is it mainly for children who already come to church plus their friends or are you aiming to reach the children that the church doesn't already connect with? This will impact how you advertise the group.

What is the age range? You will almost certainly be pushed to extend the boundaries you set - children who enjoy the group may not want to leave if there isn't another group for them to join, parents will ask you to take younger children. Stretching the age range will change the group dynamics and shouldn't happen without thought and planning.

Session materials for midweek clubs - resources that have been written with midweek evangelistic or discipleship groups in mind.

One-off events - resources that can be used as part of a regular group or staged as one-off events in church or schools.

Activity ideas - games, stories, prayers and other activities that can supplement your chosen materials or help you prepare your own sessions.

Under 5s midweek events

Organisations - affiliation will help with the provision of programmes and resouces

more information www.urbansaints.org	Urban Saints (previously Crusaders)   Aimed at young people (aged 5 to 18+), Urban Saints' passion is to see young people come to faith, and then share that faith with others; experience the greatest hope, and then become bringers of that hope to their peers; respond to the love of God, and then become activists in their world through the practical demonstration of that love. Urban Saints resource and support volunteer youth & children's groups through their Energize resource package.
more information www.girlsb.org.uk	Girls' Brigade Primarily working among girls aged four upwards, GB provides a way for your church to connect with girls and young women on a regular basis and helps you to establish relationships with their wider family and friends. The interactive GB programme helps leaders providing an action-packed programme of national events to get involved with and a leadership and mentoring programme that enables girls and young women to grow.
more information www.boys-brigade.org.uk	The Boys' Brigade   A balanced programme of activities for children from 5 to 18 years old. These resources have been developed to help volunteer youth leaders work in a relevant and creative way.   Delivering Christian teaching in partnership with the church in which the company is based and encouraging the development of a personal Christian faith; and raising awareness of boys and young people to the needs of others (especially other young people) locally, nationally and globally and encouraging them to engage in activities and projects in which they can make a difference.
more information www.clcgb.org.uk	The Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade   The Anglican Church’s own uniformed youth organisation: welcoming children and young people of all faiths and none (ages 5-21).   Young people and children enjoy fun, faith, fellowship and, through The Brigade, learn to be better equipped to cope with the demands that society places upon them. They are encouraged to explore their spirituality and respond to the Christian faith, and to develop their moral values and a respect for the environment.