Helping families meet God together
The opportunity for this type of prayer is very seasonal and geographically limited, but maybe more special for it. When having some fun in the snow, why not add in some prayer? Get everyone to to write, draw or make a snow model of something they’d like to say sorry to God for doing, something… [Continue Reading]
Four pinata donkeys were bashed to pieces at the Hand in Hand conference last weekend, as an excited crowd of children’s workers prayed creatively for children in Chennai, India. If you took part in the ‘Creative prayer at church, home and school’ workshop, thank you for your participation – we hope you had fun and… [Continue Reading]
Looking for creative prayer ideas? Here’s a pack of playing cards with 52 different ideas for ways that families can pray together at home. Get yours here The cards are designed so that you can play children’s card games like Snap or Collect Four with them, with 13 suits and 4 numbers (1-4). Each number… [Continue Reading]
Ever tried Pinata prayer? Rachel (from Orison) and I are running a workshop on Creative Prayer at the Hand in Hand Children and Family Ministry conference in Eastbourne. In fact, the full title is something along the snappy lines of Creative Prayer at home, church and school. If you know either of us, you know… [Continue Reading]
I know we’ve not had many frosty mornings, but maybe that’s why they’ve been so striking. Here’s a simple idea to use the frost to inspire prayers: When you see something looking beautiful because it’s covered in frost, praise God for it: “Father God, that’s just SO beautiful.” If you’re out somewhere as a family… [Continue Reading]
My husband and I have started singing. And my daughter thinks its hilariously entertaining! It’s one of the things we’ve added to our Shabbat service since she has started joining us at meal times. We’ve been celebrating Shabbat (a Christian version of the Jewish Friday meal with a mini ‘service’ at the start of it)… [Continue Reading]
The Hand-in-Hand children’s and family ministries conference has speakers with a combined expertise of about 800 years! A weekend packed full of the latest thinking, resource ideas and practical tips. Including sessions for Junior Leaders (and half price tickets for under 21s), a Messy Church stream and a special programme for primary school teachers to… [Continue Reading]
Now you might have thought our new addition to our family might have rendered GodVenture on pause, and to a great extent that’s true. But Pause isn’t the same as stop and the ideas haven’t stopped, so nor have the products! Launching in February are a new set of cards called Prayer GodVenture52. For those… [Continue Reading]
One of the things I love about late Autumn and Winter are satsumas. I eat loads of them so I thought it would be a good idea to have a way to pray while I indulge. So here’s a prayer idea using satsumas It’s dead simple: Pray for a different person as you eat each segment…. [Continue Reading]
I think I spotted these last year, but can’t resist them this year. It would be fun to tell the nativity story using them, although it is a little strange having Jesus inside a donkey! And why is the angel so small? Anyway! A nice little set I reckon. Available from John Lewis in the… [Continue Reading]
The opportunity for this type of prayer is very seasonal and geographically limited, but maybe more special for it. When having some fun in the snow, why not add in some prayer? Get everyone to to … [tell me more...]
Four pinata donkeys were bashed to pieces at the Hand in Hand conference last weekend, as an excited crowd of children's workers prayed creatively for children in Chennai, India. If you took part … [tell me more...]
Looking for creative prayer ideas? Here's a pack of playing cards with 52 different ideas for ways that families can pray together at home. Get yours here The cards are designed so that you … [tell me more...]
Ever tried Pinata prayer? Rachel (from Orison) and I are running a workshop on Creative Prayer at the Hand in Hand Children and Family Ministry conference in Eastbourne. In fact, the full title is … [tell me more...]
I know we've not had many frosty mornings, but maybe that's why they've been so striking. Here's a simple idea to use the frost to inspire prayers: When you see something looking beautiful because … [tell me more...]
My husband and I have started singing. And my daughter thinks its hilariously entertaining! It's one of the things we've added to our Shabbat service since she has started joining us at meal … [tell me more...]
The Hand-in-Hand children’s and family ministries conference has speakers with a combined expertise of about 800 years! A weekend packed full of the latest thinking, resource ideas and practical … [tell me more...]