Anglican Youth, Children and Families

“Its ministry is not flashy, its facilities are pretty basic, and it has only one full-time staff person. However, the church is now a place where young people love to be and where they are growing in their faith” Book Title: Growing Young: 6 essential strategies to help young people discover and love your church Written By: Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, and Brad Griffin. Researchers at Fuller Youth Institute America.   Available At:   Roscoe Library   Kindle   Koorong Recommended Readers: Clergy, Youth Pastors, Anyone involved in Youth Ministry, Anyone involved in Young Adult Ministry, Anyone passionate about Youth and Young Adults, ideally everyone Help! I don’t have time to read (aka recommended short version): Read Chapter One which summarises the key themes and overall research really well and then take a quick read of the ‘Chapter Highlights’ located at the end of each chapter. Then read accordingly to whatever takes you interest, curiosity, or sense of famil

Recently, I was invited to speak at a new event for Dalby parish - a parish camp.  Actually, a parish camp is not a new idea, and nor was it for Dalby, but it had been a long time since their last one.  So it seemed like a new thing all over again. St John's Dalby is a parish which I frankly like a LOT.  Last year they funded, recruited and appointed Annabel Harth as a professional 'Young Families Minister' (a stipendiary lay minister, in Churchspeak).  This showed that they were serious about engaging with families with young children, both inside and outside the parish.  This has led to all kinds of exciting experiments, including the re-establishment of a parish camp aimed at all ages. "Intergenerational" has been a buzzword for a while now in Christian ministry circles, so it's important to understand that it does NOT mean 'children's activities which adults are invited to watch and/or supervise'.  It really means activities where, over