Ashby and Coalville Methodist Circuit

Children & Youth

District Youth Team

There is a district youth team for the Nottingham & Derby District. Its aims are:

To create a strong base for children and youth work providing a network, from cradle roll to adulthood.
To provide a natural link for safeguarding, building a resource of tried and tested safeguarding techniques.
To provide events from a single church, to a circuit, or a number of neighbouring circuits, right through to district events.

If a church has no Sunday school they have a resource in place to find out about other churches in the circuit/area that has. Likewise as the children grow up and move onto secondary education, we can try and encourage them into youth groups/fellowships and other school clubs etc. If we still have them at 18/19 we can steer them to towards getting them to join young adult groups.

We need to accept that some churches have young people and some don’t, some have leaders and some don’t and that until churches find the leaders and/or resources, we don’t want to lose them.

Watch out for a Youth Directory that is currently being prepared to assist communication between groups.

Contact:
Dean Robinson

63 Clumber Avenue, Mapperley, Nottingham
Tel: 0115 967 1231

Junior Missionary for All

JMA is well over 150 years old and still a great way to help others around the world!

Learn, Pray, and Serve is our promise and to support it we offer -

Rainbow, our full colour magazine, in September, January, and April
An extensive range of educational resources and support material
Worship materials including an annual JMA service
Badges and certificates to encourage children to collect or raise money and be part of the mission of the world wide church.

Companions in Christ - a brand new resource from MPH that will revolutionise your children's work!

In our fast moving and media based world many people are crying out for space. A place where they can learn and practice the art of spiritual reflection. This reflection is a crucial part of the journey of faith that we find ourselves on. That desire is part of the life of children too. This resource provides the material to enable a group of children to develop skills for the spiritual journey and reflect on their faith and their world. Utilising a unique programme of shared working this book contains all you need to accompany children on this significant endeavour.

For children age 6 - 11 years, Companions in Christ

Enables children to develop a deeper relationship with God and to respond to God in awe

Helps children (and adults) to develop spiritual practices and assists them in shaping their own prayer lives

Takes seriously and joyfully children's capacities, needs, and spirits and offers them an experience of genuine vital community.

Vol. 1 Advent and Epiphany

Vol. 2 Lent and Easter

Vol. 3 Prayer and Scripture

Vol. 4 Parables

Visit http://www.mph.org.uk or call 01733 325002 for full details of content and prices

Methodist Association of Youth Clubs

The MAYC website has all kinds of information for both young people and youth workers. There’s news, information, photographs resources and lots of other useful links.

http://www.mayc.info

www.methodistchildren.org.uk

This is a new children’s website for both children and workers with children.

Resources

Training

Bulletin board for children’s workers

Children’s site with interactive pages

JMA downloadable resources

Safeguarding

As Christians we are charged to love and care for each other. This is particularly true where the most vulnerable members of our community are concerned. Children and young people have specific needs, which can be met by the Church if its members respond to the call to be Christ's people, living in his way. This means living in today's world amongst its problems and challenges, recognising that some of these will be challenges for the church itself.

Safeguarding is about preventing the abuse of children and young people and promoting their welfare. The aim of the Methodist Church Safeguarding policy is to create Christian communities of love and care, where good practice in this area becomes a way of life.

These web pages provide a summary of policy and good practice, news, information, frequently used forms, articles and bulletins.