All-Age Worship
Lucy Moore

The prospect of all-age worship can easily produce a cry of anguish from... well, from so many people. It's time to be real. It's time to admit that worship with all ages present is easy to do appallingly and difficult to do well. It's time to acknowledge that it takes a huge amount of grace from every participant. But it's also time to admit that a church that unthinkingly packs off any subgroup, old or young, to worship and learn in another space every week could well be completely daft...

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The Loudest Hallelujah

It should be an even louder 'hallelujah' than usual this year, in 2010! Why? Well, this year Easter Day falls on the same date for all the main Christian traditions. And this doesn't happen that often. Just think of it: all the Christians in the world proclaiming this historical event together.

I hope you are looking forward to it and will include your children in the great shout of praise. But how can you help your children to connect up to this world-big family of faith?

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Barnabas exists to resource you for your work with children under the age of 11. On this website you’ll find details of our extensive range of books and resources, along with feature articles and reports from the Barnabas team on their work with churches and primary schools, a wealth of 'off-the-peg' ideas to use with the children in your church or group (e.g. to help you get going with holiday clubs, drama, music, worship, storytelling, puppets), and much, much more.