Articles

Here you will find a range of articles that cover both issues of relevance and importance to children's work in general, and also reflect something of the nature of BRF's own Barnabas children's ministry.

Each month we post a new feature article, exploring an aspect of children's ministry with the under 11s. Our Barnabas team also occasionally post reports on some of the events that they lead or contribute to - find out how they got on and get a taste of what our Barnabas face-to-face ministry is all about.

Feature Articles

• All-Age Worship: a short review by Margaret Withers
• All Things New by Jane Butcher
• As Simple as ABC... by Martyn Payne
• Beware, children's leaders at work! by Martyn Payne
• Beyond Sacred Babysitting by Alison Harris
• The Bible and Storytelling by Lucy Moore
• Changemakers by Lucy Moore
• Children and Drama by Lucy Moore
• Children and Fresh Expressions by Lucy Moore
• Children and Holy Communion by Margaret Withers
• Children and Prayer by Martyn Payne
• Children have gifts too by Jane Butcher
• Christmas at St Bunion's by Lucy Moore
• Easter and beyond by Jane Butcher
• Encouraging Young Leaders by Lucy Moore
• Evangelistic Children's Work: Starting an evangelistic children's club by Sue Doggett
• Fanning the flames by Chris Hudson
• The Games Churches Play by Lucy Moore
• The Good Church with Children by Martyn Payne
• Harvest Matters by Jane Butcher
• Helping children to share their faith by Esther Chilvers
• How can the church be involved with local primary schools? by Esther Chilvers
• Inspired by the Bible by Martyn Payne
• Joseph's blog by Lucy Moore and Martyn Payne
• Knowing me, knowing you by Martyn Payne
  
• A little Word this Christmas by Martyn Payne
• Making the most of the Church Year by Lucy Moore
• Making the Most of Easter by Martyn Payne
• Making the Most of Easter with your children by Jane Butcher
• Mime and Children by Ken Wylie
• The New Year Honours... Children by Martyn Payne
• Opening the Window by Martyn Payne
• Paperlesschristmas by Martyn Payne
• Planning a Budget for your Children's Group by Lucy Moore
• Planning ahead - The Christmas Journey by Moira Curry and Gill Morgan
• Praise and Play - mid-week worship for preschool children and their carers by Alison Harris
• Praying for our work among families and children by Lucy Moore
• Press Pause for August by Martyn Payne
• Programme Planning Made Easy by Alison Harris
• Putting on a Play by Lucy Moore
• Putting out the Welcome Mat by Chris Hudson
• Retelling our Story by Martyn Payne
• The Space between the Words by Martyn Payne
• Sing, sing, sing by John Hardwick
• Storytelling by Jane Butcher
• Talk to the Hand by Chip Colquhoun
• Teaming with Ideas by Lucy Moore
• The Loudest Hallelujah by Martyn Payne
• Using percussion music with children for workship by Chris Hudson
• Wish you were here by Martyn Payne
• What is Worship by Lucy Moore
• Where Have all the Children Gone? by Martyn Payne
• With Eyes Wide Open by Martyn Payne
• Working with mixed age groups by Esther Chilvers
• Working with the God-smart by Sue Fulford
• Worshipping with Children by Alison Harris

We would encourage you to use these articles in local church magazines, church-based web sites, etc. For further details on using them within your own publications, see the copyright notice below.

SUPPORTING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Wakefield Diocese have put together a useful information sheet on supporting with children with special needs. A big thank you to Ellie in Wakefield for putting this together! You can download the pdf.

Some reports about Barnabas ministry

The Christmas Tour by Jane Butcher

Year Five for Year 2 by Martyn Payne

Messy Fiesta in Paddock Wood by Lucy Moore

Wells again! by Lucy Moore

Fanning the Flames in the Fens by Lucy Moore

No Despond in Slough by Martyn Payne

Grayswood and Prayer by Lucy Moore

Messy Fiesta in Beford by Lucy Moore

Drama in Guildford by Lucy Moore

Changes and Moving on at Red Row First School by Chris Hudson

Changes at Hexham The Sele School by Chris Hudson

Mickleover Messy Fiesta by Lucy Moore

Drama in Southwell by Lucy Moore

Doorstep days by Martyn Payne

Word of mouth by Martyn Payne

A rainy day in Durrington by Lucy Moore

Escaping for the day by Martyn Payne

New Thoughts in Newbury by Lucy Moore

Working with Schools by Chris Hudson

Messy Church - Pentecost by Chris Hudson

See the feature article