National Estate Churches Network

Category: Children and Young People

  • Frontier Youth Trust – Restival

    Frontier Youth Trust are holding their ‘Restival’ retreat in February. Find out more here

  • Free Tennis Equipment and Training from LTA

    The LTA SERVES Programme offers free tennis provision to community groups for children and young people in local underserved communities across England.

  • Frontier Youth Trust – Resources and upcoming events

    Hi Friends Here’s a link to download Seeds of Resistance – a short PDF publication of learning and ideas on the theme of ’slow youth work’ Across the FYT movement we have been exploring the theme of going ’slow’ in working with young people – including looking after ourselves, being focused on relationships, thinking about pace and longevity, and having the time…

  • CURBS – Who do you think you are? The “I am” sayings of Jesus

      CURBS resource material is made up of a number of packs called CURBStone Kits. These are primarily issue-based and start in the child’s own world, not where we think they ought to be! The aim is to help children make meaningful links between their world and God’s story. Each kit draws on biblical material…

  • Dollar Store Children’s Sermons

      Are you looking for inspiration for children’s sermons or an all-age service? Pastor John Stevens from Zion Lutheran Church, Oregon has some great ideas on hos blog Dollar Store Children Sermons . Each week Pastor John shares a video clip of his ideas around the Sunday readings. Sometimes he has a fully developed story…

  • Diddy Disciples – the Church at Home

      Diddy Disciples has produced some more lovely resources to help babies, toddlers and young children  worship God during Lockdown. To check these out visit https://www.diddydisciples.org/ and have a look at the Church at Home page. Resources include prayers, podcasts and ideas for creating your own worship at home.    

  • Sermons 4 Kids

    Do you need some new ideas for children’s sermons and reflections? Sermon 4 Kids make loads of great activities, lessons, colouring pages, games and crafts which are free to download. Each week https://sermons4kids.com/  features a different Bible story with video recordings so do check it out!    

  • Roots Resources

    Many children’s and youth leaders use Roots resources to help them to get to know the Bible. There are also some free resources in response to COVID-19. To download these visit https://www.rootsontheweb.com/discover-roots/what-are-roots-resources

  • Resources from Knife Crime Workshop

    Resources from Pauline Weaver’s Workshop on Knife Crime