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Hi Guest,
Welcome to the January 2025 Coventry Growing Faith Newsletter!
This newsletter will come to you once a term with carefully selected content to encourage and inspire you in your ministry with Children, Young People and Families.
Each edition will include good news stories, content to get you thinking, ways for you to get involved in training and skills development, ways to connect and a resource to take away and explore for yourself.
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Best Wishes,
Growing Faith Team.
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Something to celebrate…
On a very chilly Saturday in early January, the team at Harborough Magna, with support from the Rugby Mission Hub launched a new Outdoor Messy Church. Despite freezing fog 3 parents came along with 7 children. The team were encouraged by the turn out and are looking forward to their next session.
Outdoor Messy Church is a great option for Churches who don’t have a lot of facilities but do have a churchyard or access to other outdoor spaces nearby. Plans for Outdoor Messy church sessions, and other resources can be found on the Messy Church website here
iSingPOP partnership continuing for second year
The Diocesan Board of Education are continuing their very successful partnership with iSingPOP for a second year.
iSingPOP is a Christian charity, teaching primary school-aged children inclusive values through song and dance! Their mission is to empower children, parents, schools, churches and communities to find their voice and know they are loved. For Church of England Schools in the Diocese the DBE are funding a range of excellent events and workshops. For non-church schools, there will be a cost, but there is the potential to apply for grant funding to cover this. If you’re interested in inviting them to your school or church, then please email emma.kenyon@isingpop.com who will be happy to provide more details.
More info about iSingPOP and the work that they do can be found at isingpop.org
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Something to inspire…
This TED Talk by an experienced teacher is a reminder of the importance to children of having adults in their lives who will champion their cause and be ‘for’ them. It reminds us of the impact of positive connection, and the value of consistently turning up for our young people (even when we don’t feel like it). If today is feeling tough, or you’re dreading your next session with a particular group of young people, we would encourage you to watch this video and be reminded of the impact that you have on their lives.
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Ways to get involved…
Messy Masterclasses – interactive online training
BRF Ministries run 90 minute, live and interactive training sessions on all things Messy Church.
The ‘Starting your Messy Church’ session is free to attend, whilst the others currently cost £10. On Thursday 13 February there will be a ‘Messy Church Goes Wild’ session which explores running Messy Church in outdoor spaces. Click the link below for further details
Hand in Hand Conference 7-9 February:
A conference for Children’s leaders from across the country promising opportunity to learn from and connect with contributors for 40 leading Christian Ministries
The weekend promises inspiration and refreshing as well as informative seminars. Tickets are still available! Click the link below for more details and to book.
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A way to connect…
3-9 February 2025 is Children’s Mental Health week
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Place2Be have partnered with Walt Disney and Pixar to create resources that can be used in Schools and Churches.
For more details and to get involved, follow the link below.
Something to take away…
‘We Hear You’ is a listening resource that is easy to follow and fun to do. There are four ready-to-use activities to run with Children and/or Young People.
There is then the option to feedback your findings through a simple online form (with a chance to win a £100 voucher!). The findings will help us all understand what children and young people value in their leaders and what the next generation of school and church leaders could look like.
The listening exercise was designed by the Church of England with input from the Growing Faith foundation as part of their efforts to listen to the input of children and young people, and create the leadership we need for the church of the future.
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Worshipping God |
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Making new decibels |
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Transforming communities |
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Worshipping God |
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Making new decibels |
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Transforming communities |
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