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It's about to start - a whole weekend of youth, children and family events in Carlisle. Be there! A prize for the first person to post a...

A small group of us are meeting to evaluate the Liverpool Child Friendly Church Award scheme, for possible use in the Diocese of Carlisle. I...

ADVERT in the 'Church Times' this week: B.O.G.O.F. YOUTH - for a limited period - buy one get one free on Youth. (Adverts for vacanc...

AT MELMERBY CHURCH last Sunday, I was delighted to see that as a matter of course - even though there were no children present - a few grape...

... when there aren't any children (or very few) Many churches in the Diocese of Carlisle have small congregations, and few if any child...

This busy corner is in Oakham Parish Church in old Rutland. It had a good welcoming feel.

I'm just reading 'Young People and Mission ' by Alison and David Booker. Every section ends with a list of resources and webs...

HOORAY for Manchester Diocese who have a super web-page at http://www.manchester.anglican.org/children_links.asp  that lin...

Hi, thought you might like to see this re-ordered church. It is Filey Methodist church, and was once full of dark un-welcoming pews. Here yo...

If you are interested in a new course of Christian basics then try CY , the youth edition of "Christianity Explored". I have just ...

Another example of a welcoming church for children - at Warkworth in Northumberland this time.

Culgaith came up with a very successful response to our Director of Education's challenge to link churches and schools more closely. The...

Family Friendly Churches 1) Evaluate the transferability of the Liverpool Child-Friendly Church Award scheme 2) Audit where there are family...

Go to www.chistianlifeand.com to watch a clip of resource giving a solidly evangelical but well presented motivational/teaching message abo...

Church challenged to re-think the way it engages with young people Three books launched by the Church of England this week give an honest ap...

That's the title of Blackburn Diocese's regular resource mailing for childern's workers. They publish it on the web, so you can ...

Hi, I've been told by my father to post something...so I thought that I might as well talk about 0:-), the Fresh Expressions worship tha...

That bit in the Calthwaite story about 'jobs' in church. I was over in Dalston the other day and our meeting was interrupted by the ...

Have you ever wondered why someone in your congregation is so 'down' on children making a noise in church? Jean was reading some aut...

An increasing number of our churches and schools are getting excited by Godly Play . So what is it? Godly Play is a method of telling Bible...

This is the local story that made it into Rural Children, Rural Church . Sunday was not the right day to run a children's club for 5-11-...

You know the story - you have a really good workshop making Christingles (or preparing a play, or ...) with the children but come the big da...

The pile of useful new books giving hands-on help for C&YP work is growing. Mission-shaped Children by Margaret Withers (CHP 2006) chal...

Now here was a very nice way to help those with young children feel welcome in the church. "We welcome people of all ages to St Mary...

That's the Carlisle YOuth Online Blog for the faint-hearted among you. We're trying it out as a way for everyone connected with you...