Building bridges with pancakes
Repeated invitation helps families become more involved with their local church.
Ideas
St Albans Blog: the value of christenings
This blog published via the Children's Ministry team in the Diocese of St Albans is packed with ideas from one particular christening, along with encouragement for why christenings are so important for the wider mission of the church.
Ideas blog from the Diocese of St Albans
This blog published via the Children's Ministry team in the Diocese of St Albans is packed with ideas from one particular christening, along with encouragement for why christenings are so important for the wider mission of the church.
Prayer ideas with babies
It is offered from the Diocese of Leeds, designed for churches to give to families either around baptism or through toddler groups
Luggage label prayers
Here's a really simple idea from the Revd Canon Sandra Millar, Head of Projects & Developments, about how families can be reminded of their child's baptism service and all those who prayed for them
Prayer petals in the font
There's lots of creative ways to involve the congregation in praying for a child being baptized
Baby socks and Shoes
I originally developed this idea for a baptism that took place at Epiphany. I was thinking about gifts and journeys and came up with the idea of giving everyone a small present. That present was one baby sock.
Outdoor Christmas Advent Wreath
We have made a large, outdoor Advent Wreath with one ‘candle ‘ being ‘lit' each Sunday in Advent
Christmas Outdoor Crib
​​​​​​​How we offered an outdoor crib scene to lower the Covid risk of larger gatherings.
Building a crib scene at home
Whatever ways you're sharing the Christmas story this year, you can involve families in making their own crib scene
