Resources for work with children and young people

We are committed to ensuring that children and young people are offered life-enhancing encounters with Jesus Christ, and can participate as equal partners in the life of the Church.

We have collated together a range of resources, links to agencies, and activities, aimed at helping you nurture the faith and spirituality of the younger generations and their families, in your congregations.

On this page we cover:

Equipment available to hire
Prayer
Godly Play
How to guides and resources
Resources to support families with their faith at home

Equipment and resources available to hire

The Children and Young People Team has a number of pieces of equipment that can be borrowed to facilitate engagement with young people. Items include:

a giant Connect Four game,
a Giant Jenga (tumble tower),
circus toys,
badge machine
bubble machine and
even a tepee tent!

The Team also has a number of books on Children and Youth Ministry, art and craft, festivals, clubs and projects, prayer and liturgy, drama and some DVD's to name but a few.

There is a minimal charge to borrow these. We also have three resource centres situated in Erith and Tonbridge, who hold most of the equipment available to hire.

For more details, to check availability, and to receive a hire form, please contact Sarah Cabella.

Prayer

BREATHE is an interactive installation with twelve different zones on a large multi-colour floor mat, giving those in yr 6 and over activities to explore about themselves, other people, the world and faith in God. Over the course of an hour they can move around the mat to explore the different zones at their own pace. Each zone is accompanied by an audio track giving instruction for the activity, which they play on an iPod they are given at the start of the session. This is also suitable for adults to use.

Prayer Spaces – are made up of 12 ready -prepared stations with instructions which you can set up and people move around at their own speed.

Prayer Labyrinth ours is a 5 Circuit Classical Labyrinth 3.9m / 13’.(28cm path, 56cm centre)

Mini Labyrinth – an individual A4 fabric prayer resource

Prayer Tent is a large gazebo with windowed sides, lights, floor mat as pictured here. There is a bubble tube and electric candles which you can use with it.

Prayer Spaces – we have put together some ideas you can use both within churches and schools.
These are available for parishes and schools to borrow. Please contact Sarah Cabella sarah.cabella@rochester.anglican.org.

Godly Play

Godly Play is a way of helping children experience God at their own level. It can be used to tell a story in a church or a classroom.

If you already use Godly Play in your ministry with children and would be interested in participating in a Godly Play network for practitioners in Kent, please contact the Children and Young People team.

If you haven’t used it yet; do ask and we can help you get started.

We have the books and several Godly Play boxes that can be borrowed. Please contact Sarah Cabella for more details.