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Kidsreach Children’s Ministry Conference

Luke — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:21:02 +0000

The Kidsreach Children’s Ministry Conference is coming up on February 18 in Sydney. As David from KidsReach explains:

It is a shame that so many do not come to the conference, or if they come they do not bring their whole team! This is especially sad when I hear from so many in kids ministry just do not feel encouraged, or resourced.

Here are just a few of the top reasons for going to Kidsreach:

Networking opportunities – get to meet hundreds of others kids ministry workers.

Always lots of new, cool stuff to look at and examine in the resource centre.

Great speakers, presenters and workshop leaders. Have a look at the workshop subjects alone. There is something there for everyone.

It is only for one day – and such a good price.

Download the brochure

Playtime Conference Review

Luke — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:58:56 +0000

On Tuesday 7th June, more than 70 people came to share in the Playtime Conference. Key note speaker Mike Frost challenged playgroup leaders to not think of their groups as existing to ‘build up the church’, but instead to proclaim the true mission of the church, to alert people to the reign of God through Christ. Despite competition from some vocal babies, all were inspired by Mike’s stories and teaching.

These were the sort of questions we wrestled with:

As a dad, what would I learn about the reign of God from playgroup?
Why do people come to Playgroup… and why do they come back?
Where is God at Playgroup? How can you tell?

After a superb lunch (thanks to the amazing catering efforts of Yvette and her mum), people had the opportunity to choose two workshops, with titles like Music at Playgroup, Grant Writing and Fundraising, Managing Challenging Behaviours, Baby Playgroup, Craft at Playgroup and Evangelism Unpacked it was a hard choice.

Kathy Blazewicz had travelled from Adelaide to share her expertise in music playgroups and baby playgroups. Lots of playgroups had sent a couple of people and so could spread their options. The feedback from participants was encouraging – “Great”, “Wonderful”, “Brilliant”, “Inspirational”, “Practical”, “Thought-Provoking” – and another Playtime Conference is already being planned for 2012.

Download Workshop Notes

Grants and Fundraising – Judyth Roberts

Christian Crafts – Judyth Roberts

Baby Playgroups – Kathryn Blazewicz

Music and Preschoolers – Kathryn Blazewicz

Playtime Conference 2011

Luke — Mon, 02 May 2011 04:05:21 +0000

The Playtime Conference has been announced for this year and will happen, Tuesday 7 June, 2011.

“Christian Playtimes can be such a productive and innovative way to reach out to young families in your community.

This conference will give you effective strategies to help your existing Playtimes become mission focused and help connect you with other Playtime leaders.”

Download the Playtime Conference 2011 brochure