Resources - items that can be borrowed for a short time for a particular purpose (ie. more expensive things you might need but wouldn't want to buy!)
| Item | Location | Comments |
| Badge Maker | Bramhall | Belongs to Circuit |
| Mr Bean box set | Cheadle | 14 episodes. Mr. Bean sessions for youth group |
| Parachute | C/Hulme and Bramhall Wilmslow |
Any idea what size? 12 person / handles at Wilmslow |
| Puppets x 2 | Wilmslow | 1 x boy (Bert), 1 x girl (Lucy) |
| Toy story games | Wilmslow | 2 x card games, 1 x fuzzy felt, 1 x water pistol - all Toy Story |
| Puppets and stage | C/Hulme | A variety of puppets available with a collapsable stage and also some prerecorded scripts. |
| Puppets x 6 | Bramhall | |
| 2 blue hard hats | Wilmslow | |
| Laminator | Wilmslow | need to buy pouches |
Skills list - what skills we have that we can offer the rest of the Circuit (add onto other people's if you feel they have a skill they haven't added!)
| Name | Skills list |
| Emma |
I am good at talking to people, holding babies and assemblies :-) Excellent at keeping in touch with people, sending out birthday cards etc. |
| Stuart | Video Editing/Photography (for flyers etc)/Play Piano (I can play the 4 most useful Christian Chords)! Good at getting alongside youth / dads |
| Judith | Holiday Clubs, Massage - adult / baby, play guitar / flute (very rusty on both!), singing, administation, parenting advice |
Ideas for craft activities, craft days etc
| Theme | Age | Description | Keywords | Author | |
| Christmas | Primary | Angels, walnut baby, gift boxes | Emma | ||
| Easter | Primary | Palm weaving | Emma | ||
| Eco | Primary | Tin can pencil holders, recycled paper bags, bird feeders | Emma | ||
| Theme | Age | Description | Keywords | Author | |
| Ash Wednesday | Primary | 20 minute assembly talk, song, prayer | pancake day shrove tuesday lent giving up temptation right choice desertjesus 40 | Emma | |
| Superheroes / love | Primary | 5 - 10 minute talk & prayer | love superhero superheroes super hero powers loving | Judith | |
| Harvest / sharing | Primary | 5 - 10 minute talk & prayer | sharing share food drink harvest cake | Judith | |
| Valentine's day | Primary | 20 minute assembly talk, song and prayer | God's love | Emma | |
| Easter | Primary | 20 minute assembly talk, song and prayer | Easter food hot cross buns eggs fish fingers tomb resurrection | Emma | |
| Harvest | Infants | 20 minute assembly talk, song and prayer | Harvest thank you for food and the people who make it farmers parents | Emma | |
| Moving on | Juniors | 20 minute assembly talk, song and prayer | Do not be afraid change God is with you the unknown reassurance | Emma | |
| Teamwork | Primary | " " | Working together can achieve more than by yourself God can help us | Emma | |
| Christmas | Primary | " " | Presents the greatest gift of all Jesus | Emma | |
| Advent/patience | Primary | " " | waiting patience | Emma | |
| Eco | Primary | 15 minute talk, song and prayer | God's creation beautiful world spoilt people responsibility | Emma | |
| Determination | Primary | 15 minute talk, song and prayer | Olympics, 4 friends, Jesus heals lame man | Emma | |
| Harvest | Primary | 10 minute talk and prayer | drought water h2o drinking water | judith | |
| Communication | Primary | 10 minute talk and prayer | communicating blindfold prayer talking | Judith | |
| Bonfire night / God's everlasting light | Primary | 10 min talk & prayer | bonfire firework lamp torch dark light of the world | Judith | |
| Valentines / Love | Primary | 10 min talk & prayer | valentines love string wool trick everlasting | Judith | |
| Easter | Primary | Emma | |||
| Easter | Primary | Emma | |||
| Ash wednesday | Primary | Emma | |||
| 3 crosses - Good Friday / Easter | Primary | Emma | |||
| Honesty | Primary | 10 min talk and prayer | honest truth peter denies Jesus | Judith | |
Messy Church - plans specific to Messy Church - full or part programmes
| Theme | Small / large group | Description | Keywords | Author | |
| Creation | Both small and large | Small group craft activities and game suggestions based on Creation. | Day, night, creation, nature, craft, flowers, water | Jo | |
| The Good Shepherd | Both small and large | Small group craft activities and game suggestions based on The Good Shepherd. | Psalm 23, Sheep game, sheep craft, weaving | Jo | |
| Easter/New Life | Both small and large | Small group craft activities based on Easter/New Life. | Easter chick, edible nest, tomb, Easter, Cross | Jo | |
| Bible Journeys | Both small and large | Small group craft activities and game based on Bible Journeys. | Car, journeys, roads, travel game, rocky road | Jo | |
| Bible Seasides | Both small and large | Small group craft actvities and game based on Bible Seasides. | fish, fishfingers, shells, boats, fish game | Jo | |
| Harvest | Both small and large | Small group craft activities and game based on Harvest. | Vine, fruit, collage, bookmarks, treasure hunt, fruit dipping | Jo | |
| Africa/One World Weekend | Both small and large | Small group craft activities based on Africa/Kenya. | Africa, Kenya, animals, face masks, sand, shield, water filters, sunset | Jo | |
| Joseph | Both small and large | Small group craft activities based on the story of Joseph. | camels, dreams, bubble painting, multi-coloured coat, tent, beards, bread | Jo | |
| 1st birthday party | Both small and large | Small group craft activities and games based around the theme of celebrations. | hats, party, bunting, birthday, cards, cakes, streamers, gift wrap | Jo | |
| Eco/Love your World | Both small and large | Small group craft activities and games based on the world around us/environment | insects, mosaic, wormery, pencils, decorations, cakes, biscuits, collage, dragonfly | Jo | |
| Spring/New Life | Both small and large | Small group craft activities based on Spring/New Life | Blossom, Zacchaeus, tree, growth, plants, butterfly, cross, hens, chicks, egg | Jo | |
| Moses | Both small and large | Small group craft activities based on the story of Moses | hieroglyphics, frogs, stained glass, burning bush, clay plaque, Moses, basket, balloons | Jo | |
| Armour of God | Any | Crafts etc. | bracelets, sword bookmark, sword and shield, soldier collage, treasure hunt | Emma | |
| Communion | Any | Crafts etc. | communion cloth, juicing grapes, laminated table mats, love bread, footprint cross, disappearing writing | Emma | |
| Water | Any | Crafts, games, activities etc | miracles, woman at the well, | Jo | |
Books and Websites - things you have found particularly useful
| Book - Title & Author or Web address | What is was useful for | Book available to borrow? |
| Messy Church 1 | Crafts, talks relating to a particular theme | Yes see Emma |
| Messy Church 2 | " " | Yes see Emma |
| Tiddlywinks Glitter and Glue | Craft ideas for pre-schoolers | Yes see Emma |
| Tiddlywinks Pray and Play | Themed ideas for pre-school sessions | Yes see Emma |
| Totzone Year 1 - God is so big! (Children's Ministry) | Themed ideas for pre-school sessions (feeling better, God loves me, looking after others, keep praying, my friend Jesus etc) | Yes - at Wilmslow |
| The Fantastic Rainy Day Book by Angela Wilkes (Dorling Kindersley) | Craft ideas on a lot of themes, on different levels | Yes - at Wilmslow |
| No Matter What by Debi Gliori (Bloomsbury) | A story with attractive pictures where the parent figure promises to love the child "no matter what". A good tool for telling children how much God loves us! | Yes - at Wilmslow |
| Beginning with God from The Good Book Company | A book for parents / adults to explore the Bible with their child - stickers, activities, things to think and talk about, designed for parent and child to do together. Aimed at preschool age | Yes - one at Wilmslow |
| Fun with the Bible by Rachel Green | Themed craft activities for Junior Church or similar | Yes - at Wilmslow |
| Bible Crafts for all Seasons | Does what it says on the tin!! | Yes - at Wilmslow |
| Creative Crafts for Kids | Over 100 projects for 2 - 10 year olds, from shell mobiles to flowery hats | yes - at Wilmslow |
| 10 Big Bible Stories volumes 1 and 2 | Interactive Bible stories - complete with scripts - for small, medium and large sized groups. | Yes - at Bramhall |
| 4 copies of the Big Bible Story book | really attractive SU bibles for little ones | Yes, but regularly used for Junior Church |
Junior Church - any programmes / ideas you've used in Junior Church
| Theme | Age | Description | Keywords | Author | |
| The Good Shepherd | 3+ | Games, Story, Craft | i am sheep lost parachute mask | Emma | |
| Joshua leads the people | 3-11 | Downloaded lesson plan with games and thinking things | Downloaded by Judith | ||
| 4 sessions on creation | 3-11 | games, story, craft ideas | Judith | ||
| Garden of Eden, Noah & start of Abraham | 3-11 | games, story, craft ideas | Judith | ||
| Abraham, Isaac, Jacob & Palm Sunday | 3-11 | games, story, craft ideas | Judith | ||
| Good Friday, Easter Sun & Joseph | 3-11 | games, story, craft ideas | Judith | ||
| 5 weeks on Moses | 3-11 | games, story, craft ideas | Judith | ||
| 10 commandments, Joshua & Jericho | 3-11 | games, story, craft ideas | Judith | ||
| Stepping out in faith | 11+ | 7 Mr bean sessions | swimming pool faith funny video walk on water youth club short jesus walking | Stuart | |
Creative Prayers - any prayer ideas for use with children
| Theme / Title | Age | Description (or idea) | Keywords | Author | |
| Bubble prayers | 1 - 90 | Think of a prayer, blow it into a bubble (using bubble mixture), when it pops, know it is heard! | bubbles bubble pop hear prayer hearing | Judith | None |
| Healing Prayer | 1-90 | Draw around a small person on wallpaper or chalk their outline on the ground. On plasters or plaster shapes, write the names of people to be prayed for and then stick them on the outline. | healing | Jenny | |
| Thank you prayers | 1-90 | Write a thank you on a paper chain link and then make a paper chain. See how many thank yous you can think of. See how much God blesses us! | Thank you, paperchain blessing | Jenny | |
| Sorry Prayers | 1-90 | Write or draw your 'sorry' in sand. Say sorry to God and then rub it out | Sorry, confession, sand | Jenny | |
| Sorry Prayers | 1-90 | Give everyone a blob of shaving foam, smooth it out and write or draw your 'sorry' in it. Say sorry to God and rub it out | Sorry, confession, shaving foam | Jenny | |
| Thank you prayers | 1-90 | Write thank yous on paper leaves and stick then on a tree | thank you, leaves, tree | Jenny | |
| Paper plane prayers | 1-90 | Write a prayer on a paper and make it into a paper plane. Throw the plane and then collect a plane and pray the prayer on it | paper plane | Jenny | |
| Listening prayer | 1-90 | Sit quietly for a minute and see what pictures, words or words from the Bible come into your head. After a minute, draw or write what you saw/heard on large sheets of lining paper | Listening prayer | Jenny | |
| Sorry prayer | 1-90 | Write your sorry on a piece of paper. Say sorry to God and use a shredder to shred the paper | Sorry, shred ,paper shredder | Jenny | |
| Help Prayers | 1-90 | Make paper boats. Write prayers on small pieces of paper. put the prayers on the boats and float the boats across a water-filled paddling pool. | Help, boat, paddling-pool, water | Jenny | |
| Loud Thank You Prayers | 1-90 | Ask everyone to think of a 'thank you' the leader says 'Thank you God for 1,2,3,' then everyone shouts their 'thank you together.' | loud, thank you prayer shout | Jenny | |
Holiday clubs - full or part programmes / ideas
| Theme | Age | Description | Keywords | Author | PDF(s) |
| Finding Nemo / Prodigal Son | 4 - 8s | 4 -mornings club - craft, upfront, story, drama, activity, games and | Nemo fish prodigal son | Judith | |
Toddler Groups + Tiddlywinks - anything you've used for these groups, 0 - 4 years old (ish), God slots, crafts, programmes etc.
| Theme | Who for? | Description | Keywords | Author | |
| Moses - the life of | Tiddlywinks group - 0 - 4yrs | 6 sessions based on the life of Moses with a message each time | moses exodus 10 commandments parting sea desert mana manna burning bush | Judith | PDF - 10 simple commandments printable sheet |
| Love / Easter | Tiddlywinks group - 0 - 4 years | 4 weeks about love and 2 about Easter (sorry - on the same planning sheet!). Message and activity each time | easter last supper passover meal love animals Abraham hungry caterpillar | Judith | |
| New Testament Jesus Stories | Tiddlywinks group - 0 - 4 years | 5 sessions (+1 obscure one!) on New Testament stories - water into wine, calming the storm etc. Message & activity | wine paralysed man calming storm mark 4 v 35 - 40 mark 2 v 1 - 12 Acts 2 v 1 - 4 John 8 v 12 light of the world parachute dark party wedding at cana | Judith | |
| Old Testament stories / Mothers Day / Easter! | Tiddlywinks group - 0 - 4 yrs | 5 sessions on OT stories, 1 on Mothers Day, 1 on Easter (Jonah, David & Goliath, Red Sea, Daniel, Joseph) | Jonah and whale big fish parting of red sea daniel and the lions den giants Goliath joseph multicoloured coat | Judith | |
| Sharing / Feeding of 5000 | Tiddlywinks group - 0 - 4 yrs | 1 session on theme with magic trick! | sharing feeding 5000 five thousand crowd food | Judith | |
| Mish mash of themes | Tiddlywinks group - 0 - 4 yrs | 10 sessions on various things (prepared for my maternity leave!) | Judith | ||
| Animals | Tiddlywinks group - 0 - 4 years | 6 sessions on animals - eagles, fish, donkeys etc, all linked to bible story with ref, plus activities | fish spiders donkeys sheep lost sheep talking donkey eagle soar wings eagles Noah's Noah ark Proverbs 30 v 28 Matthew 17 v 24 Numbers 22 v 22 Isaiah 40 v 29 Genesis 6 v 9 rain flood Balaam God cares Peter fishing coin in mouth of fish | Judith | |