Young Resources - Children's Ministry Manual



The Young Resources Children's Ministry Manual is a convenient compilation of Graeme Young's teaching notes on a wide variety of subjects, including Evangelising Children, Introducing Holy Spirit Gifts, Jesus' Expectation of Leaders, Organising a Prayer Event and Foundations for Family Life. There are 26 topics in total, enclosed within a durable coloured plastic clip file. The manual is good value at only £4.50. The manual is designed so that individual pages can be easily removed and replaced as needed. This allows you to freely photocopy the pages for use within your church, group or organisation. We simply ask that you acknowledge author and source and do not copy the pages for financial profit.

Below is a list of all the topics that are covered in the manual, arranged within the six chapters shown on the left.

Church Experience

1. Purpose of Children's Ministry - helping children to be all that they are meant to be.

2. Aims for Children's Ministry - practical ways to translate vision for children into practice.

3. Pointers for Family Worship - how family worship together is just like a family meal!

4. Principles of Family Worship - lessons for family services from Jesus' entry to Jerusalem.

Biblical Experience

5. Biblical Expectation of Children - examples of God using children in the Bible.

6. Jesus' Expectation of Children - how Jesus expects children's full involvement in his Kingdom.

7. Prophetic Expectation of Children - what we can expect to happen with children.

8. Partnering Children in Ministry - looking at Biblical examples of child-adult partnerships.

Expanding Experience

9. Evangelising Children - helpful things to consider when evangelising children.

10. Introducing Holy Spirit Gifts - a framework for introducing children to Holy Spirit gifts.

11. Pictures from God - helping children to receive and share pictures from God.

12. Hands on Praying - introducing children to receiving from the Holy Spirit through prayer.

13. Holy Spirit Gifts and Ministries - list of gifts and ministries for the work of Jesus' Kingdom.

14. Different Ways of God Speaking - examples of God speaking in the story of Gideon.

15. Lessons for Young Prophets - lessons for prophets from the Biblical example of Samuel.

16. Being Prepared to Be a Prophet - the preparation of Jeremiah in God's calling to prophesy.

Pastoral Experience

17. Jesus' Expectation of Leaders - how leaders should learn their leadership style from Jesus.

18. Relating to Children - lessons from Mark 10:13-16 - correcting wrong ideas and actions.

19. How Children are Protected - the arch of protection, which comprises building blocks of love.

20. Ministering Protection to Children - helping when children are hurt.

Creative Experience

21. The Lord's Prayer - a new version to express the meaning of the original words in a fresh way.

22. Children's Prayer Times - activities to engage children in prayer.

23. Organising a Prayer Event - guidelines for hosting an 'Action Stations' prayer event.

Family Experience

24. Foundations for Family Life - five practical lessons from the experience of the first family.

25. Pointers for Parents - for those who want to help their families to live for the Kingdom of Jesus.

26. Helping Children Face Death - a short story to help children face death - 'The Journey'.

Graeme writes:- "I hope that you will find things in this manual which encourage, inform and excite you in your adventure with children in Jesus' Kingdom."