Section 8: Further resources

Conference proceedings, suggestions for further reading and a list of useful websites

Conference proceedings

Faith with Under Fives 2020 - Summaries, handouts, videos and more from the November 2020 conference sponsored by URC Children and ROOTS for Churches Ltd.

 

Further reading

All-Age Worship, Lucy Moore, The Bible Fellowship, 2010

Bringing Up Children in the Christian Faith, John Westerhoff III, Harper and Row, 1980

Celebrating Children – equipping people working with children and young people living in difficult circumstances around the world, eds. Glenn Miles and Josephine-Joy Wright, Paternoster Press, 2003

Children and Spirituality: searching for meaning and connectedness, Brendan Hyde, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008

Children Finding Faith, Francis Bridger, Scripture Union, 2000

Children in the Assembly of the Church, Eleanor Bernstein, and John Brooks-Leonard, Liturgy Training Publications, 1992

Children in the Bible, Anne Richards, SPCK, 2013

Children in the Church, Betty Pedley and John Muir, The National Society/Church House Publishing, 1997

Children in the Way? Carrie Kingston and Isobel MacDougall, Monarch Books, 2011

Children’s Ministry in the Way of Jesus, David M. Csinos and Ivy Beckwith, IVP Books, 2013

Children’s Ministry that Fits: beyond one-size-fits-all approaches to nurturing children’s spirituality, Dave Csinos and Joyce E. Bellous, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2011

Children’s Spirituality – what it is and why it matters, Rebecca Nye, Church House Publishing, 2009

From the Ground up: understanding the spiritual world of the child, Kathryn Copsey, Barnabas, 2005

Formational Children’s Ministry, Ivy Beckwith, BakerBooks, 2010

Listening to Children on the Spiritual Journey, Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May, Baker Academic, 2010

Mission-shaped children – moving towards a child-centred church, Margaret Withers, Church House Publishing, 2006

Offering the Gospel to Children, Gretchen Wolff Pritchard, Cowley Publications, 1992

Sharing Jesus with Under Fives, Janet Gaukroger, Christian Focus Publications, 2001

Postmodern Children’s Ministry: ministry to children in the 21st century church, Ivy Beckwith, Zondervan Publishing Company, 2004

Stages of Faith, James W. Fowler, HarperSan Francisco, 1995

Teaching Godly Play – how to mentor the spiritual development of children, Morehouse Education Resources, 2009

The Child in Christian Thought and Practice (Religion, Marriage and Family), Marcia Bunge, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2001

The Sacred Play of Children, Dianne Apostolos-Cappadona, The Seabury Press, 1983

The Spirit of the Child, David Hay with Rebecca Nye, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006

The Spiritual Dimension of Childhood, Kate Adams, Brendan Hyde and Richard Wooley,

Through the Eyes of a Child: new insights in theology from a child’s perspective, Eds. Anne Richards and Peter Privett, Church House Publishing, 2009

To Dance with God, Gertrud Mueller Nelson, Paulist Press, 1986

Understanding Children Understanding God, Ronni Lamont, SPCK, 2007

Welcoming Children: a practical theology of childhood, Joyce Ann Mercer, Chalice Press, 2005

Where are the Children?, Margaret Withers, The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2005

Will Our Children Have Faith? John H. Westerhoff III, Third Revised Edition, Morehouse Publishing, 2012

Working with Under 5’s, Judith Wigley, Scripture Union, 2005

 

Useful websites

Discovering Sunday School

Explore and Express

Flame: Creative Children’s Ministry

Going for Growth

Messy Church

Methodist Children and Youth

Parenting for Faith

Sharing the Light

Spiritual Child Network

The Sunday Paper

URC Children and Youth

 

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