Seminar
Streams
2025
Seminars
We have a full and exciting programme of seminars and discussion groups being prepared for you in 2025, led by the leading voices of children & family ministry in the UK. Create your own customized programme of seminars or track one of our themes or streams.
Flip through our booklet below, or scroll down for an overview of our sessions.
Session types:
In addition to our keynote sessions, we have 4 different types of sessions:
- Long sessions – these traditional one hour sessions give you an opportunity to explore an area in depth.
- Short sessions – these 15 minute sessions are packed with ideas in a concentrated form.
- Networking sessions – a chance for you to meet and network with other people who share your heart for a specific area.
- Table top discussions – these smaller discussion groups allow you to reflect on specific areas (please note places for these are limited and will need to be prebooked).
Seminar streams:
Our sessions are split into 6 streams, so you know the kind of content that will be found in each one:
- Starting – helping those who are new to children & family ministry, or those wanting to get a basic understanding of a topic.
- Thinking – grappling with the theology that underpins our ministry practice.
- Creating – Creative, hands on ideas to enrich your ministry.
- Growing – for those ready to take their ministry to the next level.
- Reaching – Reaching out to those who do not know Christ yet.
- Researching – Presenting the latest research and reflecting on how this affects our work on the ground.
Seminar themes:
- Under 5s – for ministry to under 5s.
- Ministering to vulnerable children – for helping the most vulnerable children in our society.
- Releasing children to minister – does what it says on the tin.
- Family ministry – working with the whole family.
- Holy Spirit ministry – for if you are interested in helping your children know and grow with the Holy Spirit
- Fulfilling the great commission – keen to reach every child in your area, track with this theme.
- Team development – if you head up the children’s ministry this theme is for you.
- Senior leaders’ track – including some sessions exclusively for senior leaders.
For more details look at the booklet above.
Starting stream
The faith nurturing church community
Thriving Together: Building strong teams with limited hands
Helping children engage with the Bible
Church & Parents – the perfect partnership
Leading a Holy Spirit empowered children’s session
Creating stream
Hands on ways to help children get to know the Holy Spirit
Creative prayer with children & young people at home, school & church
Media toolkit: Enriching your children’s ministry
Creative ways to develop your team
Growing stream
Children & Grief
Children in revival
Raising children to lead
Equipping children to bring heaven on earth
Emerging faith – from here to eternity
Grabbing their children – Equipping teens to walk with Jesus
Roots & shoots – an introduction to child development
Responding to baby loss
Thinking stream
What does it mean to be made in the image of God?
Partnering with others: essential practice or major headache?
Handling awkward questions from children
He will pour out his Spirit on all generations
What about the screens? Children’s ministry in a digital age
Exclusive session for Senior Leaders of churches
Reaching stream
Supporting vulnerable children & families
Missional storytelling – how to parable like Jesus
Revealing Jesus framework
They can do it!
Running an outreach event
Open the book
Researching stream
Toddler’s in the nexus of faith
Exploring hybrid mission to children
Growing Faith Foundation research
Working as a team!
For more details look at the booklet above.
Starting stream
What am I going to say?
5 keys for leaders
Equipping parents to nurture faith
Creating stream
5 encounter stations
10 household objects for sharing faith
Creative ways God speaks
Growing stream
Faithful media use
5 things every senior leader should know
5 tips for leading children in worship
5 ways to help children engage in worship
15 minutes to catch your breath
Thinking stream
Church history’s top 10 Time Machine tour
10 things your children should know about the church
10 things your kids need to know about Jesus
Reaching stream
Messy church goes wild
How to start in your local school
Get up & moving – how games and sports can be used in mission
10 resources for outreach
Please note, to allow for constructive discussions for attendees, spaces for these sessions are limited and will need to be prebooked. Details of how to book and more details on each session will be released closer to the conference.
1. School Chaplaincy
2. Home Education
3. Bringing a book to market
4. Releasing a worship song
5. Producing high quality research
6. Supporting grandparents
7. Setting up a toddler group
Grab your lunch and join on of our 5 groups to network with others who share you heart.
1. Intergenerate UK networking
2. Rural missions networking lunch
3. Schools ministry networking lunch
4. Under 5s networking lunch
5. Senior Leaders gathering
We have a full programme of sessions, seminars, and networking together. Take a look at it here.
Find out about our amazing keynote and seminar speakers who will be sharing with us at the conference.
We have the largest exhibition of children’s and family ministry in the UK. Gain ideas, resources and great conversations.
Discover our accessibility arrangements for all delegates and inform us of your unique needs.
Discover our food pass and other options for food and accommoation.
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Book your space at the conference today.