November 2025. Shallowford House Conference Centre. The conference was beautifully facilitated by Joy and Rosie, co-leads of Creative Calm https://www.facebook.com/p/Creative-Calm-61576083088661/ sharing their expertise and lived experience as foster and adoptive parents. Jackie Davies, a Methodist local church worker and adoptive parent lead our times of prayerful reflection. 107 children come into care every day (bearingContinue reading “Supporting Families who Foster/Adopt”
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Working Together: Smarter not Harder
Arriving in Northumberland to the most glorious sunshine, I was looking forward to the theme of our time together, ‘Working Together: Smarter Not Harder’. CMN represents and achieves many good things through working together and I know we are all keen to see how we can develop this further. During our time together each denominationContinue reading “Working Together: Smarter not Harder”
Creating safe and healthy church cultures
As our media fills up with stories of abuse and coverups within religious organisations, it was very timely that children and family ministry denominational leaders met to discuss ‘Safeguarding’ at the Children’s Ministry Network Conference November gathering at High Leigh Conference centre. Justin Humphreys, CEO of thirtyone:eight, led us through the thorny landscape of spiritualContinue reading “Creating safe and healthy church cultures”
Children’s Ministry Network 