Local church, local school
Practical and creative ways for churches to serve local primary schools
Margaret Withers

Local church, local school is intended for church leaders, lay leaders, children's work leaders, governors, PTAs, teaching staff, non-teaching staff, and Christian parents seeking to support and serve their local primary schools.

The book provides practical ideas and well-founded information on all aspects of engagement, including theological considerations, identifying opportunities and skills, getting involved, and the creative use of respective buildings.

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• New from Barnabas

This month Lucy Moore tells us why she wrote her new book All-Age Worship

This month Lucy Moore tells us why she wrote her new book All-Age Worship:

... how wholesome, counter-cultural and plain brilliant church can be when we take seriously what Paul wrote about the body of Christ not being a body at all if it's only made up of one part... That truth has been growing in front of my eyes as I've hopped along the Messy Church journey, with its congregations of great-grandparents, middle-aged people, young parents, teenagers, children and babies all getting stuck into worship together...

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Barnabas exists to resource you for your work with children under the age of 11. On this website you’ll find details of our extensive range of books and resources, along with feature articles and reports from the Barnabas team on their work with churches and primary schools, a wealth of 'off-the-peg' ideas to use with the children in your church or group (e.g. to help you get going with holiday clubs, drama, music, worship, storytelling, puppets), and much, much more.