Training for Children and Youth Ministry: Session Leader

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Youthscape Essentials

An exciting course to equip and strengthen anyone volunteering with young people in churches and community projects. Run over 10 sessions covering 30 topics including: Insights into Young People, Skills for Youth Work and Developing Character. It makes no assumptions about experience, age or background. It’s accessible to those starting out as volunteers, but deep enough to stretch those who have been working alongside young people for longer.

Catalyst

Catalyst is a dynamic training course which aims to equip and connect those who work with children and young people in the local church. It's a great way to meet people from your area and around the country, whilst building on your knowledge and skills to lead children and young people. The course is very flexible with a mixture of online and in-person teaching.

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Children's Ministry Essentials

Due to be launched in early 2025, Children's Ministry Essentials will be the perfect course for volunteers with children and young people. It will be facilitated by dioceses and can be run online, in person, or a mixture of both. The course is made up of 1h30min sessions with films and lots of great content. (More details coming soon)

Explore Training

A free, online, 10 session resource for churches who want to engage with young people who aren’t connected with church. It focuses on key issues such as: - how to get alongside local young people, building relationships with young people, how to empower young people, youth discipleship and youth worship. This is a great resource for developing youth church in different contexts.