The Know • C3 Church Australia

Without a doubt, having a cracking, irresistible Children’s Ministry is one of the most important factors in building a healthy growing church. Churches that try to exist without one, or fumble along believing that it is a lower priority than other departments, will continue to be hampered in their desire to grow and move forward. [...]

Proverbs 22: 6 (NIV) “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it.” As an African proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child.”   In our modern context to raise a child entails parenting, church connections, peer relationships and their schooling. [...]

Children in the 21st century have a desperate desire to find acceptance, love, someone to listen to them and be genuine about it. So what are we as leaders during a camp trying to do? We’re trying to earn the right to be trusted, all week. We have to show it, speak, and live it. [...]

After the birth of my little girl in 2008, I became passionate about positive birth experiences, the first few weeks after having a baby and the big adjustment during the first year in the life of a new mum. I naturally was drawn to helping new mums with advice and practical assistance (meals, housework, baby [...]