Family Ministry Resources

• Assets (Search Institute) - read an overview of the 40 developmental assets
• Australian Institute of Family Studies
• Child in our Hands (CIOH) video set
  Check with the SA District Office about the availablilty of the 2 three-hour videos of the CIOH conference. Cost: $59.95
• Children at Worship - Read about the Children at Worship - Congregations in Bloom concept; take a look at their giant pew!
• Club House Magazine - online family fun
• Faith Inkubators - commercial as well as free materials (samples, articles, music, interviews)
• Faith Talk Cards (Australian versions for adults and children currently available from Openbook.)
• Family Connection (LCMS) - check out the Resource Center
• The Family-Friendly Church (book) by Ben Freudenburg & Rick Lawrence. Published by Group Publishing Inc. Also Fun Ideas for the Family-Friendly Church
• Heritage Builders - Helping you build a family of faith (from Focus on the Family) Often has useful activity ideas!
• KidSurf Online - fun for kids and teens
• Monster Tamer - performance, tape and teacher resources from Leigh Newton
• Talking about God, an Australian book by Mary Jo Zwar, provides family devotional resources designed to familiarise children with the basic Christian teachings and to develop a pattern of listening and responding to God. Available from Openbook Online.
• Youth and Family Institute at Augsburg College - Read about the 4 Keys for Nurturing Faith Life in the Home, Peer Ministry, Faith Chests

Family Ministry Mailing Group

FMN (Family Ministry Network) - a forum for disseminating information, solving problems, collating and sharing resources on various aspects of family ministry.

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