Intergenerational Church by Presbytery of Edinburgh and West Lothian

Fischy Music

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-07 15:13:59 UTC

Fischy Music produce a wide range of songs and accompanying resources for churches and schools which help support children's mental and emotional wellbeing. Many are suitable for use in intergenerational worship.

Messy Church

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-07 15:17:59 UTC

Messy Church is a way of being church for families and others. It is Christ-centred, for all ages, based on creativity, hospitality and celebration. In addition to several books and 'Get Messy' magazine, the website contains a range of downloadable resources for those running Messy Church.

Intergenerate UK

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-07 15:19:28 UTC

Intergenerate UK is an ecumenical network (of which the Church of Scotland is a member) supporting the development of intergenerational ministry across the UK. They run a series of webinars and provide resources for further thinking on the website.

Church of Scotland Webinars

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-07 15:20:47 UTC

This is a recorded series of webinars from the Church of Scotland exploring a theology of intergenerational church, stories of change and insights from the Scriptures.

Roots for Churches

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-07 15:23:06 UTC

Roots is an ecumenical publication, supported by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, which produces weekly lectionary-based resources for worship and learning, with a focus on intergenerational ministry.

Roots for Churches Podcast

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-07 15:24:39 UTC

Season 2 of the Roots for Churches podcast explores the foundations of intergenerational church, including some examples from our Presbytery.

Church of Scotland Learning - Being an Intergenerational Church

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-07 15:26:33 UTC

The module 'Being an Intergenerational Church' on Church of Scotland Learning explores what it means to be intergenerational and how congregations might take the first step. If you aren't already signed up for Church of Scotland Learning, there's information on how to access it using this link.

Being an Intergenerational Church

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-07 15:28:21 UTC

This book by Suzi Farrant and Darren Philip explores practices to bring the generations back together in the Church of Scotland and is available from Saint Andrew Press.

Intergenerational Steps

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-08 08:30:29 UTC

A practical step-by-step guide to running intergenerational events and activities produced by Scripture Union New Zealand.

Exploring Generosity

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-05-08 08:38:49 UTC

Exploring Generosity offers a series of 12 ready to use intergenerational sessions, with additional ideas to adapt them to your own context - over 300 ideas in total!

Godly Play

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-06-16 10:05:31 UTC

Godly Play Scotland is a non profit making, voluntary organisation which was set up in 2010. Our aim is encourage and support Godly Play practitioners across Scotland and to help anyone interested in Godly Play to find out what it's all about.

Additional Needs Support

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-06-16 13:31:28 UTC

Mark Arnold (The Additional Needs Blogfather) is the Additional Needs Ministry Director for Urban Saints’ pioneering additional needs ministry, including training, consultancy, conference speaking and resourcing: http://www.urbansaints.org/additionalneeds

He is co-founder of the ‘Additional Needs Alliance’, a learning and support community of almost three thousand organisations, children’s & youth workers, parents and more who are passionate about inclusion and belonging in the UK and beyond: http://www.additionalneedsalliance.org.uk

Resources for Advent

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-10-22 14:24:38 UTC

Children’s, Youth and Intergenerational Advent Resources including...

under 5's praise service
cafe church service &
outdoor advent trail

Ugly Duckling

ewlfaithnurture — 2025-11-12 20:19:23 UTC

Sparking conversations and exploring life-changing ideas around the big and not-so-big questions of life. We are a Christian charity that helps people of all ages discover how to live well and find meaning and purpose in life.

Discover how our resources make a difference in a wide range of contexts, and see some top recommendations for what might work well for you.

Bible Society Easter Wonder Walks

ewlfaithnurture — 2026-01-08 16:42:34 UTC

Wonder Walks – Gospel of John

Wonder Walks is a genuine all-age interactive handbook to help you read, think and talk about the Easter story as you go on a walk. Eight different walks take you from Jesus’ triumphal entrance into Jerusalem to his death and resurrection.

This booklet is your handy guide while you are out and about, giving you short readings, task and questions to consider as you walk.

Muddy Church

ewlfaithnurture — 2026-01-19 16:47:37 UTC

Muddy Church is a place for people to gather together, outside and to connect with the space and God.

This site is full of resources designed for use by individual groups - these are all available free to download or use online (there are pre-printed copies available to buy).

Muddy Church is an intergenerational idea, based on groups discovering the gifts in their community.

The heart of Muddy Church is to offer spaces to 'wander and wonder' together.

Out of the Box

ewlfaithnurture — 2026-01-19 16:51:52 UTC

What we do with Churches -

We are available to assist churches with their ministry to children in their local community. We are keen to explore with churches, on an individual basis, how we might best be used in their context.

We have worked with over 80 different churches, and Christian organisations from various denominations, all over Scotland, leading holiday clubs, family events, training and more.

Cheeky Pandas

ewlfaithnurture — 2026-01-21 15:57:34 UTC

The award-winning Cheeky Pandas is one of a kind: a British-made Christian TV series for kids on YouTube. It is Bible-based, fun, free, friendly and full of music, for children and parents looking for faith-based content. There are also stacks of extra resources to serve parents, schools and churches. This is what you’ve been looking for!

Bubble Church

ewlfaithnurture — 2026-01-21 16:05:39 UTC

Bubble Church is a Sunday church service especially for babies, toddlers, and young families. It's a puppet-packed, Jesus-centred, coffee-and-food-fuelled, 30 minute kids and families adventure.

SU England Resources

ewlfaithnurture — 2026-01-31 12:51:15 UTC

Our Resource Centre is filled to the brim with exciting, inspiring and creative resources to equip you in mission with children and young people. Browse our curated resource collections below or search for the resource you're looking for…

Bible Society - Service Outlines

ewlfaithnurture — 2026-02-24 11:04:15 UTC

A set of free to download intergenerational service outlines for Easter Sunday, Ascension and Pentecost.

Our intergenerational Easter Service outline is full of ideas to help you celebrate together. Digging deeply into Mark’s account of what happened at the tomb on Easter Sunday morning, it gives space to think, talk, create, and explore what this story means for us all today. The Ascension and Pentecost All-age service plans help people of all ages continue exploring what happened after Jesus’ rose again.

SU - Explore Easter

ewlfaithnurture — 2026-03-06 16:46:46 UTC

Explore Easter comes with a complete school resource pack, featuring a TEACHER'S GUIDE and cross-curricular reflection activities, plus a bonus pack for churches and sessions outlines for SU Groups.

Join Nathan and Maria as we explore Easter together in this fun and creative retelling of the Easter story!

Episode 1 – Palm Sunday: In this episode, we’re dropped into the bustling streets of first-century Jerusalem! Why is there a big parade happening, and who’s at the centre of all the excitement?

Episode 2 – Good Friday: This episode dives into how and why Jesus gets “cancelled” on everyone’s first-century socials. How did the celebrated teacher go from being cheered in the streets to being arrested in less than a week?

Episode 3 – Easter Sunday: Our hosts—and everyone in first-century Jerusalem—are in for a big, wonderful surprise. How does this good news spread across the city and around the world?

Try Praying for Children

2026-07-06 13:03:41 UTC

Children's Booklet

Trypraying for kids is an attractive seven day prayer guide for children aged between 5 and 10 years. Packed with stories, games and activities this will help children develop a life of trusting God. This is a great companion to the adult version and will enable a whole church participation in a trypraying project.