Footsteps to the Feast

These two-hour programmes are ideal for special events or after-school clubs, picking up on Christian festivals and special days of the year including Advent, Easter, Harvest and Hallowe'en.

Experienced children's worker Martyn Payne provides background information for each festival, with warm-up activities, Bible basis, ideas for storytelling, drama, music, crafts and prayers. While all the component parts of the programme are important, the primary aim is to share God's word with children and to provide an opportunity to come close to God in worship.

All of the templates are available online to download, print and use.
The templates are in pdf format. To download, right click the link and choose 'Save target as...'.

There's also free material for several Church festivals on the Barnabas website:
The Big Surprise (Christmas).
Star Time (Epiphany).
Grandparents' Day (Candlemas).
Lovely Jubly (St Valentine's Day).
Pioneer Day (St Barnabas Day).
Seaside Suprise (St James' Day)
Flames of Fire (St Michael and All Angels' Day)
Thank You Day (Harvest)
Light up the darkness (All Saints Day)
The Big Story (Bible Sunday)
Full of ideas, these chapters are free for you to use, print and send to friends.

Martyn Payne is a key member of the Barnabas team. Formerly National Children's Work Co-ordinator for CMS, he has wide experience of working with schools and churches to explore ways of opening up the Bible with children. Martyn is a trained teacher, an experienced workshop leader, Godly Play teacher and speaker and has collaborated with children's advisers and education officers in major school, church and family events across the UK. Martyn is author of A-cross the World (Barnabas 2004).

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