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"Teach God’s word diligently to your children and talk of it when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up" Deuteronomy 6:7
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Visit us at the 'Hand in Hand ' Family Ministry Conference in Eastbourne on 3rd to 5th February. We will have our stand and will also be demonstrating our games in the 'Hands On 'sessions. Frances will be taking a seminar on' Working with children and teenagers with special needs. Practical strategies, advice and information to successfully and safely include those with special needs such as Dyslexia, Down's Syndrome and Autism.' |
Over a hundred children and youth workers attended the The Hope in Bedfordshire, Children and Youth Ministry Conference which was held on 19.3.2011. This was an event that Mustard Seed Games helped to sponsor.Mark Griffiths, Head of Children's Ministry for New Wine and Jason Gardener,Director of Fuse were both keynote speakers. There was also a full programme of seminars. Frances Duffy and Lin Artus presented a sketch posing as two children's workers who had been asked to take over a Sunday group at short notice as the usual leader was ill. There was no time to plan anything. Further, they dreaded this particular group, as when the vicar got carried away with his sermon, they were left with a lot of rowdy boys to keep from destroying the room and each other. Fortunately a fantastic resource was at hand for just such an emergency - I expect you can guess what particular games came to the rescue!
Over 4-6 February 2011 we were exhibiting again at the Children's Ministry and Family Ministry Conference in Eastbourne. We were pleased to meet the winners of our prize draw of £50 worth of products of choice.
Over 22-24 January 2010 at the Children's Ministry and Family Ministry Conference, in Eastbourne ,we enjoyed meeting many of you when you came to our stall. We ran a prize draw for £50 worth of products of choice and were pleased that Duggie Dug Dug, our neighbour at the exhibition, was able to draw the winning ticket.We were interested in particular, in hearing about the ways that our products were being used in holiday clubs and lunchtime school clubs.
Over the 23- 25 January 2009 we were delighted to be exhibiting at out first Children's Ministry and Family Ministry Conference in Eastbourne. We were able to demonstrate a number of our games and resource books. We were also able to take part in some workshops, which were hugely enjoyable.
The Centre for Youth Ministry held their annual Resource Fair on 8.9.2008 at Oxford Brookes University. Some 250 student youth workers attended and we were invited to talk about our Mustard Seed Games and resources.This was an opportunity to meet with a wide range of people engaged in Christian Youth work and Ministry and to discuss the difficulties, challenges and joys they face and to show how our resources could be used in their work.
Our first time at the National Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey was from 13- 16 May 2008. This is the UK's biggest and most successful Christian Exhibition. We enjoyed meeting so many of you who are using our games and books. It was interesting to hear how our products are being used in Christian Schools, a wide variety of Sunday schools and church situations and youth groups including outward bound centres and by those home schooling their children. We enjoyed hearing how our products, especially ASPECTS, are being used in psychiatric wards, care homes for the elderly and by hospital chaplains.
On 20.4.2008 Frances Duffy and Lin Artus were interviewed on Premier Christian Radio on the Tony Miles Breakfast Show. They spent an enjoyable hour on the show and enjoyed the experience - although were quite nervous at appearing live on air - especially when, without warning, were asked to play one of their games. This they did very well and caused much laughter from those in the studio. A large box of resources were donated to premier Christian Radio to be used for future 'giveaways' and competitions.
Tony Miles
We enjoyed meeting and talking with a wide range of people at Telford, 21- 23 February 2008, at the Heart of England Christian Resources Exhibition We were challenged by a number of our customers for help with how they could use our games for their particular and, at times, difficult mission situations !
Launch Day
We launched our range of games and books at NEXUS, Christian Resources Exhibition at the SECC in Glasgow, August 23rd-25th 2007.
Also at NEXUS, for the Youth Day on Saturday August 25th, we gave a seminar entitled: Games Galore - Biblical games as a resource for all ages.
Some of the subjects covered were:
- The importance of using games to encourage family times and strengthen Christian relationships.
- The how and why of providing fun, educational resources at little cost for those working with children and young people at home, school and church.
- Ideas for resourcing those who work with children, young people and adults with Special Needs or who have English as an additional language.
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