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Let the Children Come
A Christian response to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Year of the Child. This pack includes detailed instructions and pictures to help you set up the eight stations, and experiential opportunities for children and adults alike to think about and respond to the challenge of the articles.
The United Nations Children’s Convention was twenty years old in November 2009. The church has adopted the anniversary as a celebration of children and childhood, and a challenge to ensure that we understand and uphold the articles of the convention.
This imaginative resource for schools and churches seeks to explore eight of the UNCRC articles from a Christian perspective. It is based on Jesus’ teachings and links well to values and citizenship education. It includes detailed instructions and pictures to help you set up the eight stations, and experiential opportunities for children and adults alike to think about and respond to the challenge of the articles. Quotes show what the Bible and famous Christian’s have to say about each one. There are practical activities at each station and further activities to extend the time adults and children can be engaged. References are included for extra activities and suitable books.
The stations can be set up as a whole experience or as individual stations to consider one particular aspect of the convention. They would be perfect as a focal point in churches and schools. Churches can set the stations up and invite classes from their local schools to visit, or use them with the congregation to explore attitudes to children within their own communities and around the world. This is a wonderful opportunity to extend school and church links.
The materials were trialed at a very successful ‘Let the Children Come’ day at Salisbury Cathedral in May 2009.
Caring for God’s world is important to children and church alike. This pack has been printed in biodegradable ink on 100% recycled paper. The laminate is 100% biodegradable and the folders are produced from recycled polypropylene.
Written by:
Barbara Meardon - Children’s Adviser Salisbury Diocese
Sarah Rickett - Head of Education at Salisbury Cathedral
With 4 Supplementary stations for young people by Claire Estall – Youth Adviser for Salisbury Diocese
Cost: £19.65
To order this pack please download an order form and return it to the Diocesan Education Centre.
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