Ideas
| Baptism mini colouring book This is a simple colouring book for primary-aged children who come to a baptism |  |
| Plates with pictures! I created a series of paper plates, with pictures and messages on them | |
| Baptism talk to engage the very young CBeebies character Iggle Piggle and friends are used in this idea for a baptism talk that appeals to very young children.
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| Prayer ideas with babies It is offered from the Diocese of Leeds, designed for churches to give to families either around baptism or through toddler groups | |
| ‘Refresh’ – one way of inviting families back to church Around 60 families a year bring their children for christening at Holy Trinity, Orton Longueville and St Mary’s Orton Waterville in Peterborough but up until recently relatively few returned to the church | |
| Blog it Blogs are great for sharing ideas | |
| New website: Parenting for Faith A new website Parenting for Faith, helps parents, carers, extended families and their churches to develop ‘a lasting and vibrant two-way relationship with God’.
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| Prayer board To help the congregation keep praying for the children baptised at Seal, we made a prayer board which has clear plastic pockets on it | |
| Using words from Methodist baptism as extra Occasionally, I have used some words that are in the Methodist baptism service, at the part which addresses the child | |
| Using Posada to build community over Advent Originating in Hispanic countries to celebrate the nativity story, Posada is a period of time during Advent when figures from the nativity story travel around different households in the community and stay there for one night. |  |
