This document provides resources for encouraging giving among children and young people. It includes learning resources that use the Exodus story to explore issues of poverty, money, and possessions. It also lists several Christian development agencies that offer specific resources for children and families who want to give to charitable causes in Latin America and around the world. For young people, it suggests sessions and Bible studies available online that use active learning to explore Christian stewardship, as well as a book containing creative sessions on spirituality including one on giving.

1. Encouraging Giving
Resource Sheet: Children and Young
People
Diocesan Officers:
David Bell, Children’s Adviser
Contact: tel: 01244 620444
email: david.bell@chester.anglican.org
Mark Montgomery, Diocesan Youth Officer
Contact: tel: 01244 620444
email: mark.montgomery@chester.anglican.org
Children:
Diocese of Liverpool
Learning resource
www.givingingrace.org/preaching/exodus.html
The 'Preach Exodus' section of this website includes five weeks of
activities for children, adults and all-age groups based on Exodus, along
with a harvest service. Following the Exodus story, the activities
explore issues of poverty, money and possessions as part of the wider
question of what it means to be the people of God.
Giving support
The following Christian development agencies offer specific resources and
information for individual children, families and groups who give to them:
The Toybox Charity – supports work with street children in Latin America.
Toybox, PO Box 660, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 5YT
Tel: 0845 466 0010 www.toyboxcharity.org.uk
Tear Fund – development projects around the world. This offers
information to children's leaders and a website for 7-10s.
Tel: 0845 355 8355 youth.tearfund.org/childrens+worker
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2. Young People:
Church of England
Episodes
Episodes contains six different sessions for use with youth groups and
young people to explore a range of stewardship issues. The sessions use
an active learning process – where having successfully completed a
challenge, teams then reflect on the experience, and finally consider a
Bible passage in the light of the challenge, and its application to Christian
stewardship. http://www.parishresources.org.uk/Issues/young people.htm
Diocese of Liverpool
www.givingingrace.org/preaching/TeenTalk.html
Vibrant Spirituality
by Jenny Baker; published by Spring Harvest Publishing and Authentic
Media, £6.99
Ten creative and imaginative sessions on spirituality, one of which is on
giving.
See attached sheet Ideas for engaging with children and young people
about stewardship
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