Our Community Factory (£7)  

Using Jesus’ Kingdom parables to help children celebrate their place in the community

• a resource for 7-11s
  
  
• Each session based around one of Jesus’ Kingdom parables with the challenge of exploring how God’s Kingdom can be seen in our own communities
  
• Challenges children to think of ways they can make their community a better place
  
  
• Six sessions of a ‘project’ nature - can be expanded to cover a term
  
  

One Day Wonders    (£12)

12 great themes for different times of the year

• Twelve one-day events for times when you can’t manage a longer period

• Suitable for one-day holiday events: Winter Woolly Warmers, Brilliant Bible, Breath of Fresh Air...

• Loosely themed to the seasons

• Some for use primarily with children; others suitable for all-age events

• Includes crafts, Bible stories, games, thinking activities—all designed to build relationships

• All events tried and tested in real situations

I Have a Story    (£7)
– a resource from CURBS Scotland

Helping children think about choices and their consequences as they link their stories with the stories of Bible characters

• Uses stories with which children in areas of urban deprivation can identify: Cain & Abel (murder), Jacob and Esau (jealousy), Ruth (death, loyalty), Peter (denial), Onesimus (runaway), Stephen (taking stick).

• Stories uniquely told from a child’s point of view.

• Challenges children to think about choices they have made and times when they have been hurt by the choices of others.

• Simple format: introduction, story, response and application, conclusion.

• Flexible for use in a mid-week or Sunday group or a holiday club.

• Designed with 5-11year olds in mind and tried and tested with kids on a housing scheme in inner-city Glasgow.

The Big Picnic    (£7)

Discovering God’s big story by exploring the meaning of six Bible meals

• Six sessions exploring the significance of three meals from the Old Testament and three meals from the New Testament

• Helps children get a broad view of the whole Bible story

• A resource that uses reflective story-telling as its starting point (and explains it!)

• Encourages children to think about and make their own responses to the stories

• Best suited to children up to 8 years and as young as 3 or 4 with a group size of around 12 to 15 children

• Includes stories, wondering time, games and activities

Who do you think you are?    (£10)

Challenging our urban children to discover who they are in the light of who Jesus said he was

• Based on Jesus’ seven ‘I am’ pictures found in John’s Gospel

• Doesn’t explain the pictures - but invites the children on an adventure of discovery to learn more about Jesus, themselves, and what Jesus can mean in their everyday lives

• Includes a lively rhythmic resource section with a CD: cheers, chants, raps and a theme song.

• Ten activity-based sessions, including Zoe and Zak cartoon strips, and a time for ‘making connections’ between the child’s world and the Bible input

• Use sessions in sequence or pick those most relevant to your group

Everybody’s a Somebody    (£10)

Helping children discover that they are infinitely precious in God’s eyes, using Psalm 139 as a basis

• A resource to help primary age children understand that they are created in God’s image and that God knows and loves them

• Includes ten (or more!) sessions on self esteem, helping children to value themselves, their emotions, their thoughts, their community, God’s world...

• Tackles head-on many issues faced by urban children today

• Includes ‘Cement papers’ to help leaders think through issues - plus Zoe and Zak puppet resources

Upside Down Kingdom    (£12)

Helping children discover that Kingdom values lead to changes in everyday behaviour

• Ten sessions based on the Sermon on the Mount take you on a wonderful journey of discovery, applying Kingdom values to the nuts and bolts of everyday living.

• Plus a wonderfully wild and imaginative story to accompany each session – fully illustrated – make your own OHPs, photocopies, posters…

• Explores how we listen, give, go last, serve, tame our tongues, rather than gossip, grab, get, go first, be first, be richest, be loudest!

Stop, Look, Listen with Luke    (£10)

Go back in time to explore Luke’s Gospel with Dr Luke – and the help of Zoe and Zak!

• A resource to help the children link their story with God’s story as told in Luke’s Gospel

• Explores topics focused around Jesus

• Comprises ten sessions, each with Zoe and Zak cartoon strips and take-home sheets

• Each session has:
  
  STOP! - attention-grabbers
  LOOK! - the Bible bit
  LISTEN! - the ’thinky’ bit

• Options for games, stories, talk-times, songs...

Unmasking Halloween    (£7)

Exploring and reclaiming the positive aspects of Halloween, recognising that God is all-powerful

• A pick and mix kit for 5-11s which explores the different angles of this ‘hot potato’ and where we might draw the line
  
  
• Explores aspects that hold a fascination for kids: the scary, the gross, the unknown, the dark...
  
  
• Looks at questions to weigh up and reclaims aspects of Halloween that we sometimes avoid
  
  
• A range of activities including discussion starters, crafts, games, baking, exploring the Bible, finding out activities...
  
  
  

Unwrapping Christmas    (£6)

Challenging us to look again at the real meaning of Christmas

• A pick and mix resource pack of all-age materials for Christmas,challenging us to think again about what we do at Christmas andabout its real meaning
  
  
• Can be used in church services, home groups,children’s groups, neighbourhood parties, meals,with under 5s…
  
  
• Simple-to-use photocopiable resources, full directions, activities requiring minimum preparation

Colours of Easter    (£10)

A visual approach to the Easter story using colour, sound and light

First produced as Easter in Colour, this is an expanded version of the original CURBStone Kit, and has been published by BRF.

• Based on the storytelling tradition where learning is by hearing, seeing, experiencing, doing
  
  
• Divides the material into seven sessions to be used any time over the Easter season
  
  
• Can be used in all-age worship, collective worship in schools, Lenten programme, Easter holiday club, Good Friday or on Easter Sunday
  
  
• Ideas for theme, colour, sound, warm-ups, games, snacks, presentation, plus Bible narrative and reflection

Includes music CD which
will be posted if downloaded

Peacemakers    (£12)

Using a circus theme to help children from different social and cultural backgrounds to discover what it means to live together peacefully

• A unique resource, ideal for use in multicultural settings
  
  
• Resources for a five-day holiday club for 3-11s exploring seeing the same things differently, friendship, feelings, saying sorry and respect
  
  
• Features Mr Pepperoni, Beanie the Clown and other circus characters in a daily drama sketch
  
  
• Includes crafts, games, circus skills geared to individual age groups
  
  
• Comprehensive guide to setting up, organising and running the club
  
  
• PLUS – a CD with circus & peacemaking songs hugely popular with kids
  
  
• Trialled in Tower Hamlets, East London

The 3 Parties    (£8)

Using a party theme to help children explore issues around inclusion, exclusion and how God welcomes them

• Resources for a five-day holiday club for primary-age children based on aunique approach to the parable of the Prodigal Son
  
  
• Explores feeling, language and responses around ‘being cool’, race,bigotry, exclusion and inclusion through the ‘Cool Party’, the ‘Pigs’ Party’and the ‘Welcome Party’
  
  
• Games, crafts, all-together activities, drama help children engage with themes
  
  
• Finishes with an all-inclusive performance and a ‘Welcome Party’Original idea created with and by children!

Be-Attitudes    (£8)

Helping children explore the fascinating, perplexing, upside-down nature of God’s love for us

• Helps children decode the revolutionary concepts in the Beatitudes and apply them to their own lives and situations
  
  
• Explores the Beatitudes by looking at the original word — and at its opposite
  
  
• Comprises ten sessions, including games, thinking times, discussion, drama…with ideas for a presentation at the end
  
  
• Created together with a group of estate kids from Hull

Zero to Hero    (£8)

Explores the themes of image and identity by looking at the difference between being a hero and being famous

• Looks at being a hero and being famous and explores their different characteristics
  
  
• Looks at Esther, David, Jesus and others as examples of heroes in the Bible
  
  
• Challenges youngsters to think about their own qualities and to identify what’s important to them
  
  
• Comprises ten sessions, each with six to eight different activities, that can be extended
  
  
• Uses groupwork, discussion, activities and games that won’t embarrass!
  
  
• Tried and tested with an existing youth group

Blue Games Kit    (£6)

Over 40 themed games in each Kit

Written and illustrated by Lesley and Neil Pinchbeck

• Suitable for children aged 6 to 11+
  
  
• Easy-to use, at-a-glance layoutincludes aims, what you need, how to play
  
  
• Game index, Bible index and theme index
  
  
• Photocopiable resource pages
  
  
• Includes games suitable for:a wide age-range, 3 to 13+,seasonal links, session openers

Plus – ‘Top Tips!’ on how to get the most out of your games

Red Games Kit    (£6)

Over 40 themed games in each Kit

Written and illustrated by Lesley and Neil Pinchbeck

• Suitable for children aged 6 to 11+
  
  
• Easy-to use, at-a-glance layoutincludes aims, what you need, how to play
  
  
• Game index, Bible index and theme index
  
  
• Photocopiable resource pages
  
  
• Includes games suitable for:a wide age-range, 3 to 13+,seasonal links, session openers

Plus – ‘Top Tips!’ on how to get the most out of your games

From the Ground Up by Kathryn Copsey (published by BRF)  (£7)

Explores the spiritual world of the child and the thinking underlying CURBS

The book is drawn from the experience of working with inner city children and looks at how each child is created in God’s image, the factors which damage this image, and offers practical suggestions as to how as children’s workers and churches we can begin to help restore the image. The book combines an exploration of the developmental needs of children with an understanding of their spirituality, believing that this is how we can enable children to grow into healthy, whole individuals.

CURBS Tool Kit    (£3)

A series of papers that set out the CURBS ethos and explore some of the issues underlying our approach to children

• Easy-to-read A3 sheets that look at the ‘cement’ - the issues that surround thework we do with children—all photocopiable
  
  
• Papers that look at issues such as self esteem, how to draw children out, creative thinking, urban issues, children’s spirituality…
  
  
• Papers that challenge us to think about our understanding of and approach to working with children – before we plunge in!
  
  
• Useful as discussion starters for group DIY training or in individual preparation for sessions with the children

OH LOOK! - in the street (£7)

Fostering a love of Bible stories alongside spiritual qualities of joy, amazement, satisfaction, security and laughter

• A resource for under 5s
  
  
• Each session based around a Bible story and a story about life on a typical urban street
  
  
• Includes stories, games, play and making, songs, rhymes and prayers...
  
  
• Opportunities to help children develop trust, confidence, self esteem and experience wonder and love as leaders  reflect God’s love and care