And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
2 Chronicles 20:13 CEV

From David & Therese Goodwin

We are really excited to welcome you to 'REACH 2008' There is an urgency about this conference because now is the time, more than ever before, that we must be reaching children for Christ.

We have keynote and workshop speakers who have proven effectiveness in reaching children from all ages, areas, backgrounds and cultures, using a huge number of different methods.

his conference is a inter-denominational conference with a great coming together of many people in children's ministry. We hope you and your whole team can come so you will be blessed, encouraged and resourced.

Blessings
David & Therese

Programme Outline

Electives Schedule

Electives Session 1

• Connecting the Bible To The Real World - Marty Scheib
• Gospel Magic - Tony Collis
• Discovery Teaching (Primary) - David Goodwin
• Advanced Puppetry - Simon Hood and Mal Heap
• Reaching Intermediate Age - Mike Buckley
• Ministering To The Family All At The Same Time - Tammy Tolman
• Ideas For Reaching Junior Primary Age Children - Lyn Anderson
• Ideas For Working With Preschoolers - Diane Parker

• Evangelism - Marty Scheib
• Storytelling - Jill Kayser
• How to Lead A Child To Jesus - David Goodwin
• Contributing To the Max7 Project - Simon Hood and Mal Heap
• The Key Pieces for Effective Ministry To Children - Tammy Tolman
• How to Lead Children Into The Presence Of God - Brendon & Cathie Clancy
• Reaching Children of the Community (Neighbourhood Outreach Clubs) - Yvonne Fletcher
• How to set up a trust in order to get grants - Kevin Simmonds

• Helping Children to Understand the Message of Salvation - Pam Brooking
• Community Outreach - Jill Kayser
• Increasing What Kids Can Retain! - Tammy Tolman
• Song Writing - Brendon Clancy
• Children and Their Own Unique Code - Karen Steward
• Reaching Children Through Camps - Ian Fletcher
• Craft for Children’s Ministry - Leanne Heyblom

And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 2 Chronicles 20:13 CEV

2008 National Children’s Ministry Conference
Gateway Christian Centre
Hamilton
Thursday 22 - Sunday 25 May 2008

Kidsreach presents ...
2008 National Children’s Ministry Conference
Gateway Christian Centre
Hamilton
Thursday 22 - Sunday 25 May 2008
DOWNLOADS Conference Brochure (pdf) - printer freindly version of this page Registration Form (pdf) Registration Guide (pdf) Contact Kidsreach for more forms & details Page updated 25 March 2008
Kidsreach National Children’s Ministry Conference is an inter-denominational event that celebrates Children's Ministry and helps those who help kids. Thanks to major sponsors: Radio Rhema CBM

Keynote Guest Speaker: Simon Hood

Simon Hood is the Creative Director of the Australian creative children’s powerhouse, Logosdor (the makers of “Oasis” and the “Aim Lower” video). He and Waffle, aka Mal Heap who has a swag of puppeteering credits from Australian TV, have performed over 4000 times together on every continent (excluding Antarctica!).

Over the past 17 years they have performed and directed large scale stage productions and trained in creative children’s ministry in 18 different countries and multiple languages, for audiences ranging from 10 to 75,000!

Simon and Mal are currently working with the Logosdor team to help facilitate KidsGames and the Max7 project globally. Max7 is about providing a bank of great free resources for churches through a global partnership.

Speakers

Marty Scheib (OAC), Tony Collis (AOL), David Goodwin (Kidsreach), Simon Hood and Mal Heap (Logosdor), Mike Buckley (CBM), Tammy Tolman (Australia), Shashikant Christian (RUN), Lyn Anderson (CBM), Diane Parker (CBM), Pam Brooking (CEF), Penny Hood (Australia), Warrick Baty (Presbytarian), Brendon and Cathie Clancy (Australia), Jill Kayser (Kids Friendly), Yvonne Fletcher (CBM), Karen Steward (Gateway), Ian Fletcher (CBM), Kevin Simmonds (Elim) and Leanne Heyblom (Gateway).

Featuring

A wonderful facility with easy access and within walking distance to a large number of all types and grades of accommodation and eating places. Plenty of opportunity to network, huge displays of resources from Kidsreach, CBM, Sonshine Puppets and others. With denominational and common interest network meetings, and a special keynote for leaders under 22 you should plan now to bring your whole team for an uplifting and empowering conference. You need to be there.

Pastoral Counselling of Children

Monday 26 to Thursday 29 May

Immediately following the Kidsreach Conference (Monday 26 to Thursday 29 May), Kidsreach is hosting a part of the Children's Ministry Diploma, an in-depth teaching on counselling children. This specialist four day course is designed to equip children's pastors, care workers, foster parents, school teachers and those in ministry to children. It will show those in Christian Ministry can and must develop a professional approach when dealing with children with deep needs. Children are body, soul & spirit. Christian workers must never forget the spiritual needs of children, but must also not ignore the emotional hurts. Presented by David Goodwin, the course looks at skills and techniques of counselling children in order to equip children's pastors, counsellors, care workers, parents and those in ministry to children. This course covers major issues related to counselling children who suffer from grief, neglect, abuse and trauma. It encompasses the whole counselling process including: the counselling relationship, listening skills, counselling techniques and bringing counselling to a conclusion. Particular attention is paid to the role of the Holy Spirit in Counselling and identifying how Jesus engaged with people. Delegates can apply to come to just day one of the course: An Introduction to Counselling - where many of the concepts and ideas will be introduced. The remaining days of the course will cover the subjects and counselling process in detail.

Stuff You Need to Know

• Venue is Gateway Christian Centre, 950 Victoria St, Hamilton.
• Starts Thursday 22 May 8pm & finishes Sunday 25 May 12 noon.
• Register by 1 May for early-bird and group discounts. See registration form for details.
• You are responsible for your own accommodation. A list of motels all within 5-15 minutes walk is included with your registration form.
• We can assist “singles” who wish to share accommodation with other “singles” - details on registration form. Book by 1 May.
• Morning and afternoon teas are provided; however, all meals are your own responsibility.
• Free shuttles will be provided from and to both Hamilton and Auckland Airports for those who are arriving by air. But you must book by 1 May to secure your seat. After that date, you’ll need to make your own arrangements. Flights to Auckland are more frequent and may be cheaper than Hamilton. Book now.
• Young people (secondary school ages) working in children's ministry are very welcome to attend (see special Youth fees). There’s a Keynote session especially with you in mind, and other keynotes and workshops will suit as well.

... More on the registration form (pdf)

Why You Must Come to Conference

Here are just a few reasons why you should come to the Kidsreach 2008 National Children’s Ministry Conference.

• Inspiring keynote messages.
• Huge number of workshops from NZ and overseas speakers.
• Fun, fellowship and networking with hundreds of children’s ministry workers.
• Resources galore covering every aspect of children’s ministry.
• You’ll get to meet leaders of various children’s ministry organisations and churches.
• The most important reason - you will be refreshed, inspired and blessed!

There really is no reason why you shouldn't come!