Kidsreach is an inter-denominational Christian organisation with a mission to train, resource, equip and encourage people who minister to children.
Training

Kidsreach New Zealand offers a wide range of training opportunities. There's something to suit everyone - those who help with Sunday children's programmes, .....

Tertiary Studies
Kidsreach is near to completing arrangements with the Bible College of New Zealand to work with them to bring a range of tertiary, NZQA approved courses to New Zealand students. More detrails early in 2007.

Children's Ministry Intensives - Professional Development

We've a range of 4-day professional developemt programmes

Pastoral Care of Children and their Families
We live in a changing world. Nothing has changed more in the last few decades than the structure of families. Many families and children cannot cope with these changes. If you want to help the children, you have to help the families of those children ... more

Developing Faith in Children
This course examines the Faith Development Stages in Children and how to nurture faith in children through their different development and spiritual stages ... more

  Theology of Children
An overview of the Bible to see what it says about children and children’s ministry. Look at some significant historical events that have given rise to the modern evangelical Sunday School or Children’s Ministry as we know it today ... more
  Children's Ministry Skills and Dynamics
Working in Children’s Ministry is both exciting and rewarding, and you have an opportunity to be inspiring and influential in the lives of the children you minister to. This course will improve your ability to be both, by upskilling you across many areas ... more
 

Other Courses are being developed - titles include:

  • Pastoral Counselling of Children
  • Contemporary Strategies to reach children
  • Leadership in children’s ministry
  • Ministry to children and their families in a Multicultural Society
Children's Ministry Seminars
In each "day-long" Children's Ministry Seminar, David Goodwin covers five essential subjects for all children's teachers, ministry workers and religious education teachers. It's a six-hour training program in a format that is fun and easy to listen to, yet highly productive training. Most 'seminars' are held from 9am to 4pm Saturday ... more
SPEC
Training in establishing Safety & Protection Procedures and Empowering Children ... more
High Five
Children are often the silent sufferers in a divorce. Long after parents have moved on children can still be coming to terms with the enormous changes that have taken place in their lives. Kidsreach can assist in establishing High Five programmes ... more