You will hear more about Kids Friendly throughout the year. Kids Friendly is the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand 's response to AC Neilson research "Attracting New Zealanders to spiritual life". It recognizes the vital contribution children and families make to healthy congregations; and it seeks to assist churches intentionally minister to children (0-12 years) and families by providing resources, advice, encouragement, training and coaching.
For St Ronan's to become branded Kids Friendly we are now forming a temporary Dream Team which will do a Kids Friendly church review (4-6 meetings of about 1 ½ hours each). We will assess how Kids Friendly we are in 10 areas and set goals to remedy any gaps. The wonderful part about doing all of this is that the end results will be a win-win for all of us as a church hopefully in 1-2 years.
June 2010 Update
We would appreciate someone coming forward to be involved with us on a very important mission for St Ronan's. Who wants to make St Ronan's a better place?
Currently we are working on the VISION and MISSION STATEMENTS. We want to know: What do we want children to experience at our church?; How do we want our Kids Friendly church to feel, sound, look?; and, What is the strategic plan to provide intentional children's ministry to children of our church and our community?
Contact Phil Benge or Susan Connell if you can help or have some ideas.