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Sunday schools, tots groups and Messy Church sessions may have been cancelled but our Children, Youth and Families officers have been busy putting together some resources to keep children entertained.

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This week's theme is Mothering Sunday in English and Welsh, which are additions to last year's activities in English and Welsh.

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Visit our Children, Youth and Families Facebook pages for more links, resources and news.Swansea and Brecon YouthGreater BreconGreater GowerRadnor & Builth

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Pilgrimage at HomeThe purpose of a pilgrimage is to journey physically and spiritually to learn something more or new about God and about yourself as you journey. This Pilgrimage at Home may help you to physically move about your home as a family while learning more about God and the faith in your family. Pilgrimage at home can be done in a house or flat using the rooms you have and ignoring any instructions that are not relevant to your home. It can be done across a whole day or part of a day, you decide. There are some suggestion but please feel free to change or adapt anything to make it relevant to the age of the people living in your household.Group challenges for youth groups in self-isolationThe emphasis on these challenges is not to be the best, but the feeling of community and doing something together!Photography Challenges:Photograph something around the house beginning with every letter of the alphabetPhotograph something of every colour of the rainbowTake a photo that only has objects of one colourTake a close-up picture of somethingTake a photo in black and whiteArt Challenges – these can be limitless!! You can also find 30 day art challenges online, but here’s a few ideas to get you started:Do a drawing without taking the pen off the paperDraw/paint a self-portraitDraw a picture that is no more than 1inch tall/wideDraw/paint about something that inspires youDraw/paint something from your favourite bookInvent an imaginary friend and draw/paint themWorld Record Challenges – challenge the group to try and beat some silly world records:Most spoons balanced on the human body (79 to beat)How quickly can they eat 3 cream crackers (14.45 seconds to beat)Farthest distance to blow a pea (7.51m to beat)Farthest distance to throw a paper airplane (69.14m to beat)Tallest toilet paper tower in 30 seconds only touching one roll at a time (28 rolls to beat)Most underpants put on in 1 minute (18 to beat)Largest bubblegum bubble blown (50.8cm to beat)Most Smarties/M&Ms eaten with chopsticks (one at a time) in 1 minute (20 to beat)Most dominoes stacked in 30 seconds (48 to beat)Learn Something New Challenges:New language – e.g. DuolingoCrash Course – youtube.com/user/crashcourse (loads of subjects to pick from)Challenge everyone to learn as many digits of Pi as possible (there’s a song to help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HRkKznJoZA)Something physical – yoga, tai chi, Pilates, weight training (can be done with cans of beans!!), deep breathing/meditation (tutorials for all can be found online)Writing – do a mini-NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) where you set a word count and challenge them to write a story in that time frame, challenge them to write a poem every dayTed Talks – encourage them to watch a new Ted Talk each day (www.Ted.com)

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Other resources to help churches connect and stay connected with children and families

Open the Book

Guardians of Ancora

One Way UK

Godly Play UK