Carolyn Edwards is the Programme Lead for the BA in Mission and Ministry at Cliff College, Derbyshire. Sian Hancock is Coordinator and Tutor of Children, Youth and Family Ministry at Bristol Baptist College and a Young Victims' Advocate within Avon and Somerset.Sally Nash is the Director or Midlands Centre for Children's and Youth Ministry and a Researcher at the Centre for Paediatric Spiritual Care at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Too often decisions about ministry with children are devised around activities, allowing thinking about our actions to take a back seat. Thinking and re-thinking in this area is vital! In this useful collection of essays, voices from diverse perspectives make clear issues which surely invite reflection and deep change.

• 1. Introduction. 2. Train Driver - Growing through experience. 3. Teddy Bear - Holding the whispers shared in the dark. 4. Facebook Friend - Socialisation, socialising and social networking. 5. Gracious Grandparents - Working with families. 6. Clown and Fool - Fun and play. 7. Console Champion - Playing with technology. 8. Events Manager - Big dreams and nuts and bolts. 9. Hoody - Spiritual direction, silence and prayer. 10. Favourite Teacher - Learning the tenets of our faith. 11. Family Picnic - Intergenerational working. 12. Superhero - Advocate and Idol. 13. Hard-nosed Head Teacher - Love with boundaries. 14. Falling Leaf Catcher - Awe and Wonder.

Carolyn Edwards is the Programme Lead for the BA in Mission and Ministry at Cliff College, Derbyshire. Sian Hancock is Coordinator and Tutor of Children, Youth and Family Ministry at Bristol Baptist College and a Young Victims' Advocate within Avon and Somerset.Sally Nash is the Director or Midlands Centre for Children's and Youth Ministry and a Researcher at the Centre for Paediatric Spiritual Care at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Too often decisions about ministry with children are devised around activities, allowing thinking about our actions to take a back seat. Thinking and re-thinking in this area is vital! In this useful collection of essays, voices from diverse perspectives make clear issues which surely invite reflection and deep change.

• 1. Introduction. 2. Train Driver - Growing through experience. 3. Teddy Bear - Holding the whispers shared in the dark. 4. Facebook Friend - Socialisation, socialising and social networking. 5. Gracious Grandparents - Working with families. 6. Clown and Fool - Fun and play. 7. Console Champion - Playing with technology. 8. Events Manager - Big dreams and nuts and bolts. 9. Hoody - Spiritual direction, silence and prayer. 10. Favourite Teacher - Learning the tenets of our faith. 11. Family Picnic - Intergenerational working. 12. Superhero - Advocate and Idol. 13. Hard-nosed Head Teacher - Love with boundaries. 14. Falling Leaf Catcher - Awe and Wonder.