This commercial web site also provides some sample worship bulletins. It could help provoke some ideas for making your church bulletin more child-friendly.
From the web site: Children's Worship Bulletins provide constructive activities during worship while discouraging drawing on hymnals, offering envelopes, etc. Allows parents to fully participate in worship while kids learn from Scripture in a visual language they can understand.
This web site outlines a particular Lutheran congregation’s philosophy and theology of worship that includes children. While some of the material is specific to this particular congregation, much of it is inspiring and challenging for all congregational leaders that are interested in nurturing the faith of children.
From the web site: God's Children: Welcoming Children to Worship originated as a stewardship project in the congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. It was and is intended to encourage Trinity's families to contemplate the place and ministry of children in our midst. They, like us, are stewards of God's many gracious gifts. We want to emphasize our partnership with them in worship, learning and service. Welcoming Children provides a large collection of suggestions to enhance the worship life of both children and adults. It is our hope and prayer that this document will serve the church well. Moreover, it is our hope that this Web edition will assist other communities in their ministry as interested people "listen in" on our experience.
This commercial web site provides service bulletins for children. There are some samples on this page that may give you some ideas for your own creative ways to make your church's bulletin more child-friendly.
From the web site: Children's bulletins? These just may be the caulking for the gaps, the finishing touch in your Christian education or worship programs. They were designed to be given to kids as they come into the service, when their folks are handed their bulletins.
From the web site: Dedicated to the latest publication by Don Tapscott, this site deals with the influence of technology on society, youth, and the forces of transformation which are poised to emerge out of this trend.
This Web site is designed to serve as an online community, where all those interested in technology, youth, and social transformation can come to share their opinions, get feedback, or have a library of reference links which deal with topics of interest to them.
This web site promotes the book by Neil Howe and William Strauss, but there is much more here than ads. There are short excerpts from the book, but also essays and reviews, surveys, discussion forums, links and much more. If you are interested in generational theory and in particular working with the "millennial" generation (today’s teenagers), this site is worth a look.
This web site contains a number of excellent resources and information about working with Youth in a Christian context. Is very helpful for those involved in Youth ministry leadership in any denomination.
The official web site of the Presbyterian Youth Connection of The Presbyterian Church USA. On this site, you can subscribe to the PYC's e-mail lists, order print resources, and access a list of links. A good place to start when you want to know more about what youth in the PCUSA are up to.
An article by Wendy Murray Zoba looking at why "millennial" teenagers are forcing the church to rethink youth ministry.
The official web site of the Youth and Young Adult ministries office of the United Church of Canada. This site offers some resources and links and can provide details as to what is happening in youth and young adult ministry in the UCC. It could be a good place to get some new ideas.
This site provides information about current and up and coming mission trips for youth in The Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Youth In Mission's purpose is to provide and promote opportunities to involve youth and young adults in the mission and service of the church. It aims to provide exposure for these young people to new experiences, cultures, and people in a safe environment. In the entire process, YIM encourages personal growth and leadership development in youth and young adults and seeks to develop new ways of doing mission. We are a Presbyterian Church that has many good things going on in our world.