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Children's Ministries

Beulah Plunkett

Beulah Plunkett is a former lecturer from the University of Birmingham, where she lectured in Social and Child Development Psychology before taking up her post as Sabbath School Director at the North England Conference in 2008 and Children's Ministries Director in 2010.

Beulah has 25 years experience lecturing in Further Education and Higher Education, and has been a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church for 23 years, and a Lay preacher for 12 years.  Beulah has utilised her expertise in Teacher training, Child development and Counselling to support church members in their ministry. This is her mission as she serves the Lord.

The Children's Ministries Department

NEC CHILDREN MINISTRIES VISION:  'Children Growing in Christ'

Goals of the NEC Children's Ministries Department 2011

1.Hold Children’s Ministry Days across the six areas of the North England Conference and promote the needs of children and the way in which the church through its departments can nurture the spiritual development of children.

2. Deliver training for Children’s Ministries leaders, teachers, and teams across the six areas of the North England Conference, and promote KID and CORE skills training from the TED & BUC.

3.Develop resources that will enhance the Children’s Ministries work in the churches and communities.

4.Identify the spiritual needs of the children within the NEC and seek to support those needs being met through the Children ministries teams in the local churches.

 

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The mission of the Children’s Ministries Department is to nurture children into a loving, serving relationship with Jesus. We seek to fulfil this mission by developing:

  • Grace-oriented ministries, in which all children will experience the unconditional love of Jesus, find assurance of acceptance and forgiveness, and make a commitment to Him.
  • Inclusive ministries, in which the volunteers who minister and the children to whom they minister will be valued and involved regardless of race, colour, language, gender, age, abilities, or socio-economic circumstances.
  • Leadership ministries, in which volunteers are empowered, trained, and equipped for effective ministry to children.
  • Service-oriented ministries, in which children are given opportunity for hand-son service to people in their neighbourhood or city, thus, establish a pattern of outreach to others that may well continue through life.
  • Cooperative ministries, in which the department work with other ministries, such as family ministries, Sabbath School, stewardship, and others to further our shared goals.
  • Safe ministries, whereby our churches: a.) choose volunteers with high spiritual and moral backgrounds; and, b.) adopt safeguards to protect children from physical, emotional, and spiritual abuse and the church from liability.
  • Evangelistic ministries, in which children who are not enfolded in the church will be introduced to the love of Jesus through outreach programs such as: Vacation
  • Bible Schools, Children’s Branch Sabbath Schools, Neighbourhood Bible Clubs, and Story Hours.