Resources

Our resource titles are intended to equip those involved in ministry or leadership of churches, children's and young people's groups, house groups, schools work and all who are actively involved in the life of the church. They are grouped as: Children and Youth, Christian Life, Clubs, Evangelism, Groups, Schools, Administration.

Some of our new and best-selling titles at the moment are:

Champion's Challenge - holiday club programme

Champion's Challenge is a five-day holiday club with a sports theme. It tells stories from Jesus' life and ministry: the story of two builders, Jesus healing the army officer's servant, the feeding of 5,000, the crucifixion and the resurrection. The programme contains up-front presentation and fun, drama, games, craft, small-group Bible discussion, puzzles, songs and more - everything needed to build a successful holiday club programme.

Price: £9.99
Champion's Challenge DVD - holiday club resource

Join Larry Spiniker as he gets the story behind Jesus and his team in this action-packed DVD. Encounter Jesus during the first-century sport scene and meet all the main characters in this wonderful story! Supports the Champion's Challenge holiday club resource material.

Price: £19.99
Matchday Programme activity book - for Champion's Challenge

Matchday Programme is full of Bible text, activities and space for children to record their personal bests. Buy this great accompaniment to your holiday club and give your children a book they will enjoy, learn from and keep.

Price: £1.99
SUbstance volume 1 (Creation!) - Ten Bible-based sessions for your 14 to 18 youth group

SUbstance is a new and fresh modular youth discipleship resource for 14-18 year olds. This easy-to-use and highly adaptable leaders guide will help users create gripping sessions that will enable a youth group to delve into the Bible. Sessions that will encourage and challenge, engage and equip, allow for times of quiet reflection and loud debate, laughter, in-depth Bible study and soul searching yet with practical application. Volume 1 contains modules on Creation and Christian life.

Price: £9.99
Distinctly welcoming - Christian presence in a multifaith society

Do you or your church lack confidence in reaching out to those of different backgrounds? Here is a clear, practical guide to the core issues and challenges facing churches in their engagement with those of other faiths.

Price: £8.99
Top Tips on Prompting Prayer

Practical help for those who find it a struggle helping others to pray or who just want to be more effective. There are plenty of fresh ideas and true stories, things to think about and challenges to provoke action, knowing that God loves to talk with us.

Price: £2.99
Relationships

For good or bad, our lives are shaped by our relationships with other people. How can we make the most of our encounters, both with those who inspire us and those we find difficult?
Part of the Wise Traveller series, this devotional anthology places original reflections alongside classic Christian writings on this theme, to resource those seeking to enrich their spiritual journey. Normal price £2.99.

Price: £2.00
Target Challenge

Eight sessions for a midweek club or special event for children aged 5 to 11 - a Scripture Union eye level clubs programme. Meet David, the shepherd boy, warrior, songwriter and king in this programme designed to help children meet with God. The follow up to the holiday club programme Champion's Challenge. Supported by DVD.

Price: £9.99
Target Challenge DVD

Six episodes (5-8 minutes each) from the early life of David from the original SU video David the shepherd king. The Target Challenge programme can run without the DVD but is enhanced by it.

Price: £9.99
Top Tips on Sharing Bible Stories - practical pointers for anyone working with children and young people

Jesus told stories to crowds of people. Some understood and responded, some were puzzled and some were offended. That's the effect stories can have! Storytelling is a vital tool for anyone working with children and young people, and this book explores what the Bible says about storytelling, presents some basic principles and then gives loads of examples.

Price: £2.99
Top Tips on Communicating God in non-book ways - practical pointers for anyone working with children and young people

Be challenged to use differing ways of introducing children and young people to God, coupled with the vital place of relationship-building.

Price: £2.99
Loss

Loss, in all its forms, seems to characterise the human experience. It breaks us and re-shapes our lives in ways we would not choose. What can help us survive this process, even when we’ve no hope left inside?
Part of the Wise Traveller series, this devotional anthology places original reflections alongside classic Christian writings on this theme, to resource those seeking to enrich their spiritual journey. Normal price £2.99.

Price: £2.00
Happiness

We all want to be happy, but lasting fulfilment often eludes us. How do we know what to aim for? Is happiness really possible or desirable?
Part of the Wise Traveller series, this devotional anthology places original reflections alongside classic Christian writings on this theme, to resource those seeking to enrich their spiritual journey. Normal price £2.99.

Price: £2.00
Lifebuilder: God and Man

Twelve Bible studies for groups or individual use which tell the 'big picture' story of God and humankind; an adventure from Genesis to Revelation!

Price: £3.99
Showstoppers!

Showstoppers! is a holiday club programme for 5 to 11s all about the creative arts. Discover God's great plan for salvation using drama, dance, music, photography and art and see what God did to make it possible for us to be his friends!

Price: £9.99
Showstoppers! DVD

A fantastic companion to the Showstoppers! holiday club programme, the Showstoppers! DVD is packed with extra resources for your club: storytelling episodes to open up the Bible stories to children, theme songs for the club, downloadable resources, and a training feature to use with your team.

Price: £19.99
Groundbreaker

'...it's a way to unpack the Scripture and get the facts plugged into men. Helpfully, it uses masculine language and a masculine approach, ie short sentences and blunt in places. Rather like men often speak!' Groundbreaker is a magazine for men with real life stories about men and faith. Normal price £2.99.

Price: £1.49
Spadework - Laying foundations with 52 men from the Bible

Spadework addresses the issue of why men need to read the Bible to grow their faith and character... 52 character studies of men in the Bible with Carl Beech's thoughts on relating the Bible character to modern-day men. Normal price £7.99.

Price: £6.99
The 'I am' sayings of Christ

Jesus made some sweeping claims for himself - outrageous but true! This study guide examines the 'I am' statements, mainly from the Gospel of John. What do these dramatic claims tell us about the power and character of Jesus? And how might that impact our lives each day?

Price: £3.99
Christmas Wrapped Up

Christmas is all wrapped up with this resource book, combining years of Scripture Union experience to create top-quality materials to help you get the most out of Christmas. Contains all-age services, party outlines, craft and games and much more, most of which is photocopiable. Normal price £9.99.

Price: £8.49
More Christmas Wrapped Up!

More Christmas Wrapped Up! is packed full of service ideas, dramas, songs, rhymes and raps, quizzes, assembly outlines, crafts and games to help you make the most of Christmas in your Church, children’s groups, local schools and clubs. Follows on from the best-selling Christmas Wrapped up. Normal price £9.99.

Price: £8.49