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A Charter for Children's Work

If your church has yet to take the issue of children's work seriously, you may be interested in the following "Charter for Children".

• The Church will welcome you.
• The Church will accept and value you.
• The Church will work to meet your needs.
• The Church will be Christ-like in its approach to you.
• The Church will nurture you in faith and worship.
• The Church will provide you with appropriate teaching.
• The Church will offer you relevant worship.
• The Church will encourage you to serve others.
• The Church will endeavour to provide you with a sense of community.
• The Church will support you in sharing the Good News of Christ in word and deed.

Written by the Children's Committee, Diocese of Blackburn, 1997.

© The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, 2001