Trainer & Equipper
A Range of Opportunities
Exploring ways to grow your ministry with children, families and intergenerational settings? Gail is the ideal choice to come and facilitate training with church leaders, volunteers and anyone wanting to enhance their skills. Integrating theory and practice, she can guide you in context- based learning that makes a real difference.
Experience and expertise
Gail is an experienced trainer and public speaker, working across denominations and in a range of different contexts. She offers a range of training and equipping opportunities related to family and intergenerational ministry that support the church in growing its mission and ministry in these areas. Her style is creative and dynamic, drawing on theory and applying in practice. Every event includes space for participants to reflect on next steps in their own church and context.
Previous experience includes:
- Teaching ministers and ordinands as part of their equipping to go into ministry
- Developing and leading the family ministry short course at Cliff College in partnership with Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF)
- Equipping lay workers and upskilling in areas of family ministry, including approaches to intergenerational church, ministry with under 5s, nurturing faith at home
- Development of Children’s Ministry Essentials course together with ecumenical partners and Children’s Ministry Network (CMN), part of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI).
- Project manager for the development of Family and Intergenerational Essentials course with ecumenical partners and Children’s Ministry Network (CMN), part of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI). Launches online Autumn 2026.
- Regular training days, events, and conferences across The Methodist Church, Joined Up Conference, Hand in Hand Conference, CMN (Children’s Ministry Network), and ECCE (European Christian Children’s Education Conference).
- Planning, development and presenting live-streamed conferences for The Methodist Church on the topics of additional needs, faith at home and intergenerational church.
- Leading ‘Masterclass’ webinars with Messy Church on baptism and communion.
“Gail came and delivered some bespoke teaching for our first-year students in ministerial training, drawing on her many years’ experience of working with children and youth. Our students found Gail’s style engaging and appreciated her insights and the learning materials provided.”
Opportunities on offer
These training and equipping events can be delivered online or in person and tailored for specific audiences and cohorts.
There is flexibility to offer these at times that suit you and your organisation.
Training sessions can be combined or a specific programme tailored to suit your context. Please get in touch.
Children’s Ministry
Essentials & Family & Intergenerational
Essentials
Description:
All ten modules in each course that provide the foundations for ministry with children, families and intergenerational settings.
Timings:
Delivered as separate modules · Grouped – 3 or 4 modules in one day · Delivering the entire course over a blocked period of time.
Audience:
Volunteers, Sunday school teachers, toddler group leaders, lay workers and paid practitioners, church leaders.
Foundations for
family ministry:
Getting Started
Description:
Principles and practice for getting new ministry off the ground to engage with all kinds of families and households.
Timings:
90 minutes or half a day.
Audience:
Church leaders, lay workers, volunteers, ministry teams.
Foundations for
intergenerational
ministry: Getting
Started
Description:
Principles for growing ministry and engagement with people of all ages.
Timings:
90 minutes or half a day.
Audience:
Church leaders, lay workers, volunteers, ministry teams.
Connecting well with
families
Description:
Building relationships that lead to growth.
Timings:
90 minutes or half a day.
Audience:
Church leaders, lay workers, volunteers, ministry teams.
Connecting with
families during
Advent and Christmas
Description:
Exploring ways to engage with families during this season of the year.
Timings:
90 minutes or half a day.
Audience:
Church leaders, lay workers, volunteers, ministry teams.
Connecting with
families during Lent
and Easter
Description:
Exploring ways to support families grow through spiritual practices in Lent.
Timings:
90 minutes or half a day.
Audience:
Church leaders, lay workers, volunteers, ministry teams.
Growing in faith as
family
Description:
Exploring ways for families to grow in discipleship together at home.
Timings:
90 minutes or half a day.
Audience:
Church leaders, lay workers, volunteers.
Intergenerational
faith practices
Description:
Supporting the growth of faith and spirituality with people of all generations.
Timings:
90 minutes or half a day
Audience:
Church leaders, lay workers, volunteers.
Connecting with
schools
Description:
Bringing churches and schools together so mission and ministry can flourish.
Timings:
90 minutes or half a day.
Audience:
Church leaders, lay workers, volunteers, school workers, chaplains.
Nurturing faith at
home
Description:
Approaches to supporting families grow faith in their life together.
Timings:
90 minutes or half a day.
Audience:
Families and households, parents, carers and grandparents.
Bespoke training
Description:
Tailored training sessions depending on need and context.
Timings:
any.
Audience:
Any.
Gail’s Book
The Essential Guide to Family Ministry
A comprehensive foundation for those working in the increasingly complex and diverse area of ministry with families, Family Ministry presents an overview of contemporary family life, sets out the principles that underpin this work and offers strategic and practical approaches to working with families.
An essential read for all who are involved in this field and passionate about seeing God’s kingdom come in families, churches and communities.
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