Kidshaper UK (12-14 November, 2009) will change your mindset of kid's ministries. It will be both inspirational and inormative, impacting both you and your kid's ministry.

We have sourced some of the best local and global kid's leaders and communicators - people who are constantly developing new and fresh aproaches to kid's ministry. This conference includes keynote sissions, worship and practical seminars.

Kidshaper UK is for kid's workers and leaders, kid's pastors, RE teachers and those involved in school assemblies and kid's clubs. If you have a passion to see kids saved and discipled, with God's hand forever imprinted on their lives, this event is for YOU!

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What is Kidshaper?

Kidshaper conference started in Australia, and has become one of Australia's leading children's ministry conferences.

Kidshaper exists to:

• - Facilitate an apostolic network of like-minded people, united by the cause of children, not by denomination
• - Create an environment that brings engagement and hope, that each individual can make a difference
• - Train and inspire the local church in reaching their children
• - Train and inspire the local church to train and inspire others
• - Investing into Kid's Ministry in Europe

Keynote Speakers

Rob Bradbury

Rob Bradbury is passionate about reaching the children of Australia with the gospel. Rob and his team are currently seeing God do incredible things in the heart of the city and in schools around Melbourne. You will be challenged, inspired, and equipped, and quite possibly laugh a little on the way.

Rob and his wife Assunta are the Families and Children’s Pastors at Planetshakers City Church, Melbourne. Rob is the National Director of Kids R Us and the creator of "4" Curriculum.

Andrew Shepherd

Andrew Shepherd has been involved in children’s ministry for over 25 years. He is an Executive Minister of Edge Church International. He also lead and oversees the children’s ministry of the church, Edge Kidz.

Andrew has also recently been appointed the Kids R Us State Director for South Australia. Andrew has a heart to evangelize children and train & inspire teachers across Australia. He has a vision to lift the profile of children’s ministry in Australia and overseas.

Mark Griffiths

Mark Griffiths is author of ‘Fusion’, ‘Impact’, ‘Detonate’ and ‘Don’t Tell Cute Stories – Change Lives’. He spent twelve years as a local church children’s pastor, five of which he combined with working for the Assemblies of God National Children’s Team. He joined the Church of England in 2002 and for the past three years has overseen the children’s ministry for the New Wine Conference in Newark. From summer 2008, Mark has overseen the kid’s ministry for the New Wine Conference in Shepton Mallet.

Mark lectures on Christian Education at St. John’s College, Nottingham as well as speaking at various other national and international events. Mark has completed his PhD in Child Evangelism with Nottingham University, and in his spare time is a curate in the Oxford Diocese!

Kobus van Rensburg

Kobus van Rensburg has been a practising Clinical Psychologist for the past 17 years. He worked for many years as a Child Psychologist, with special interest in Creative Therapies, before taking up a post in a specialist team supporting young people with developmental conditions such as Aspergers Syndrome and ADHD during their transition from childhood to adulthood. He has presented at many national conferences on transitional issues and also has experience of working in Adult Mental Health and Learning Disability Services.

Also speaking at Kidshaper UK 2009 are...

Paul Bristow

Paul Bristow is the director of Specialist Ministries and Children's Pastor at King's Church International, based in Slough, Berkshire, UK.

In 2001 Paul and his wife Julie launched Kidz Klub for Slough and Windsor. Kidz Klub Slough has grown to become one of the larger Kidz Klub's in the UK and sees a regular attendance of 300 with 1,000 children visited each week. Paul also provides apostolic oversight of the children's ministry of Filadelfia Church in Robertson, near Cape Town, South Africa. This ministry is currently reaching 150 children each week among the poor farming community, with plans to continue expansion in the area.

Since 2006 Paul has been overseeing the annual UK G12 Kids Conference.

Gillian Saunders

Gillian served God amongst children in Italy for 13 years. Setting up children's ministries, developing practical support schemes and financing workers are all key roles that Gillian has undertaken with enthusiasm and dedication.

On returning to the UK, Gillian worked as a part of the national Assemblies of God mission's team, World Ministries, until 2006. During this time Gillian developed a special bond with the Philippines and is still actively involved with children's ministry both there and in Italy. She is now heading up the children's ministry at the Bridge Church, Bolton, encouraging, supporting, equipping and mentoring the children, children's workers and leaders.

David Ritchie

David Ritchie is the Youth and Children's Pastor at Fraserburgh Community Church in the North East of Scotland, where he has lived all his life. In 1996 David and his team launched Power House Kids Club, which has consistently attracted 150-200 children every Friday night, from a town with a child population of around 1200. In January 2007 he was appointed in charge of 'serious4kids' - Elim's National Children's Department. David is married to Elizabeth and has three beautiful children: Bethany, Daniel and David.

Rick Otto

Rick Otto has been a Children's Pastor for the last 5 years and is based in Manchester, as part of the Church he grew up in as a Kid! He and his wife Claire have a passion to see God move through the boys and girls of this nation. Rick is also involved with leading children's ministry for the New Wine North and East Summer conferences.

John and Christine Santostefano

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, John and Christine have been involved with children and youth of all ages. They are missionaries with the Australian AOG and John is an ordained Pastor. John served as Kid's Pastor with Christine at Yarra Plenty Christian Centre in Melbourne for 10 years. They have developed innovative programs and ways of thinking that have revolutionised kids ministry to both church and community kids. This has been outworked in local, international and cross-cultural settings.

Currently John and Christine are working with Next level International, alongside churches throughout Europe to train, develop and cast vision amongst leaders and church planters in all aspects of kids ministry.

Conference Location

• The Welcome Centre
• 47a Parkside
• Coventry CV1 2HG
• www.thewelcomecentre.co.uk

Registration Information

To register:

• Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• or
• Phone John on 07726121151

Full Registration

• £75 GBP per person (This fee includes all morning teas, lunches and suppers)
• *Early Bird registration is £65 GBP per person on or before September 30^th

Day Rates

• £45 GBP (Friday Only)
• £35 GBP (Saturday Only)

Further Registration Information

• - Registration opens at 5pm Thursday, 12^th November
• - First session begins at 7pm (Thursday)
• - Conference finishes approximately 3:30pm on Saturday, 14^th November

Places are limited and will be granted on a 'first come, first served' basis.

Program Information

Thursday, November 12^th, 2009

• 5:00pm Registration
• 7:00pm Keynote 1

Friday, November 13^th, 2009

• 9:00am Registration/Coffee
• 9:30am Keynote 2
• 10:45am Morning Tea
• 11:15am Keynote 3
• 12:30pm Lunch
• 1:30pm Seminar 1
• 2:30pm Seminar 2
• 3:30pm Afternoon Tea
• 4:00pm Free Time/Connect Time
• 7:00pm Keynote 4

Saturday, November 14^th, 2009

• 9:00am Registration/Coffee
• 9:30am Keynote 5
• 10:45am Morning Tea
• 11:15am Seminar 3
• 12:00pm Seminar 4
• 12:45pm Lunch
• 1:45pm Keynote 6

Contact Information

For more information and a registration form:

• John Santostefano
• Children's Ministry Development Director
• Next Level International
• Phone: 024 7664 3415 ext 218
• Click on the 'Event Registration' tab above
• or
• Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Accommodation Information

Hotel Ibis Coventry Central

Mile Lane, Coventry, CV1 2LN

Tel: (+44) (0)24 7625 0500

Fax: (+44) (0)24 7655 3548

Britannia Hotel Coventry

Fairfax Street, Coventry, CV1 5RP

Tel: 081 222 0095

Fax: 0871 222 7709