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Help! There’s a Child in My Church!

Working with 7-11s.

Peter Graystoneis a writer and mission-thinker. Born on 7 July 1958 in Edgware, North London, he has lived since 1966 in South Croydon. He read English at Trinity College, Oxford, then took a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education at the Institute of Education in London.

He then taught briefly at Christ Church Primary School in Purley, before joining UK missionary society Scripture Union as a writer and editor. He was a pioneer of thinking about the place of children in church, and especially their reception to communion. He developed the long-running all-age worship resourceSALTand produced books includingHelp, There’s A Child in My Church(Scripture Union:1989) and (with Eileen Turner)A Church for All Ages(Scripture Union:1993). He also produced resources includingScarecrows(1988),The J Team(1990),You’re Only Young Once(1992) andReady Salted(1998).

He moved to UK aid agency Christian Aid to develop their resources for churches, producing365 Ways to Make a Difference[1] (Christian Aid:2005). At the same time he produced popular devotional texts includingSigns of the Times: Modern Icons and Their Meanings[2](Canterbury Press:2004),Detox Your Spiritual Life in 40 Days[3](Canterbury Press:2004),99 Things to do between here and Heaven[4](Canterbury Press:2006) andBe Happy: a 40 Day Journey to Contentment[5] (Canterbury Press:2009). In 2008 he wrote the Collins ‘Need to Know’ guide to Christianity [6](Collins:2008).

Peter Graystone is currently National Development Officer for Fresh Expressions for the Anglican missionary society Church Army.. In 2010 he was appointed Coordinator of the Christian Enquiry Agency

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