Who is Blaze?

Blaze the Bee helps children and families in congregations right across PCI explore how God is at work in the world and what it means for them to be a global disciple, doing what they can to play their part in God’s global mission.

This includes learning about, and praying for, global mission workers, God’s church around the world and a Christian approach to big issues like creation care. 

Each congregation has been provided with a Blaze character (cuddly toy) for use in children’s addresses and other activities such as Sunday school or uniformed organisations. You will know best where Blaze fits and will have most impact in the particular shape of your congregation’s children’s ministry.

Read Ruth Bromley's blog Introducing Blaze the Bee to find out more.

2024 Blaze Prayer Calendar

Blaze has been helping us to learn about what it means to be a global disciple. This year we want to encourage children, leaders and families to think about how we can pray for global mission around the world.

Blaze has prayer ideas for our global mission workers in PCI. Each month, a new global mission worker will be highlighted and we will share prayer points from them to help children, families and the whole congregation to pray for the work they are involved in.

The ideas are on a downloadable calendar to distribute to everyone in your congregation. There are also PowerPoint slides to use in announcements and/or all-age slots in church.

Pray for us. Pray that God will give us an opportunity to tell people his message. Pray that we can preach the secret truth that God has made known about Christ. Colossians 4:3 ICB

April 2024 Prayer Points

Derek and Jane French began serving with Grupos Bíblicos Unídos (GBU) in 2007. GBU is a Christian student organisation affiliated to the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. They are based in Bilbao in northern Spain.

The work of GBU principally involves evangelism among students and the discipling of Christian students. GBU’s vision is to reach all non-Christian students with the gospel and to develop student leadership which, in the future, should contribute to the growth of evangelical churches in Spain. Derek and Jane are excited to be actively involved in a new project with the publishing branch of GBU (Andamio). The project aims to provide resources for Sunday school teachers, youth leaders and devotional materials for children and teenagers.

They are also involved in local church ministry in Bilbao, serving in the Bilbao International Church (BIC) and working alongside the local Spanish church.

Derek and Jane have two children, Gabriela and Luka, who go to local schools in Bilbao.

• Pray for Andamio Kids, the Christian Publishing Company as they select, translate, print and distribute books and resources for kids, Sunday School teachers and parents. The latest book they have published is for young kids and it is called “Jax’s Tail Twitches: When you are Angry”. This is a book that teaches kids how God can help them when they are feeling angry. They learn about the power of saying sorry, seeking forgiveness, remembering God’s words and praying together.  
• Pray for the Bilbao International Church Sunday School. Currently they are learning about who Jesus is, through the Gospel of Luke. Pray that those who already know Christ will grow in their relationship with him and for those who maybe don’t yet know Christ, that they would come to faith in him.  
• Pray for Gabriela and Luka. Gabriela sings in the worship group and helps out with Sunday School and Luka does the PowerPoint and the sound system in church. Pray that they would grow in their personal walk with God. 
• Pray for the ministry with International Students in Bilbao International Church. Give thanks for those that meet up for 1-2-1 Bible studies and get involved in the church. Pray that God would use each one of them to be a witness for him as they return to their home countries after spending time in Bilbao.

Creating a buzz …

We will regularly be making materials and resources available be used in conjunction with the Blaze character. They will be made available at several times throughout the year, offering simple and readily usable outlines to give a child-friendly window on a variety of aspects of global mission.

To download our resources to introduce Blaze as a global disciple in your children’s ministry check the downloads section in the right hand menu.

Digital Dispatches

When Blaze travels to visit one of PCI’s global mission workers, they record a digital dispatch to document the visit. These digital dispatches also come with a children’s address idea, children’s ministry extension activities and ideas for families to do together at home.

You can watch the latest dispatch below and accompanying resources can be found in the downloads section.

Other Dispatches

All the previous dispatches can be found here on our Vimeo channel and you can download the accompanying resources below.

Summer in Nepal with Helen Johnston (2023): Children's Address; Children's Activity Ideas; Ideas for Families; Photos for Children's Activities.

Spring in Romania with Rosie Kennedy (2023): Children's Address; Children's Activity Ideas; Ideas for Families.

Harvest in Kenya with Naomi Leremore (2022): Children's Address; Children's Activity Ideas; Ideas for Families.