Interactive Ministry Resources

Owen Shelley was passionate about Children's Ministry for over 60 years and worked as a Children's Missioner with Scripture Union for more than 30 years. He left us on the morning of Saturday 2nd August 2014, to be with his Lord and Saviour. He lived to serve Jesus and to share the good news of salvation to thousands of children throughout New South Wales and beyond. He is greatly missed by his 8 children, 21 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and all members of the family. He was commenting the night before he died how fortunate he had been that he has never lost any of his children. We have now lost him but are comforted by the knowledge that he is now with his Lord. Doctors believe that he died due to heart failure. He was 87. His beloved wife Daphne joined him in Heaven on Australia Day, 25th Jan 2018 (age 88).

In the last years of his life, he had partnered with his son, Stephen, to create ministry resources suitable for use in the new digital age. Stephen was a Christian school teacher for 11 years at a school in Sydney’s west and is now the Teacher Librarian at Sydney Girls High School where his role includes training teachers how to utilise technology with their classes. Together, they updated Owen's existing library of resources and produced new resources that have been designed to be used with data projectors and interactive whiteboards.

Owen never stopped being a light in the darkness. He was still working on their latest project, updating the A to Z of Ministry with Children, the night before he died. Stephen has subsequently completed this project in Owen's stead. Stephen started Shelley and Son so that Owen's skills, knowledge and insight in children's ministry would not be lost. He is so glad that they were able to produce so much while they still had time.

Owen's last contribution to Children's Ministry was to write a guide to telling Bible Stories. It was in the editing process when he passed away and he had been very keen to see it produced. We have now made it available here to view online or download: How to Tell Bible Stories by Owen Shelley.

Owen was also working on his autobiography. It is not complete but is an interesting read that takes you through his childhood into adulthood and his early ministry years. It is available here to view online or download: Life and Times an autobiography of Owen Shelley. 

At the end of his autobiography we have included some stories about his shenanigans shared by others that have travelled or ministered with Owen at one time or another. If you have anything interesting that you would like to contribute to this section, please email it to shelleyandson@hotmail.com.

From this site you can obtain the resources that Owen Shelley and his son Stephen have produced.

Products:  (click here to go to our online store)

                        Christmas: Set of 5 Talks with associated quiz games (includes 5 games)

                        People Jesus Met: Set of 6 Talks with associated quiz games (includes 6 games)

                        The Easter Story:   Set of 7 Talks with associated quiz games (includes 4 games)

                        The Life of Joseph: Set of 8 Talks with associated quiz games (includes 7 games)

                        The Life of Moses:  Set of 12 Talks with associated quiz games (includes 10 games)

                        The Life of Daniel: Set of 6 Talks with associated quiz games (includes 6 games)

                        Interactive Revision Quiz Games: Over 20 games which can be used to review 

                                                        lessons in an exciting way.  Use them with an Interactive

                                                        Whiteboard to bring the children into the action.

                        Interactive Memory Verses: Over 100 interactive memory verses.  Use them with an

                                                        Interactive Whiteboard to bring the children into the action.

                        A Storyteller's Guide to the Bible: This CD-Rom contains both 'A Storyteller's Guide

                                                        to the Old Testament' and 'A Storyteller's Guide to the Gospels'

                                                        in e-book format.

                        The A-Z of Understanding and Communicating Gospel Concepts:  Very practical

                                                        ways to convey the understanding of over 70 gospel concepts.

                         The A-Z of Ministry with Children: A practical guide to conducting children's ministry.

                        Chalk & Talk: Quick Sketching for Beginners: Step by step lessons in quick 

                                                        sketching. 

                        Puppetry resources: Puppet patterns, puppet play scripts and audio recordings.

                 Other resources: Owen Shelley resources available via other sites and           

                                                       organisations.

Sample Files - Free (down-loadable):

Simply download the files below for free sample files that demonstrate how our products work.

Stories:

The Saviour has come - Interactive talk: Aim is to teach the meaning of the word saviour within the context of Christmas (Storytelling Notes).

Peter's Denial - Interactive talk: Tell the story of Peter denying his association with Jesus before the crucifixion (Storytelling Notes).

Crucifixion - Interactive talk: Visual presentation based upon John's Gospel account (Storytelling Notes).

The Resurrection - Interactive talk: Visual presentation based upon Luke's Gospel account (Storytelling Notes).

Interactive Games:

Jesus Reveal Game - Interactive game: Can be used as an introduction to the stories of Jesus or as a revision quiz.

Interactive Memory Verses:

Genesis 1:1 - Exploding Stars memory verse: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 

John 14:6 - Jigsaw memory verse: Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me”.