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ArticleOrange, yellow, red and white
Use this story as part of a God-time at home, or as a bedtime story. It can also be used alongside this month’s Together sessions.
You could learn the repeated refrain (in italics) before you read the story, encouraging the children to join in every time the refrain comes around. -
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ArticleSchool protests
We have seen a rise in protests happening at schools in various places around the country in the last few years. They have been organised for different reasons but all have at the centre the desire to see change, and each of them have been passionately fuelled.
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ArticleTo equip the saints
For many of us, leadership is a by-product of youth and children’s work. But we want to lead well, so each month we unpack an issue we face as leaders, and offer some guidance to traverse it.
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ArticleDigital safeguarding: staying safe online
Each month, the safeguarding experts at Thirtyone:eight help us to keep those in our care safe, as well as our policies and procedures sound.
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ArticleTackle persecution at the 2022 World Cup
Did you know that the last men’s football World Cup – held in 2018 in Russia – was watched by some 3.5 billion people worldwide? That’s more than half the world’s population!
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ArticleFinding Jesus as a Millennial
Christian YouTuber Jon McCray explains how his Big Conversation with Mikhaila Peterson shows why Millennials and Gen Z don’t get Christianity and what we can do to change it.
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ArticleA week in the life of John Prockter
John Prockter is a youth worker and charity leader in Shropshire, working with four charities in Bridgnorth and Telford. He shares with us his week, as he and his team seek to point young people towards Jesus.
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ArticleAn alternative to Halloween
Halloween literally means the evening before All Hallows’ Day or All Saints’ Day, a festival celebrated on 1st November each year. The name Halloween is a shortened version of All Hallows’ evening, celebrated on 31st October.
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ArticleBaby sea turtles
Legendary youth worker, Mark Oestreicher shares the wisdom he’s picked up from decades working with young people.
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ArticleSpotlight on Transforming Lives for Good
In Spotlight we feature a Christian charity or ministry that either directly serves children or youth in some way, or those aiming to support them, whether in a full-time, part-time or volunteer capacity.
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ArticleInterview with Donna Jennings
Around one percent of adults and children in the UK are on the autistic spectrum, meaning that they have a developmental disability that affects how they communicate and interact with the world. Donna Jennings was serving as a Christian worker with her husband in Bangladesh when it was clear that things were not well with their son, Micah. She explains how this turned their lives upside down and how her daughter Tabitha has written a book that helps children and adults understand the condition better.
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ArticleFrom our bookshelf
From time to time, books arrive at YCW Towers that may be of interest and value. Here are some that have arrived on the doormat that you may want to consider adding to your library.
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ArticleBlack children “vulnerable” because of stop and search
A senior pastor has strongly condemned the Metropolitan Police’s use of stop and search powers against black people.
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ArticleChristian charity turns up the volume
Christian charity Benefact Trust has awarded a grant of £67,000 to help a London charity support young people through music.
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ArticleHalf of teachers report feeling unqualified for sex-ed lessons
A new report claims that half of UK secondary school teachers do not feel confident about delivering lessons regarding sex and relationships.
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ArticleFundraising family “utterly blown away by God’s kindness”
The family of Hannah Montagu, a young Christian woman who is recovering from severe brain injuries, has told YCW they are completely “blown away” by the support people have shown to them.
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ArticleThird of teenagers believe in resurrection
According to a new study by Barna, a third of all teenagers believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
