All Blog articles – Page 13
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BlogCoronavirus: How to minimise family tensions
Coronavirus has resulted in schools closing and many people going into self-isolation. Ruth Jackson spoke to Tim Alford, national director of Limitless (the youth ministry of Elim Pentecostal Church) whose family is currently in self-isolation due to his wife, Jen, displaying symptoms of the Coronavirus. To hear more from Tim on how to support young people and reach out into our communities at this difficult time, check out our social media sites @ycwmag
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BlogChildren's ministry at home: settling into a new 'normal'
The spread of Coronavirus means that for parents, with children out of school and churches having to make the difficult decision to close while we isolate, there's a new 'normal' to settle into. Here, Dema Kohen from We Are Kidmin offers up some of his top tips for practising children's ministry at home.
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BlogParenting for faith: coaching children through a pandemic
Parenting for Faith hosted a Facebook Live this week in light of the news about COVID-19, and pioneer Rachel Turner shared helpful tips for parents to coach kids through the pandemic spiritually and emotionally. Here, we republish a blog from Parenting for Faith based on Rachel's top hints and tricks.
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BlogFive ways to celebrate Mother's Day in isolation
We know that Mother’s Day is often a tricky time for churches. We want to mark the day in celebration, but for many it can be a painful reminder of loss, heartache or difficulty. Others can feel excluded from a narrative focused on birth mothers. Some individuals avoid church on Mother’s Day. And that’s all without also having COVID-19 to contend with.
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BlogCoronavirus: how the prayers of small children can make a big difference
We are living in unprecedented times. Advice around Coronavirus seems to be constantly changing and people are understandably fearful about the future. A Christian paediatrician shares some of his thoughts about what we can do to keep children and young people updated and safe.
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BlogTeaching girls to be Fierce for Jesus
Premier’s Regional Producer and Coordinator for Central England, Rachel Matthews, spoke to Grace Wheeler, Head of Evangelism at Youth for Christ and the mastermind of FIERCE, a one day event for 13 to 18 year old girls, about how we can help teenage girls to understand how they can be positively FIERCE for Jesus, while managing the negative influences of social media.
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BlogFilm review: The Call of the Wild
If you're looking for ideas of what to do with the kids this very cloudy weekend, why not hop down to the cinema? In honour of World Book Day this week, Heather Riley reviews The Call of the Wild - based on a novel about love and self discovery.
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BlogWorld Book Day
It’s not just kids who get to enjoy World Book Day, so we asked the YCW team what some of their favourite books are and what fancy dress takes their fancy…
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BlogEating Disorders Awareness Week: How we can help young people struggling with eating disorders
Elizabeth McNaught was diagnosed with anorexia at 14 and spent periods of her teenage years in hospital and community care. Now a doctor, Elizabeth has told her story in Life hurts: a doctor’s personal journey through anorexia. She spoke to YCW editor, Ruth Jackson, about looking out for the signs and gives practical ideas for helping young people.
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BlogTalking to children about Ash Wednesday
Lent is a time of solemn preparation and reflection, as we look forward to Easter and the celebrations of Jesus’ resurrection. The season mirrors the time Jesus spent in the desert praying, fasting and being tempted by the devil. Much of what we do during Lent revolves around repenting and saying sorry for what we have done wrong, as well as giving things up that we won’t do or eat again until Easter.
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Links from March 2020 issue
Growing Together Session 2 – Deborah Creative response and prayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQk7bx09jYM Journeying Together Session 4 – Lydia Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFntFdEGgws&feature=youtu.be
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