All Blog articles – Page 19

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    November 2019 : Ready to use parable – Mr Clifford and the caretakers of calamity

    2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Registered users only: Download as a PDF here.

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    November 2019 : Ready to use music – Higher Love

    2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Registered users only: Download as a PDF here.

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    Joshua: Session 2

    2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To explore how God includes Rahab, an outsider, in his plans. 

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    Rahab: Session 2

    2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To think about how Rahab chose to trust God and live differently compared with those around her. 

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    Rahab: Session 2

    2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To explore with the children how, as Christians, we are sometimes called to stand out and be different from those around us in order to show God’s love and follow his ways. 

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    November 2019 : Ready to use movie – Stranger than Fiction (12)

    2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

    Registered users only: Download as a PDF here.

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    Joshua: Session 1

    2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To reflect on leadership and how we can be leaders like Joshua was to God’s people. 

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    Joshua: Session 1

    2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To discover that it’s OK to feel scared and that we can have courage because God is with us. 

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    Joshua: Session 1

    2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To explore how God encouraged Joshua before he led the Israelites on the final leg of their journey into the Promised Land. 

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    The greatest adventure

    2019-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Working with children and young people has its ups and downs. Ellie Hughes, founder of Riverbank Trust, reflects on her experience of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and considers what it has taught her about ministry with families

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    Why we’ve taken over a convent

    2019-09-27T00:00:00Z

    Did you hear the one about the youth workers who took over a convent? Let me tell you a story.

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    Links from October 2019 issue

    2019-09-25T00:00:00Z

    News - Mental health help (page 12)Conference on 26th Octoberhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sometimes-it-hurts-tickets-61640937704 Mental health check (page 30)For more information about pastoral care and structures, check out https://www.mindandsoulfoundation.org/Articles/245325/Mind_and_Soul/Articles/Pastoral_Care_Policy.aspx.

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    Revenge and love: Session 4

    2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To explore Jesus’ radical teaching about how we should treat those who wrong us. 

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    Love your enemies: Session 4

    2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To think about how we respond to bullies and explore God’s challenge to love one another. 

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    David and the good shepherd: Session 3

    2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To reflect on what it means to be shepherded by God, whatever we may be facing. 

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    David and the good shepherd: Session 3

    2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To learn that God is always with us – in good times and bad – and to provide an opportunity to think about cyberbullying.

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    Hannah and Peninnah: Session 2

    2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To explore relationships that cause us pain, and to discuss how we can respond to these.

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    Joseph and his brothers: Session 1

    2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To learn that God knows about everything we are going through, and to discover that bullying is never OK. 

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    Joseph and his brothers: Session 1

    2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

    MEETING AIM: To explore family tensions and how God can transform these.

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    Who do you think you are?

    2019-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Registered users only: Download as a PDF here. I’ve always disliked the question ‘Who do you think you are?’. It’s too black and white. Too final. Too blunt an instrument. It’s like asking patients to diagnose their own conditions. In mentoring, most people need subtler approaches ...