All Blog articles – Page 36
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BlogThe Ten Commandments: Session 3
Meeting aim: To consider why God gave rules to his people and how they still help us today.
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BlogThe Passover: Session 2
Meeting aim: To understand the importance of God saving his people in Egypt.
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BlogMoses: Session 1
Meeting aim: To begin to understand something of who God is, and that God was with Moses.
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BlogThe joy of sacrificial service
Sometimes it can be a struggle to find volunteers willing to commit to youth and children's work. Sean Nolan shares the importance of self-sacrifice within youth and children's ministry.
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BlogPatience
Seb sat grinning at the table while Liam poked him in the face. We were at our annual residential. Seb was one of the leaders and the kind of guy who never stopped smiling; he was full of patience and kindness. On this occasion Seb was being severely tested. For a full 20 minutes, Liam, 16, amicably poked Seb in the face to see what it would take to break him. Seb kept laughing - I think in the end he did crack but only as far as brushing his hand away with another laugh. It was amazing!
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BlogParable: Back of the bus
It was the end of term and for all the students’ hard work, the school had decided to run a trip to the local theme park. Everyone was going; well, almost everyone.
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BlogCraft: Abraham
Use these craft ideas alongside session three of our new curriculum, or any time you’d like to explore the story of Abraham. We have used Abraham here, rather than Abram, to avoid confusion in children’s minds about who it is we’re discussing.
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BlogWhat about dinosaurs?
Some Christians think that the Earth isn’t old enough to support the existence of dinosaurs. Using various Biblical family trees, they trace the start of the world to around 6,000 - 12,000 years ago. Dinosaur fossils however suggest they existed billions of years ago, making the world and its inhabitants much older. Christians who believe in this ‘young’ Earth may either argue that dinosaurs never existed or that they existed more recently and the dating of fossils is unreliable.
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BlogSchools’ work: Summer term and exam time
Dream: think strategically and with vision about our work in schools.
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BlogMentoring: Peace
Buy your mentee a cactus. Seriously. In fact, the cactus will arguably be a better mentor than you! It has the privilege of doing what you can’t do: spending vast amounts of time with your mentee, including many of the most intimate and crucial times of all. Granted you can talk and it can’t, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you are a better mentor than this humble desert plant; it definitely listens better than you do.
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BlogParable: The bike project
Jack and Jamie were keen volunteers at the bike recycling project. They loved getting an old bike in and giving it a new lease of life. There was nothing better for them than giving a new bike to someone who needed it.
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