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BlogA Knight to Remember
You might not expect contemplative spiritual exercises to be the lasting legacy of a 16th century Spanish knight, but Ignatius of Loyola was no ordinary Spaniard and no ordinary knight. We can press fast-forward on his wealthy upbringing as the youngest of 13 children, though you might be interested to know that he came to faith while recovering from a wound he sustained in the Italian War of 1521-26...
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Join us next week as we pray for UK young people
In the run up to this year’s Youth Work Summit, the organisations involved in running the event - which include Premier Youthwork - are committing to spend a week praying for young people, and for the church’s work with them around the UK.
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Jamie versus Toy: Subbuteo
Happy New Year everybody! Here's Jamie's latest battle against a toy and this time we're going retro with football classic Subbuteo! Filmed shortly before Christmas, so sorry for the apparent time travel.
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BlogJamie vs. Toy: Ridley's Magic Set
15 Amazing Tricks £13.99. It may not be cool to say it, but I love magic ...
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Jamie versus Toy: Lego Jabba's Palace
We've been excitied to get stuck into this for a very long time - we all love Lego, ESPECIALLY Star Wars Lego! Sean even paid a visit to Legoland last year, and yes he enjoyed himself incredibly.
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BlogInternet pornography
This morning, David Cameron will announce new measures to combat the spread of Internet pornography, and particularly of images depicting rape and abuse. Under his proposals, every home in the UK will have pornography automatically blocked by their ISP, unless they choose to opt in to receive it. That sounds like a very good idea, right?
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BlogReady-to-use Movie: Inside Out
Clip: The clip starts at 26:48 minutes and lasts until 32:22 minutes.
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BlogHow specific should we be when planning?
On the back of Jo Dolby's Balancing Act feature in this month's magazine, we have a series of blogs on tension and paradox within youth ministry. To kick us off, Simon Davies of CYM looks at Strategy and Spontaneity.
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BlogWhat the Holy Spirit does: part two
This month’s meeting guides are about the Holy Spirit and the message is pretty clear to both you and your young people: don’t panic.
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BlogHoly Week - Palm Sunday
This Holy Week, we'll be publishing a series of five reflective blogs from Gerard Kelly to take us through the period. To start, here's a look at Palm Sunday.
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BlogHoly Week - Maundy Thursday
This Holy Week, we'll be publishing a series of five reflective blogs from Gerard Kelly to take us through the period. Our second installment takes us to Maundy Thursday.
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BlogReady-To-Use Mentoring: What are you hiding?
I heard a story of a mentee who said that he holds back in relationships to protect people from himself. He felt so negative about his bad points and shameful secrets that he felt he needed to put up walls for their sake. Perhaps this is extreme, but we all have areas we hide, indicative of low self-esteem or unresolved issues.
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BlogMike Pilavachi: There are many heroic youth workers
Mike Pilavachi writes for Premier Youthwork, clarifying his controversial “I think the quality of youth workers has gone down dramatically” comments.
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Why I Hate Youth Residentials
For the first time ever, Youthwork opened up its doors for a one-day writers masterclass. Sixteen youth workers gathered from all corners of the country to share ideas, learn skills and to hone their craft. In the coming weeks we will be posting guest blogs from the attendees – here is today’s by Gemma Wilkinson.
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BlogThis picture hangs in my spare room…
Laura Haddow reflects on the gift of memory.A priceless eclectic collage, predominantly of my teenage years, complete with plenty of bad hair mistakes; pink, blue and red, an assortment of festival snapshots...
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BlogGrowing up
Jo Dolby continues our blog series by suggesting some ways that youth ministry can ‘grow up’.
