All Blog articles – Page 42
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What I learned from feeding goats
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’s one from Nick Francis.
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BlogFive foundations for faith that lasts
How do we equip young people to serve God faithfully for the long haul? Tim Alford, national director of Serious4God, shares his thoughts on how to create a faith that lasts.
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BlogExams and young people
How do we help our young people to process both good and bad A Level results? How do we work with teenagers to prepare them for the rest of their life? What role should the church as a whole play in looking out for youth?
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BlogAn open letter to young people facing exams
As we approach the most stressful part of a young person’s year, Premier Youthwork writer’s day attendee has some words of advice and support for teenagers preparing for and going through exams.
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BlogReady-to-use Movie: Ex Machina
Working as a programmer for the world’s most popular search engine, Caleb’s life quickly changes when he is chosen to visit the company’s
eccentric CEO, Nathan, at his secluded research facility. Upon arrival Caleb discovers that Nathan has been working on artificial intelligence and wants Caleb to administer the Turing Test to his robot to discover whether a fully functioning ‘A.I’ is now in existence. Caleb willingly agrees, but isn’t prepared for meeting Ava. -
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Why youth work is for everyone
I was chatting with a wonderful older lady at church on Sunday, called Betty. Having just watched the youth Christmas nativity, we were chuckling together about all of its weirdness and abstract meaningfulness. I commented on how she should get involved with the youth group, to which she replied with something I have heard time and time again: ‘Oh, I am too old for that!’
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BlogEvangelistic Games
If you’re running an evangelistic event, a game might be the last thing you think of including - but don’t neglect the possibilities. Doing things like running a football or dodgeball tournament can be a great way of connecting with young people in your area - or more simply just having games at an evangelistic event can help people relax, and lower some barriers. Either way, while games should be fun, they can also be used to make a serious point - and here are some ideas of how to do so. (N.B. Some of the games and links are more tongue in cheek than others!)
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Vision for Eurovision
A word from our Mr Eurovision ( AKA our new Staff Writer, Alex Taylor)April 2013
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BlogEngaging high-achieving young people
This, I'm sure, won’t come as any surprise, but young people are not all the same. There is no ‘quintessential young person.’ Try as we might by pouring over manuals and websites, we will not discover the perfect cookie cutter youth program. The scope of the variety of young people is as broad as humanity itself!
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BlogYoung people and technology: Engaging with young people online
How do we connect with young people, in an authentic and non-cringey way? Steven Harper shares his thoughts
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BlogHow do we engage young people in modern society with the Gospel?
When it comes down to most things, the method is a key variable of the output. If you’re given the ingredients for a cake without any instruction of how to prepare, the results are often poor (see the technical challenge on the Great British Bake Off).
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BlogHow can we engage young people without professionals?
Earlier today, when asked whose responsibility it was to ensure the Church was reaching out to young people, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was unequivocal in his answer: ‘Everyone’s. Any church that leaves things to the ‘professionals’ is committing missionary suicide. This is the responsibility of every single Christian, always, everywhere. What draws people in is, above all, community.’ We asked youth ministry consultant Ali Campbell how churches without professionals can engage with young people…
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The electric touchline
I found my favourite football pitch last week. It had a big slope, the grass was rubbish and it wasn’t very big. However, one feature made it stand head and shoulders above every other pitch I’ve ever played on. One of the touchlines was an electric fence.
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Jamie versus Toy: Worry Eater
Possibly one of the weirdest and theologically-dodgy toys we've seen.
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BlogHow To Make The Most Of Your Easter Eggs
There is no such thing as too many Easter eggs. ‘What!?!’ we hear you cry, ‘every April we find ourselves with tonnes of leftover chocolate shells and no idea what to do with them – please help us Youthwork!’ Well, as you asked so politely, here are some of our favourite ways to get rid of that Easter egg mountain.
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BlogHoly Week - Easter Sunday
This Holy Week, we'll be publishing a series of five reflective blogs from Gerard Kelly to take us through the period. We end with the big one, Resurrection Day, Easter Sunday!
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BlogHoly Week - Easter Saturday
This Holy Week, we'll be publishing a series of five reflective blogs from Gerard Kelly to take us through the period. Today we look at the oft-forgotten Easter Saturday.
