All Blog articles – Page 43
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Lend them your ears
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 the first from Chris Spriggs.
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BlogWalls to dust: A response
In the latest issue, Richard and Lori Passmore called many of our church and youth ministry walls to dust, in their lessons from the fringes of youth work. Mark Walley disagrees. Here’s why:
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BlogA world without Down’s syndrome?
What sort of world do we want to live in and who do we want to live in it? How do we choose that world and who gets to choose? On Wednesday the 5th October at 9pm, BBC Two aired A World Without Down’s Syndrome? a documentary fronted by actress Sally Phillips, which explored these questions and the ethics of pregnancy screening.
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BlogFive From Down Under
President of the London School of Theology Krish Kandiah recently traveled to Australia. Here's what he learnt:
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BlogDon’t know much soteriology, don’t know much eschatology…
Every pop singer and their dog sings about God nowadays, but how robust is their doctrine? Deputy editor Ruth Jackson takes an in-depth look at some dodgy pop theology…
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Don’t ‘mind the gap’, make the most of it...
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 Pete White.
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Games Master: Team Dodgeball, Spaghetti Quiz, SMS - (Silly Messy Simple) Game: Leader in the Stocks
Three easy games to use with the creative minds behind Messy Church children in your group.
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BlogReady-to-use Discussion: Queen Elizabeth II
On 9th September, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning British monarch, having been queen since February 1952.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Free speech
The world was rocked in January when terrorists attacked the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, including two police officers. This sparked a manhunt, sieges and outpourings of grief and anger across the world. The attackers, Islamic extremists possibly linked to al-Qaeda, are thought to have been ‘provoked’ by the magazine’s previous depiction of Islam, ISIS and the prophet Mohammed (images of Mohammed are banned in the Qu’ran and offensive to Muslims).
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Selfies
Remember when people used to take photos of other things? You might go on safari and take sweeping photos of majestic beasts, cavalcading through the Serengeti. You could go to a concert and snap the singer at that exact moment they hit the ludicrously high note.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Doctor Who
The tension was palpable. At any minute, our collective fate, our future, would be revealed. Social media was abuzz with speculation, those in the room held their collective breath as viewers worldwide stared at the screen intently, barely moving, blinking or thinking. This. Was. It. The lights went down and suddenly, he appeared. Peter Capaldi… the new Doctor.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: It's just so emotional
In recent months cinemas have been full of nervous laughter mixed with floods of tears. Movie-goers have wept buckets while watching the doomed (no spoilers) romance between Hazel and Augustus in The Fault in our Stars.
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BlogReady-to-use Discussion: Winning
The summer has been full of celebrations and commiserations, people winning (the Olympics! Andy Murray! Chris Froome!) and failing (ah, the English football team), people working together and falling apart. But what does the Bible say about winning? Does trying hard matter? Where does grace fit in?
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BlogReady-to-use Discussion: Immigration
If there’s one story that’s constantly dominating the headlines, it’s immigration.
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BlogNine ways to respond to teenagers mourning the loss of One Direction
After whispers and rumours for weeks, last night the news finally broke: One Direction are going on a break. Obviously this is the biggest thing to happen to the world of youth culture in a long time; fortunately, Jamie Cutteridge is on hand with some advice…
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BlogFour reasons I didn’t want to be a youth worker
Rachel Newham reveals why - at first - she didn't think the world of youth work was for her.
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BlogReady-To-Use Discussion: Depression
This session needs to be dealt with sensitively. You may want to encourage your young people to privately write their answers rather than engaging in group discussions.
