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BlogEncouraging more young people to become social entrepreneurs
Recent research by the Charities Aid Foundation reveals that whilst only two per cent of charities currently have young people on their boards, in fact, 85 per cent of young people under the age of 35 would be prepared to consider such a role. For Sian Edwards, director of The Christian Initiative Trust (CIT), this is a very real issue that needs addressing. Here she discusses what can be done to convert the 85 per cent of young people who have shown interest in getting more involved, into those actually taking up the challenge.
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Ready-to-use Reflection- Contemplative Worship: Beatitudes
This session is a reflective and prayerful look at the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 - the ‘Blessed are…’ sayings of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount. This session has been specifically designed to take kinaesthetic learners into account; people who engage with activity and ‘doing’ as part of contemplation.
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Blog#BeAFriend
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week 2016 and the focus this year is on mental health and relationships. Think Twice tell us about their #BeAFriend campaign.
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BlogA battle for justice
Martin Saunders reflects on the surprise box office hit, The Help, and what it has to say to the Church in 2011…
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BlogMore ways to pray with loom bands
We've all caught the loom band bug, so here are some more ideas to help you pray with these colourful bands, thanks to Jane Butcher and Anne Offler from Faith in Homes.
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BlogPraying with loom bands
Loom bands are everywhere, and children love them. Why not use them as a way of praying with your children? Faith in Homes' Jane Butcher shows us how
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BlogTen things to do when you get back from a summer festival
Well done, oh youth worker friend! You have survived the greatest ordeal known to man: the summer festival. In case your brain cells are so exhausted that even reading this is a challenge – here’s a handy list of things you must do before you completely and fully collapse into a heap
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BlogBack to the Future: Where we’re going, we don’t need meeting guides!
According to The Rest of The Internet™, today is Back to the Future Day. For the uninitiated, 21st October 2015 is the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown visited in Back to the Future 2. They discovered a world of hoverboards, Jaws 19 in 4D and self-tying trainers, all of which makes the real 2015 a little disappointing – the future isn’t what it used to be. But what about youth ministry? Is 2015 in youth ministry what we expected 30 years ago?
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BlogYouth workers honoured with awards
Last Friday evening youth workers from across the country came together at the Christian Youth Work Awards to celebrate the great youth work taking place around the UK.
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BlogYoung people and technology: Facing militant atheists online
How do we react to aggressive behaviour online? Ruth Jackson gives some tips
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A talk for a Christmas Assembly
As an extra resource for this month, Ali Campbell shares a Christmas themed talk that you can use in the advent period.
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BlogThe Multi-sensory Assembly Guide
Standing up in front of 200 primary school children can be daunting enough, but can you create an assembly that will hold everyone’s
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A fresh approach
So by now you’ve probably had enough of hearing about new years resolutions and fresh starts (or lack of – see Martin’s blog post for that). If you are tackling 2011 with a set of new goals for yourself then I’m happy for you, and good luck. If you’re not then… well, good luck to you too! Here’s a thought - maybe we need to be taking this ‘fresh approach’ idea beyond ourselves and into the realm of our ministry to young people.
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The Britpop approach to Youth Work
In the midst of the euphoria of Britpop, the lyric that sticks with me comes in Blur’s ‘Country House’ where Damon Albarn declared that he was ‘A professional cynic but my hearts not in it,’ and somehow that always tends to be my approach to youth work...
