All Editorial articles – Page 119
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Ready-to-use Games + Icebreakers : The Crystal Maze
Have you ever pondered on the nature of things that are greater than the sum of their parts - when things on their own are good, but when you put them altogether they become great? Have you ever wished to be able to provide that kind of exponentially great and glorious experience for your youth group? Well stop wishing, because in honour of this month’s superlative bite-sized doses of youth work-ery goodness at the Youthwork Summit, here is a Crystal Maze themed column of games, chock-full of little mini-games that, when put together, create an event of epic proportions.
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IssuesCulture Shift
The 25 years of Premier Youthwork haven’t taken place in a vacuum – there’s been a world going on outside of this magazine’s pages. Former editor Martin Saunders reflects on some of the cultural changes that have taken place, and what they haven meant for our young people and youth ministries.
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IssuesCulture Flock
Young people desire community, but for many, the church is no longer seen as somewhere to belong. Youthwork’s Jamie Cutteridge examines young people’s viewing, reading and listening ha bits and asks: has popular culture replaced the Church?
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World Cup games
Every four years, youth workers around the world put aside their denominational and national differences, and unite in a glorious moving-of youth-work-meetings-around-the- schedule-of-matches-at-the-FIFA-World-Cup. To help justify you halting your regular schedule and programmes to basically watch football on TV, here are some World Cup themed games.
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IssuesThe World Cup
To give you a peek behind the curtain, one member of Team Youthwork is heading out to the actual World Cup to watch the action, while the other two will be resolutely ignoring its very existence.
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IssuesHow to Tidy the Youth Cupboard
If you're anything other than a superhuman then your youth cupboard or office will be overflowing with an assortment of games, equipment and clothing that hasn't been used or claimed in months. With that in mind, here are a few de-cluttering ideas.
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Youth service spending cut by over a third
Spending on youth services has fallen by over a third in the last two years. Figures released to the BBC following a freedom of information request showed that between the 2010-11 financial year and 2012-13, the amount spent in this area fell by £438m, a reduction of 36 per cent.
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Blog
#CutForBieber
It’s rare that anything makes Youthwork journalist Jamie Cutteridge as angry as the #CutForBieber story did earlier this year. Here he reflects on it, and gives some pointers as to how we can respond.
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Issues
End Message: Keeping on the Cutting Edge
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For one issue only - The Message’s Andy Hawthorne reflects on his time in ministry. -
IssuesCyber Self Harm
The internet is no bad thing. But what if people started using it to self-harm? Director of Selfharm.co.uk, Rachel Welch, uncovers a shocking new trend in young people's behaviour online.
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IssuesLies, damned lies and statistics
We’ve tackled some pretty heavyweight topics in this issue, but this only skims the youth ministry surface – there’s plenty more out there to dig into. Here are a few more key facts and figures from the world of youth ministry*
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IssuesQ&A : Danielle Strickland
Danielle Strickland is a social justice campaigner, a popular speaker at events around the world , and a Salvation Army officer. Helen Crawford caught up with her at the recent Youthwork the conference event in Eastbourne.
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Ready-to-use Food: Dan's Story
WHAT IS THIS ?
Christian Aid’s Collective believes that the simple act of sitting down to dinner has the power to build a community to change the world; soeach month we’ll invite you to ‘sit down to dinner’ with someone new, find out about their lives and take action to help end poverty in their community. -
Blog
Thor: The Dark World
Thor is back on his first post-Avengers offering in the latest Marvel mega film. Here he has a lot of reconnecting to do, especially in the form of his brother Loki, father Odin and on-off love interest Jane. If all of that sounds like a family drama, don’t fret as he also needs to battle the dark elf Malekith who is intent on destroying the entire universe.
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IssuesOpen up your soul: The Dark Night
Are we willing to follow God wherever he leads – even into the dark night of the soul? Contemplative youth ministry expert Mark Yaconelli shares his thoughts on ministering in the dark
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IssuesReady-to-use Mentoring: Are you Dave Gorman?
A few years ago, comedians Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace coined a new approach from which they were able to build a career …
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BlogA day in the life of : Dave Fagg, youth worker
This week we have a special 'day in the life' of Dave Fagg, a youth worker from Australia. He shares what his typical Tuesday looks like in his role as youth worker for Praxis.
