All Editorial articles – Page 140
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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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IssuesHoney, I Shrunk The Youth Worker
‘Getting smaller’ may not be one of our key youth ministry aims. And yet, says Matt Summerfield, that is exactly what we should be doing - if we want to make a big difference.
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IssuesRestoring hope
What role does youth ministry have to play in a multi-cultural, divided culture, fractured by Brexit, scaremongering and Donald Trump? How can we bring hope when so many people seem to be losing it around us? Youth for Christ’s Darren Richards believes young people might be the answer to many of society’s questions
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IssuesYouth Workers and Working Hours
75% of full-time youth workers spend eight hours or less working face to face with young people per week; just a fifth of their time is spent with young people.
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IssuesOpen House
We like to hear about alternative youth work projects – youth leaders out there trying innovative new ways of working with young people. Here we profile one such project, to give you the ideas and inspiration you need to try something fresh.
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IssuesHow the media works
Here’s what I’m thinking: one of the most, if not the most important role of youth workers today is cutting through rubbish thrown at young people by the media. Be it issues of body image, self-worth or sex, the bombardment aimed at young people is enough to cause devastating problems.
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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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IssuesHow to preach
Maybe you are a dab hand at preparing slick, whizzy sermons, or perhaps the thought of speaking in public fills you with dread. Either way, preaching pro Ali Martin shares her top tips for communicating well.
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How Not to Mentor
When it comes to mentoring, these six principles for poor mentoring FROM CHRIS SPRIGGS will undo every bit of good work you’ve ever done.
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IssuesHow to: Run a Sports Week
As World Cup fever well and truly kicks in, what better opportunity to don your sports kit, find some outdoor space and invite local children and young people to some events? Here’s a step-by-step guide for how to run a local sports outreach project.
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IssuesYouthwork Idol
No, this is not a nationwide search for the best youth worker in the land. The topic of idols is far from glamorous, and may seem an ancient problem reserved for people in the Bible, but Youthwork’s Phoebe Thompson insists that idolatry is alive and kicking today – and as youth workers we are most certainly not immune to it.
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Just Imagine
How often do you simply have fun with your young people? Chris Curtis is a man who knows a thing or two about having ridiculous, absurd
and imaginative fun just for the sake of it. He shares his creative highlights from over the years, and encourages us to dream big in our activities. -
IssuesInnie or Outie?
Do loud, hilarious, larger-than-life people make better youth leaders? Anya Briggs investigates.
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IssuesInside Out
Inside Out opens with a question: ‘Do you ever look at someone and wonder what is going on inside their head?’
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IssuesInside Out
Inside Out is the best movie of 2015. It’s a beautiful, heartfelt exploration of the way children’s brains work, and it’s also hilarious.
