All Editorial articles – Page 89
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All-age Service: Jesus Walks on Water
This service plan tells the story of Jesus walking on water.
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IssuesAll-Age Service: The Man Who Needed New Shoes
A service plan about Jesus forgiving sins and healing
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IssuesAll-age service: Christmas
A service plan exploring the gift of Christmas given to each of us
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BlogAll-Age Service Plan: The Parable of the Sower
This service enables your group to get to grips with the Parable of the Sower.
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BlogDEAD BOOK SOCIETY: Roland Allen's Missionary Methods
In another of our Dead Book Society blogs, Mark Walley blows the dust of a book from the distant past, and explores what on earth it might have to do with youth ministry today. Ladies and gentlemen, we introduce to you: Roland Allen's Missionary Methods: St Pauls or ours
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Almost half of teens bullied for their appearance
A new study has revealed that almost half of teenagers are bullied for the way they look. The study, conducted by ‘Stronger Together’ - a joint initiative between ‘Make mine milk’ and BeatBullying - shows that 48 per cent of teenagers have been bullied for their appearance, with girls (51 per cent) experiencing it more than boys (44 per cent). The two main reasons given for this bullying were general appearance and weight.
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IssuesAlone in a room full of people
As youth workers, we are often perceived to be social beings: at the centre of the crowd, leading from the front, friendly and larger than life. So the idea that youth work can be a lonely profession is often a surprise to others. However, in the youth work world, professional and personal lines become blurred; we are often alone in our offices and homes during the day and we are working when others are out socialising in the evening.
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Issues‘We ran an Alpha course in our school’
Beth and I had been running the CU at our school for a year, but really wanted to get more people involved. We had done some discussion groups in the past, which had encouraged the whole school to start talking about difficult issues; however, we felt as ...
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Alpha releases new film series
Alpha has launched a new film series to be used by youth leaders and young people while using the course.
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Issues'No one responds to my alter calls'
Despite not being part of a church that had a physical altar since my childhood, I have seen many hundreds of people give their lives to Jesus following ‘altar calls’. However, every time I have made an evangelistic altar call in my youth ministry the response has been the same: none.
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IssuesChurch of England welcomes Scouts alternative promise
Scouts will continue to promise to do their duty to God, but will also have the option of a new ‘atheist’ promise.
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BlogMince pies, icy ponds and an alternative Christmas date!
If you Google ‘Christmas’ right now, you will find a lot of Christians around the world just beginning to get into the Christmas spirit. Just as your young people are going back to school and you’re getting your head back into consent forms, finishing off the last mince pies and turkey sandwiches, there will be people jumping into lakes, rivers and icy ponds to find a cross that has been thrown there by a priest. Why is that? What Christian festivals are going on right now and why are people just starting to celebrate Christmas on January 7th? Isn’t Christmas the 25th of December?
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IssuesAlternative Halloween ideas
Halloween is coming. The last two weeks of October are now dominated by the festival, with trick or treaters aplenty and supermarkets populated with skeletons and pumpkins – but how should our children’s ministry engage with the festivities? We asked some of our trusty contributors for their ideas:
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Selfharm.co.uk launches online recovery programme, Alumina
Selfharm.co.uk has launched ‘Alumina’, the UK’s first online self-referral recovery programme for young people struggling with self-harm.
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Ready-to-use Schools Work: Always Listening
To introduce the concept of prayer as conversation with a God who listens and answers. It should challenge the young people to think about what they might say to God and to listen for a response.
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