All Editorial articles – Page 95
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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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Creating a movement: Back to basics
‘The Church has no future!’ That was the message we heard when the recession hit in 2008 and youth ministry was removed from many church budgets: the cuts were pragmatic in nature and it was sink or swim time. Many programmes shrank or dissolved. However when you remove youth ministry from your priority list, a loud declaration is heard: ‘We are living on borrowed time!’
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Back to School
The words ‘Physics’, ‘Protractor’, and ‘End of term test’ might send a shiver down your spine. But do we really know what’s going on in schools these days? Annie Carter insists that we can learn so much from venturing into schools, and experiencing the day-to-day reality our young people face.
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The Back Page: Storytelling and other Barbaric Practices
For once there was a modicum of attention in my junior church group. It’s a mixed-ability, mixed-age group, with plenty of mixed attitudes to God. It ranges from the ‘It’s all rubbish, I’d rather talk about huskies’ approach to a seven year-old who has recently brought her entire family to become regular churchgoers, has been baptised and is delighted to see her parents on an introduction to Christianity course.
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The Back Page: Was that God?
Lots and lots of people are thinking about the faith formation of children these days. That’s a good thing. Maybe with all these great minds working on this we’ll finally figure it out. Most people who write about the faith formation of children talk about the importance of two sets of relationships in the life of the child: the child’s family and the quality of the child’s relationships with people of other generations.
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IssuesOnline protection: Why CARE is backing the online safety bill
In March of this year, a shocking report revealed that children as young as seven were uploading sexualised content of themselves onto the internet ...
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IssuesNo more bad biscuits and squash
The team shares its visions and dreams for the Church of the future.
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IssuesGirl Guides issue Body Confidence Badge
The Girl Guides launched a new ‘body confidence’ badge in March, in response to ‘a crisis’ in the way girls perceive themselves. The ‘Free being me’ badge involves girls having to spot airbrushed photos and will be adapted for younger Brownies, who will be taught that princesses are negative role models for body image. To attain the badge, girls will have to attend two sessions on the issue and spread the word in their local community.
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IssuesGirl Guides Introduce ‘Body Confidence’ Badge
The Girl Guides launched a new ‘body confidence’ badge in March, in response to ‘a crisis’ in the way girls perceive themselves.
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The Great British Bake Off
Dust off your aprons, your rolling pins and your innuendo klaxons, October sees the final of the seventh series of the Great British Bake Off - the last time it will be shown on the BBC! Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen bakers crack over cakes, buckle over biscuits and sag over soggy bottoms, but who will triumph?
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Here be Dragons - Richard and Lorimer Passmore and James G. Ballantyne
At the edge of old maps there would often be a symbol of a dragon. The symbol was meant to indicate that traveling off the edge of the map could be dangerous - there may be dragons! No one actually knew because there were no maps for that territory.
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IssuesQ&A with Jason Ballard & Tom Clark
For the first time ever, Alpha has released a video series for teenagers. Youthwork’s Jamie Cutteridge caught up with one of the film’s presenters – Jason Ballard – and Alpha UK’s youth coordinator Tom Clark, to hear why they made it happen.
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IssuesGames Master: Find the Word, Rock Paper Scissors, Bouncing Balls
Three easy games to use with the children in your group.
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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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IssuesThe Childrenswork Guide to Loom Bands
Loom bands are everywhere, and children absolutely love them. Why not use them as a way of praying with your group? Here’s some great ideas from Jane Butcher:
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IssuesReady-to-use Games + Ice Breakers: Games that should be banned
Once it gets to the end of the summer, it becomes a time for reflection on the holiday highlights - hilarious antics, brilliant banter and gory, freshly-invented games! Thankfully, these games are so hot off our brain presses that they haven’t yet been investigated by the Department of Youth Work Games as to whether they are acceptable, so here is a selection of ones that might require prayer to pass the risk assessment or are on the very borders of cultural acceptability
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