All Issues articles – Page 105
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IssuesAdaptable meeting guide: Unwrapping Christmas 2 - The Shepherds
Preparation: Hang up posters, each quoting a Bible verse, at different points around the room (the verses are listed below, under ‘The other thing about shepherds’). Make sets of cards bearing the questions from that activity (see below); one set for each small group. Provide a large sheet of paper and some marker pens.
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SEX (PART 2): CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING
To enable young people to explore a healthy and biblical context for sex.
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IssuesAll-Age Service #2: Stranger danger!
A service plan based on the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37)
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IssuesRe-charge Bible Study: The tale of many mountains - Part 2
Recharge is a Bible study just for you, to nurture your own relationship with God. So stop, sit, breathe and read. This month, Sarah and Pete Wynter explore more of Moses’ mountaintop experiences.
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IssuesRevelation Episode 2: The Dark Night
The accuser. The adversary. The fallen angel. Lucifer. Satan. The devil has many names, and appears throughout the Bible.
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Adaptable meeting guide: Reimagining Church 2: What could we do?
This session is about exploring what we could do together to reimagine church. How could we change what we do, or do something new to connect with our friends and other young people? Are we willing to get over our fears and step out as Christians into the world?
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Club 18-30
A collection of interesting facts and statistics on young adults gathered from various sources...
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IssuesOperation 18+
Those of us working in towns filled with students might see them as someone else’s responsibility. But what if we harnessed students’ life and passions to minister to our young people? As Fusion’s Rosie Kersys explains, they could transform your youth ministry…
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Compulsory school attendance extends to 17 year-olds
16-17 year olds will be obliged to attend school for the first time this year. Young people who were in Year 11 last academic year are required to stay in compulsory education for one more year. Those who were in Year ten or below last year will be required to stay until they are 18.
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IssuesYoung people and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer
Young people across the country are turning to the 1662 Book of Common Prayer according to Prayer, Book Society. John Service, who provides a link between the Prayer Book Society, churches and clergy said, ‘Many young people are struck by the beauty and relevance of the Prayer Books language which has inspired writers like Shakespeare.’ Brian Heasley comments:
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Ready-to-use Schools work: 15 Bible stories for schools
I’m sick of the overuse of a tiny range of Bible stories and texts in RE. It’s an impoverished learning diet, especially if the message is reduced to ‘be nice’! Before you read this article, take a pencil and note down the ten Bible stories or texts you think pupils really ought to explore in RE. (Now, I know you have not done this, but don’t read on until you have. No, don’t! Pencil. Now.)
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IssuesResource on Trial: The Big Academy, 12 Big Questions
Big Ministries/Elevation Publishing 2013 £7.99 Book £12.00 CD - An excellent resource that really impacted my ministry.
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12 Hours a Fool
No one likes a humblebrag, but there’s no other way to tell the story. I had dinner with one of 2014’s biggest movie stars, and I ended up making an utter fool of myself.
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IssuesUnder-11s treated for depression
Thousands of children under the age of eleven have received treatment for depression, stress and anxiety over the last five years. A freedom of information request from the Daily Mirror revealed that, in just two of England’s 60 mental health trusts, 4,391 children aged 10 or younger have received mental health treatment in the last five years.
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IssuesGirls as Young as 11 sexually exploited
Two reports published by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner have warned that the level of sexual violence in neighbourhoods dominated by gangs and gang culture is comparable to that of a warzone. Professor Jenny Pearce, author of one of the reports entitled It’s wrong… but you get used to it, said: ‘In some areas the level of sexual violence and the types of violence inflicted are comparable to how sexual violence is used in war-torn territories.’
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Girls as Young as 11 Sexually Exploited
Two reports published by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner have warned that the level of sexual violence in neighbourhoods dominated by gangs and gang culture is comparable to that of a war-zone. Professor Jenny Pearce, author of one of the reports entitled It’s wrong… but you get used to it, said, ‘In some areas the level of sexual violence and the types of violence inflicted are comparable to how sexual violence is used in war-torn territories.’
