All Issues articles – Page 26
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IssuesChildren behaving badly
How do we encourage our children to have fun in our children’s groups and church, while ensuring their behaviour doesn’t hinder anyone else’s worship or engagement with God? Margaret Pritchard Houston shares some thoughts and practical suggestions
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IssuesFrom the horse’s mouth: ‘My background has allowed me to see both sides of Northern Ireland’
This month, Mark McFeeters interviewed Tierna, who has just started her A-levels. She’s football crazy and an older sister to three brothers. Mark has been a youth worker at Youth Initiatives for twelve years, where his focus has been outreach to marginalised young people. He is doing a PhD exploring spirituality, young people and transactional analysis. Mark and Tierna discuss being a Christian young person in Northern Ireland. Mark: Tell us a wee bit about your upbringing.
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IssuesThe Last Supper: Session 2
Meeting aim: To discover that a meal can have a special significance.
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IssuesRethinking children’s work
The environment our children are growing up in seems to be constantly changing. What does that mean for our children’s work? Do we need to rethink what we’re doing? The diocese of London’s Sam Donoghue thinks community is the key
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IssuesMedieval Teenager: How the Reformation saved my life
October marks 500 years since the start of the Protestant Reformation. Evangelist Glen Scrivener unpacks the importance of some of Martin Luther's doctrines for our ministries through sharing his own experience as a 'medieval teenager'.
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IssuesHope for girls: turning up the volume
In October 2012, the United Nations launched International Day of the Girl Child to recognise girls’ rights and the challenges they face around the world. As the day approaches, Girls’ Brigade’s Claire Rush looks at how we can help support and empower our girls
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IssuesSam Wise: Teach versus experience
One of the joys of my job is the year-long course we offer children’s workers. It’s designed to go a bit deeper than the ‘how to’ of children’s work and look at some of the thinking behind it. We look at children’s spirituality, how faith develops and some of the theology relevant to children.
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IssuesQ&A: Sam Adofo
The Salmon Youth Centre has been reaching out to young people in inner-city London for more than 100 years. We caught up with the centre’s director, Sam Adofo
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IssuesMentoring: Self-control
Why is it that getting up at 7am for work can be absolute torture and require three hits of the snooze button, while 7am on a weekend morning for a long cycle in the Peak District is often an absolute joy? (It may be the other way around for you!) I’m sure you have your own struggles, but the answer is to do with our motivation.
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IssuesGames: Get-to-know-you games
The new term is in full swing and you may see some new faces around your youth and children’s groups. Here are some simple welcome games to help everyone join in and get to know each other.
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