All Issues articles – Page 44
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IssuesNegative Stereotypes of Young People
Last month we reported that negative stereotypes of young people in the media were harming their job prospects. Young people rarely have a voice in newspapers, magazines, or TV, but when they do, such depictions broadly fit into the following, grossly sensationalised and extreme, categories:
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IssuesThe Real Nativity
What does the Bible actually say about Jesus’ birth? Ian White encourages us to look again.
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Ready-to-use Worship: Multi-sensory Worship
When the apostle John starts his first letter, he begins by establishing that his message is not just a collection of thoughts or an intellectual concept. He describes it as that: ‘Which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched’ (1 John 1:1).
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IssuesRe-Charge: The Tough Mudder
Re-Charge is a Bible study just for you, to nurture your own relationship with God. So stop, sit, breathe and read. This month, Danielle Strickland reflects on her Tough Mudder experience.
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IssuesSchools’ work: Moving on up
Over the past few issues we’ve been looking more closely at approaching primary schools for the first time and provided some help and advice on how to approach what might be your first job in a school – an assembly.
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Ready-to-use Movie: Paddington
A young bear from the deepest, darkest part of Peru has grown up with a passion for all things British (and marmalade sandwiches). After a terrible storm destroys his home, he travels to London in search of a new family and a place to live.
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Ready-to-use Movie: Pitch Perfect
Somehow, despite the fact that Pitch Perfect is based on a university singing competition, a lot of the movie manages to feel fresh among the
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Ready-to-use Movie: Prisoners
Prisoners is not the sort of film that you watch to unwind. Prisoners is a tense, moody thriller that slowly reveals it’s darker nature as it heads towards its big reveal.
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Ready-to-use Movie: Peaceful Protest?
People love a good protest. In fact, some people will protest anything. You can raise taxes, lower taxes, ban hats, encourage short-wearing or introduce compulsory S Club 7 dance routines to the start of the school day, and someone will complain, start a petition and demand that fellow supporters take to the streets and march on the Houses of Parliament.
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IssuesMotivation
Chat through what the grid (right) means, and then ask your mentee to plot themselves on the grid using this -10 to 10 scale:
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IssuesSpiritual M.O.T.
Youth workers are like cars. Every so often we need to submit ourselves for an M.O.T. Youth work veterans Colin Bennett and Andy du Feu have compiled a ‘Spiritual M.O.T.’ – a regular spiritual check-up - to discern whether you are roadworthy, or in dire need of a little TLC.
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IssuesQ&A: Rachel Morfin
Rachel Morfin works for TLG – The Education Charity, which supports young people and children in crisis in education. Sam Donoghue meets her at their HQ in Bradford.
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IssuesPick of the Month: The Pocket Occupational Therapist
Cara Koscinski, Jessica Kingsley £12.99 - Worth your time - a solid resource
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