All Issues articles – Page 83
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IssuesBook Reviews: Pick of the Month
Bible Stories Through the Year. Lectionary readings for year A, retold for maximum effect. Bob Hartman Lion Hudson, £12.99. Rating: One of the best resources I've ever engaged with
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IssuesDietrich Bonhoeffer: The Youth Worker
We’re all familiar with Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s story, but we may not have heard about his time as a youth worker. Youth ministry theologian Andrew Root unpacks one of Bonhoeffer’s sermons and shows how it speaks directly into our faith-banking, adjective-driven, youth ministry culture.
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IssuesQ&A: Bob Hartman
Bob Hartman is a performance storyteller who has spent many years writing and telling stories. Bob combines key words, actions and characters to create memorable retellings of Bible stories . We spoke to Bob about storytelling and children’s work
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Mark my Words: Spiritual Formation Boarding School
THIS MONTH
Marko travels to New Zealand for 10 days of training youth workers and coaching some youth ministry coaches. Can anyone say ‘Kiwi burgers’? It’s the other white meat. -
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Get Blurred Lucky Lines
They’re the biggest songs of the year, and share one thing in common – the vocal stylings of Pharrell Williams. We’re talking about Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ and Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’, which also share another dubious quality – their lyrics. For each song, play the track and then read out the lyrics and questions below.
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IssuesSummer blockbusters
Every year, film producers release a selection of huge movies which blaze across cinema screens. Some are amazing, some… less so. So what can we expect this year and how can we use these gargantuan productions in our ministry?
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Ready-to-use Movie: The Bling Ring
Fashion, wealth, glamour, narcissism and celebrity culture are just some of the themes raised in The Bling Ring, a true story from director Sofia Coppola.
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IssuesJustin Welby blesses new Youthscape building
On Sunday 29th November, the Most Rev. Justin Welby joined Youthscape and over 600 friends to celebrate the opening of their new building in Luton. Together, they shared remarkable stories of transformed lives and looked forward to exciting future projects.
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Premier Youthwork Investigates: #blacklivesmatter
Imagine a scenario in which you, as a youth worker, minister or volunteer, hear about the death of a young person in your youth group. Then comes the moment when you hear of the cause of death: this young person, of a different ethnicity to yourself, has died as a result of lethal force applied by law enforcement officers.
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IssuesBlack Mirror
How far would you go to stop people knowing your darkest secrets? What if virtual reality played on your deepest fears? Could you imagine a world where we’re rated the whole time? How would people react if they knew what you really thought? Who wants to live forever? What if your very worse moments got shared with the rest of the world? Black Mirror is back to answer all these questions, and more…
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IssuesYouth Work in Black Majority Churches
Youth Work Award nominee and author of On your marks, Luke Whyte, reflects on his experience of youth ministry in black majority churches.
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IssuesAre our youth groups full of kids who look a bit like us?
I’m not racist, classist, ableist or homophobic but… it just so happens that most of my youth ministry experience has been among white, non-disabled, straight teenagers. That’s not particularly unusual or surprising, given that I’ve lived most of my life in white, middle-class Surrey. Nor is it particularly intentional; I’ve certainly never turned away a young person, or even consciously broadcast signals of rejection toward them, on the basis of their colour, background, physical ability or sexuality. But that doesn’t make it ok.
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IssuesQ&A: Bishop Steven Croft
Steven Croft is the Bishop of Sheffield. He was previously Archbishop Rowan Williams’ missioner and leader of the Fresh Expressions team. Deputy editor Ruth Jackson caught up with Bishop Steven to hear about some of the exciting youth initiatives taking place in Sheffield.
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IssuesQ&A: The Rt Revd Paul Butler Bishop of Durham
The Bishop of Durham, the Rt Revd Paul Butler, is no stranger to children’s work. From 1987 to 1994, he worked for children’s and youth work charity, Scripture Union, and is now advocate for children among Church of England bishops. Alex Taylor caught up with Paul to talk about the children and families’ ministry landscape
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IssuesReady-to-use Parable: The bin fire that wouldn’t go out
Moe was drifting through town, looking for something to do. Unexpectedly, he found himself in a part of town he had never been to before. There, at the end of a shady alleyway, on the edge of an empty park, he found a bin fire, engulfed in wild flames and thick smoke. The flames shot up high, litter spat into the air, and there was a stench of burning plastic. As he watched, Moe noticed that the bin didn’t burn, and that the fire didn’t affect it. “This is weird,” thought Moe, “why doesn’t this bin burn up?”
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The Last Word : Old Bill
The One volunteer. That’s all my enthusiastic – some might say visionary - appeal to the congregation had produced. I had been tasked with setting up a youth group in my new church and had grasped the opportunity with both hands; the supportive minister had given me a prime Sunday morning service slot to drum up help and support. There was lots of nodding; there were lots of emphatic ‘Amens’. But only one man stepped forward.
