All Issues articles – Page 9
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IssuesCain and Abel: Session 4
Meeting aim: To learn about offering our best to God rather than outdoing each other
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IssuesAdam and Eve: Session 2
Meeting aim: To see that God provided a paradise in the Garden of Eden.
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IssuesQ&A: Ben Woodman
Ben Woodman was a youth pastor in Canada for ten years before joining the Alpha Youth team. He is one of the hosts for the Alpha Youth Series and heads up Alpha Youth globally. Ben spoke with editor Ruth Jackson about young people and evangelism
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IssuesAdam and Eve: Session 4
Meeting aim: To explore the idea that we are made in God’s image, and created to be in relationship with him and each other
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IssuesTaking a rest: Session 3
Meeting aim: To discover that God rested after finishing his creation, and that it is also good for us to rest.
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IssuesFilling the universe: Session 2
Meeting aim: To explore the second half of the creation story, and to reflect on what it means to be made by God
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IssuesAdam and Eve: Session 2
Meeting aim: To learn how the relationship between God, human beings and the natural world began.
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IssuesCreating the universe: Session 1
Meeting aim: To explore the start of the story of creation, and to think about how creative God is.
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Schools' work
Young people spend a huge amount of time at school. How can we better support them while they’re there? And what can we do to help schools?
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IssuesReflective Journal: Lament
Use the words below (from Psalm 6) to help you pray and express yourself honestly to God.
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IssuesMy intergenerational journey
It started with chicken wings. Plastic chicken wings, to be precise. They were my favourite toy at the church’s toddler group, and by far the finest item in the toy kitchen. Much to the group leader’s amusement, I would run manically around the church hall with my friend Richard each week, firing imaginary bullets from these perfectly proportionate pieces of plastic poultry as if the world was about to end, and we had been chosen to save it.
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Issues“What happens when Susan my sausage dog dies?”
There are many questions that stop children and young people wanting to know more about God. Rather than trying to answer questions they’re not asking, we thought we’d go straight to the source and hear from the experts themselves.
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IssuesFinding my voice: the experiences of a child with quadriplegic cerebral palsy
12-year-old Jonathan Bryan was labelled with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD). The only part of his body he has full control over is his eyes, which he uses to communicate. He shares his experience of education, faith and the need for us to create spaces for all children and young people to actively contribute
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IssuesQ&A: David Bennett
As a teenager David Bennett was a gay rights activist. At 19 he encountered the Holy Spirit in a gay bar. David spoke to editor Ruth Jackson about how the Church can support gay young people
