All Issues articles – Page 96
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IssuesAll Age Service: Jesus meets a Samaritan woman
A service plan about worshipping in spirit and truth
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IssuesRaise the age of consent, say British teenagers
A poll for the National Children’s Bureau has revealed that more young people would raise the age of consent than lower it. The research, consisting of over 2,700 interviews with schoolchildren aged 11-16, showed that 22 per cent believed that the age of consent should be higher, with only 16 per cent saying it should be lowered.
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IssuesYouth Work in the Age of Approval
Every generation has a story - a tapestry of societal factors and subtle cultural undertones influencing and shaping its worldview, actions and beliefs. Over the coming months we will be exploring the broad cultural brush strokes affecting the thoughts and feelings of the generation we seek to serve, and how the world they are growing up in is impacting their approach to life, faith and Church. This month, Dr Edgar de Blieck explores this generation’s need for approval
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IssuesYouth work in the age of distrust
Every generation has a story - a tapestry of societal factors and subtle cultural undertones influencing and shaping its thoughts, actions and beliefs. As youth workers, it’s critical that we explore the broad cultural brush strokes affecting the thoughts and feelings of the generation we seek to serve, and how the world they are growing up in is impacting their approach to life, faith and Church. In this part of our 'Youth work in the age of…' series, Kenny Wilson explores the ethics of evangelism in an age of distrust.
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IssuesYouth Work in the Age of Consumerism
In the next part of our series, Matt Valler tackles the biggest ‘ism’ impacting our society: consumerism
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IssuesWelsh Cathedral hosts road show to end legalized violence against children
Brecon Cathedral has joined forces with Welsh children’s societies to launch the ‘Children are Unbeatable!’ campaign to end legalised violence against children.
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IssuesTrying to bring change in your children’s ministry (or ‘The ballad of repeatedly banging your head against a wall’)
National adviser for children and youth for the Church of England Mary Hawes faces the same problem many of us do: no matter how inspired, equipped and envisioned she feels, trying to bring about change in her home church is a painful process. Fortunately, she’s got some ideas to help…
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Ask.fm changes policy AFTER teen suicide
Social media website Ask.fm has changed its safety policy following the suicide of Hannah Smith.
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IssuesLife After School
The world of the school leaver has never been more daunting – whichever route they choose to take. HTB’s director of Student Alpha Jamie Haith and Frontier Youth Trust’s Alastair Jones both offer five ways to support young people as they leave, either for university life, employment or – more pertinently right now – straight into unemployment.
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IssuesChildren’s laureate backs study indicating that malnutrition affects literacy
Julia Donaldson, author of children’s bestseller The Gruffalo has spoken out on a Save the Children report showing that malnutrition causes children to struggle in learning to read and write.
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IssuesIs over-sexualisation affecting young people?
Do young people know more about the kind of sex we don’t want them to have than they know about the kind of sex we do want them to have?
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IssuesA family affair
I got an urgent call from a teenage girl who had locked herself in the toilets at KFC. Life had got too much and an increasingly toxic relationship she was caught up in had taken a desperate turn for the worse. We hadn’t talked in over a year, but that day she called me to come and find her.
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Ready-to-use Rhythms: Advocacy
When unfair things happen to us we are quick to shout about it. This might be the toddler who is convinced their sibling has a bigger ice cream or the student who worked harder than their friend and received the same grade. What about the injustice that 200 million children are malnourished, even though there is enough food in the world for everyone? How quick are we to shout out about that? The Bible tells us to ‘speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves’ (Proverbs 31). With the rise of social media, we have great potential to raise our voices online and offline.
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IssuesFrom the Horse’s Mouth: Why Advocacy Matters
I love youth work: I love doing it, talking about it, thinking about it, discussing it and coming to new conclusions or innovative new ideas. I’ve been doing it for over a decade and I’m pretty sure it’s one of the best vocations around. However sometimes I wonder if we’ve built ‘youth work’ up into such a living breathing phenomena of its own that we forget that it is simply ‘working with young people’. Not ‘at’, not ‘to’, but ‘with’ and ‘for’ young people.
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Musical safe sex advice too cheeky for some
After the startling statistical graphic from @sparticus last week that showed the sheer number of UK abortions when compared to other deaths, this doesn’t really help.
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IssuesCase Study: Adventure Plus
Launched in 1990. To provide the best adventure youth work for children and young people
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IssuesHow to Celebrate Christmas: The Youthwork Advent Calendar
24 Youthwork-related ideas to spice up your festive season.
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IssuesRecharge: Jesus and the woman caught in adultery
Recharge is a bible study just For you, to nurture your own Relationship with god. So stop, Sit, breathe and read. This Month, Gerard Kelly explores Jesus’ encounter the woman caught in adultery.
