All NexGen Pro articles – Page 115
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Reflect: Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers three ways to help children communicate with God.
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IssuesPick of the Month: Children in the Way?
Carrie Kingston and Isobel MacDougall, Monarch, 2011 £10.99
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Reflect Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers four ways to help children communicate with God.
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Games Master: Three Easy Games to Use with the Children in Your Group
Toppling pyramids; Samson, Delilah and the Lion; Heads Down Thumbs Up.
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IssuesGames children love
Sometimes you can spend ages trying to think up games to play when all the time there’s a ready-made source of inspiration right in front of you – children! If your group is anything like ours, they’ll be very keen to tell you what games they enjoy playing. So I decided to ask our children which games were their favourites. Here’s their top 15:
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Faith at homeHow to keep the faith when your children don't
Parenting is the life-changing minefield of teaching someone else everything you know. Getting through big milestones like learning to talk, teething, chickenpox, exams, cut knees, and broken hearts.
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IssuesChildren and the evangelism debate
There are two schools of thought when it comes to children and evangelism. One recognises that children are incredibly receptive to the gospel, and can make a genuine and lasting faith commitment at a young age. The other meets the subject with suspicion, arguing that children are vulnerable in the power balance of adult to child – and therefore any attempt to coerce a faith decision at this stage is inappropriate.
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IssuesWhat can we do to help refugee children?
The plight of the refugee children in Europe, particularly those travelling alone has deeply affected many of us. No matter how these images have impacted you, the question many are asking is ‘How can we help?’ So here is an overview of some ways in which we can make a difference.
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IssuesWorking with Children of other faiths
As Britain becomes a more diverse society and people from different faith backgrounds move to different areas of the country, more and more churches are finding that they are coming into contact with children from different faith backgrounds.
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IssuesChildren as Young as Ten Self-harm
More children are self-harming, say the charities ChildLine, YouthNet, Young Minds and selfharm.co.uk, who have grouped together to raise awareness of the issue. An estimated one in 12 young people in the UK have selfharmed. Children as young as 10 are amongst those affected, with ChildLine reporting 600 counselling sessions for children aged 10 to 12 in the last year.
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Reflect : Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers some ways to help children express thanks, praise and inspiration.
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IssuesReflect: Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers three ways to engage children in thanksgiving, stories and praise.
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Children face quarter-life crisis, warns MP
Former Children’s Minister Tim Loughton has warned that this generation of children and young people will face a ‘quarter-life crisis’.
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Reflect: Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers some ways to help children express thanks and forgiveness, and reflect on a Bible passage.
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IssuesWhat the Holy Spirit does: part one – free to be children
This month’s meeting guides are about the Holy Spirit and the message is pretty clear to both you and your young people: don’t panic.
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IssuesNew Paradigm: Two-way Children's ministry
‘Are you a giant?’ The tiny reception child’s loud voice rang out across the school hall. She was sat cross-legged, squashed up front right
in front of me. When you are sat cross-legged, looking up at a person one metre and 89 centimetres tall (that’s nearly 6’3” for those who still think that way) then the perspective is pretty giant like ... -
IssuesChildren's society report
A decade ago, The Children’s Society carried out a national survey asking children and young people what makes for a good life. This marked the launch of its ‘Good childhood’ enquiry. A further survey in 2008 was devoted to children and young people’s subjective well-being.
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IssuesSurvey shows men are put off children’s work by women
Childrenswork’s survey into men’s involvement in children’s ministry gave us some surprising results. The survey was a follow-up to the feature on men in children’s work in our August issue.
