All NexGen Pro articles – Page 124
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Day two: young people and mental health
Today, our focus is on young people and mental health. We’re praying for young people who we know who struggle with mental health issues, for specialists and health care professionals, and for all organisations seeking to educate and equip youth workers, teachers and parents in this area.
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Day one: education and schools
Today, our focus is on education and schools. We're praying for young people who we know who either struggle or flourish in school; for teachers and other educational specialists, and for all Christians seeking to work directly in or with schools.
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Day three: young people, sex and relationships
Today, our focus is on young people, sex and relationships. You don’t need us to tell you that young people are bombarded with images and ideas about sex and relationships that are far from healthy, and many of them are making damaging choices. So let’s pray for wisdom – wisdom for young people who are forming opinions and basing decisions based on what the media throws on them, wisdom for parents and those who work with young people in this area, and wisdom for the Church, that we would find fresh inspiration to speak into an ever-changing culture.
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BlogA day in the life of : Kara Landhuis, youth worker
After a brief hiatus, a day in life returns with Kara Landhuis, an American youth worker currently working in the UK!
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Day six: surprise! One more day of prayer - invite your young people to pray for you
Today, around 1,000 youth workers and youth specialists will gather in Manchester for the fifth annual Youth Work Summit. So while we're all there, why not encourage your young people to pray for you! You might want to share the following prayer points with them through your usual communications channels.
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BlogA day in the life of : Mark McFeeters, youth worker
A day in the life of continues with Mark McFeeters, a youthworker from Belfast, who shares what his typical day of youth work consists of
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BlogGCSE Results Day: good news whatever your results?
Now everyone has to stay in education longer (until your 18th birthday), in a way there is less pressure to ensure you get the results you want, first time round.
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BlogYouth work’s dead. It doesn’t need a revolution.
After a brief hiatus, the Youthwork blog is back. This week, David Welch shares his thoughts on youth work and why we don't need a revolution.
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BlogIt’s time for a revolution… or youth ministry is dead
In the first of our new blog series, Martin Saunders takes a long, hard, honest look at the state of youth ministry in the UK
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IssuesTraining numbers decline
Evidence from research into student numbers on Christian youth ministry courses in the UK has indicated that there has been a slow decline over the last five years. In September 2011, there were 623 students but by September 2015, there were 536, a fall of 14 per cent. When combining undergraduate and postgraduate courses, there was an interesting rise in postgraduate students in 2015. The UK Christian Youth Work Consortium has been collecting the numbers of students on such courses for the last five years.
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BlogHas the quality of youth workers decreased?
“Generally, the quality of youth workers has gone down dramatically." Mike Pilavachi, Premier Youthwork, November 2016
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BlogFaith and Deeds
Last month a friend of mine posted a comment online about how much pain he was in from a persistent knee problem. I knew he wasn’t a Christian but felt compassion for him and had faith that God could heal his knee.
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IssuesReady-to-use Mentoring: Faith and Deeds
Last month a friend of mine posted a comment online about how much pain he was in from a persistent knee problem. I knew he wasn’t a Christian but felt compassion for him and had faith that God could heal his knee.
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IssuesSpiritual Gifts, Group Size, Defining Sin
Our experts answer your questions on Children’s and Families ministry.
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BlogReady-To-Use Discussion: Depression
This session needs to be dealt with sensitively. You may want to encourage your young people to privately write their answers rather than engaging in group discussions.
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Revelation - Episode VII - The Final Destination
In the final instalment of his epic series on Revelation, Steve Griffiths takes us back to the very beginning with one simple reminder: it’s all
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IssuesThe Youth Work Lab: Faith Development
Welcome to the Youth Work Lab: the place where key youth work theories are tried and tested by on-the-ground practitioners. Each month, the team from StreetSpace selects and explores a piece of youth work theory, and puts it to the test in creative and pioneering ways
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IssuesRE ‘lacks Intellectual development’
The teaching of Christianity in schools has been labelled ‘incoherent’ and ‘too stereotypical’ by an academic leading a project to improve RE lessons. Dr Nigel Fancourt of Oxford University said that lessons can lack ‘intellectual development’. Dr Fancourt’s comments came after a poll which showed support for teaching Christianity in schools.
