All NexGen Pro articles – Page 125
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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.
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IssuesYoung People and Personal Devotion
50% of young people who identify as Christians don’t read their Bible more than once a month.
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IssuesDiscussion: The Diary of a Teenage Girl
This summer’s release of The Diary of a Teenage Girl received both critical acclaim and a degree of worry. The film was a hit with the reviewers, but its depiction of a relationship between a 15 and a 35-year-old also drew criticism. Simon Bass from CCPAS told Premier Youthwork:
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BlogFour reasons I didn’t want to be a youth worker
Rachel Newham reveals why - at first - she didn't think the world of youth work was for her.
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IssuesReal life: ‘Two of my friends died’
In 2015 I had just become a youth leader at a church in South East England, after moving there for university from the Midlands. I was six hours away from home, and the expense of getting back only made the distance feel further. This was one of the biggest steps of faith I have taken in my 22 years of life.
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IssuesCan you dig it?
I have this exit strategy in my head. It goes something like this: ‘If it all comes crashing down, I’ll grab the family (and the Mac), jump on the nearest train and head to a static caravan on the Island of Iona where I’ll live off wild rhubarb and the sound of monk’s chanting.’ Foolproof.
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IssuesNine ways to respond to teenagers mourning the loss of One Direction
After whispers and rumours for weeks, last night the news finally broke: One Direction are going on a break. Obviously this is the biggest thing to happen to the world of youth culture in a long time; fortunately, Jamie Cutteridge is on hand with some advice…
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IssuesStephen Hawking speaks out on One Direction
Professor Stephen Hawking speaking at the Sydney Opera House, responding to a journalist’s question about Zayn leaving One Direction. This might be the year’s most crucial piece of youth ministry advice.
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IssuesOne Direction
One Direction caused a row this month, when parents of a school in Ireland asked the school to change the date of its First Communion,
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BlogNine ways to respond to teenagers mourning the loss of One Direction
After whispers and rumours for weeks, last night the news finally broke: One Direction are going on a break. Obviously this is the biggest thing to happen to the world of youth culture in a long time; fortunately, Jamie Cutteridge is on hand with some advice…
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Lasting discipleship
With the numbers of 18-30s in our churches at an all-time low, what does that tell us about the effectiveness of youth ministry? Jo Derry asks experts and practitioners how we can think beyond the teenage years, and invest in young people now to encourage their long-term spiritual growth.
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IssuesFormational Discipleship
Ivy Beckwith and David M Csinos, co-authors of Children’s Ministry in the Way of Jesus, explain what it means to help a child become formed as a disciple of Jesus.
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IssuesLasting Discipleship
With the numbers of 18-30s in our churches at an all-time low, what does that tell us about the effectiveness of youth ministry? Jo Derry asks experts and practitioners how we can think beyond the teenage years, and invest in young people now to encourage their long-term spiritual growth.
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BlogReady-to-use Discussion: Queen Elizabeth II
On 9th September, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning British monarch, having been queen since February 1952.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Free speech
The world was rocked in January when terrorists attacked the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people, including two police officers. This sparked a manhunt, sieges and outpourings of grief and anger across the world. The attackers, Islamic extremists possibly linked to al-Qaeda, are thought to have been ‘provoked’ by the magazine’s previous depiction of Islam, ISIS and the prophet Mohammed (images of Mohammed are banned in the Qu’ran and offensive to Muslims).
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Selfies
Remember when people used to take photos of other things? You might go on safari and take sweeping photos of majestic beasts, cavalcading through the Serengeti. You could go to a concert and snap the singer at that exact moment they hit the ludicrously high note.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Doctor Who
The tension was palpable. At any minute, our collective fate, our future, would be revealed. Social media was abuzz with speculation, those in the room held their collective breath as viewers worldwide stared at the screen intently, barely moving, blinking or thinking. This. Was. It. The lights went down and suddenly, he appeared. Peter Capaldi… the new Doctor.
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Ready-to-use Discussion: It's just so emotional
In recent months cinemas have been full of nervous laughter mixed with floods of tears. Movie-goers have wept buckets while watching the doomed (no spoilers) romance between Hazel and Augustus in The Fault in our Stars.
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BlogReady-to-use Discussion: Winning
The summer has been full of celebrations and commiserations, people winning (the Olympics! Andy Murray! Chris Froome!) and failing (ah, the English football team), people working together and falling apart. But what does the Bible say about winning? Does trying hard matter? Where does grace fit in?
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BlogReady-to-use Discussion: Immigration
If there’s one story that’s constantly dominating the headlines, it’s immigration.
