All NexGen Pro articles – Page 148
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IssuesYouth work is for life
Is there an age limit to great youth work? David Welch doesn’t think so. In fact, the exact opposite is true: the world needs more youth ministry lifers, who have progressed through the stages of youth ministry development, with learning and wisdom to offer.
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Ready-to-use Reflection: Light of the World
The run-up to Christmas can be a frantic time, with parties, present-buying and incessant jolly music. Give your group space and time to prepare for the ‘coming’ (Adventus) of Jesus by entering into silence, reflection and prayer. After welcoming and noticing each young person, give everyone a stack of sticky notes and a pen. Allow each member of the group to find a space to sit where they are not easily distracted.
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Like / unlike
The highs and lows of Team Youthwork’s cultural month in five bite-sized thumbs.
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like / unlike
The highs and lows of Team Youthwork’s cultural month in four bite-sized thumbs.
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IssuesReady-to-use mentoring: Listen up!
The worst mentoring relationship I have ever been in came early on in my mentoring ‘career’ …
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IssuesAnd this Little Piggy had none ...
As budgets are squeezed and funding is cut, we are forced TO do more and more with less and less. How much money is enough for good youth work, and how do you raise an extra few quid? Fresh Expressions’ Kevin Colyer gives some IDEAs
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IssuesLittle platforms
Most people my age wanted to be Alan Shearer or Geri Halliwell; my idol was a then-30-something Greek man with inexplicable clothes and hair
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IssuesNational living wage for young people
I was left outraged by Government minister Matthew Hancock’s comments that young people do not deserve to be paid a national living wage. As a 24-year-old who spends his working week coaching unemployed young people back into employment or education, I was left disheartened at Hancock’s remarks that branded workers under the age of 25 not ‘productive’ enough to warrant the living wage proposed by Chancellor George Osborne.
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BlogSummertime in London-town
Ayana Witherspoon, an English Literature student from Pepperdine University in Malibu, reflects on her month spent in London, interning at Youthwork HQ.
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IssuesLosing my Religion
Statistics suggest that a quarter of young people in the UK have no strong religious persuasion. The phrase ‘nones’ has been coined in recent years to describe this group, a group marked by a general sense of apathy towards all things religious, faith and God. American youth ministry lecturer and researcher Len Kageler explains how nones came to be, the characteristics of their ‘noneness ’ and how we can reach them.
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BlogWhat we lost in the youth ministry revolution
The Youthwork blog continues with John Allan, a youth worker from Exeter, who draws from a wealth of experience to give his view on re-thinking how we do youth work
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IssuesReady-to-use Schools work: Love is Sacrifice
As the pupils are coming into assembly give a class worth of pupils a piece of paper with the question, ‘What is love?’ on it, and pens or pencils to scribble down their thoughts.
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Issues#lovecalais
As shared in last month’s issue, a group of youth workers went to visit the refugee camp in Calais. This month, you can do something to help. We’re launching our #LoveCalais campaign, giving your youth group the chance to provide a shelter for up to 12 people. The conditions people are living in in Calais are temporary, ramshackle and not fit to survive the cold winter months. This is an amazing opportunity to support those desperately in need of our help this winter.
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IssuesProject: MakeLunch
In 2011, the BBC screened a documentary called Poor Kids. The programme showed what life is like for the 3.5million children who live in poverty in the UK. Sam, Paige and Courtney’s honest accounts of life were moving and hugely challenging. It’s hard to watch children facing difficulties and not be left feeling that something must be done to change things.
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IssuesMaking a Move
Author, church planter and leader of ‘MOVE’, Steve Addison, talks to consulting editor Sarah Wynter about his 20-year passion for studying
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IssuesYouth Work and Management
70% of youth workers would like to stay in their current job for the next five to ten years, but only 42% think it will happen.
