All NexGen Pro articles – Page 2
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ArticleTwelve-week Advent prep
Autumn is sweeping around again, with the new school year and the leaves turning gold. I wonder if you have ever thought, ‘Maybe I should plan Advent early this year?’
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ArticleA home a family
Story for home. If you want to include some actions, they could be attached to ‘home’, ‘family’ and ‘promise’. So make the shape of a house with your hands for ‘home’. Give yourself a big hug or hold someone’s hand for ‘family’. And cross your fingers for ‘promise’.
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ArticleThe power of storytelling
I’ve collected a few stories that have inspired me this summer and I’ll introduce you to them now. If any of these resonate with you or you think they will resonate with the children and young people you meet, then do look up more information.
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ArticleManaging your church’s hopes and dreams
Welcome to Toolbox. Helping you lead and manage volunteers and staff. As Christians, we keep time to a different drumbeat than many of the people that walk this planet alongside us. Specifically, we are different because we are open to the spiritual. Not just in a vague way but within a precise, theological framework.
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ArticleGetting parents on board with your September launch
Ahhhh, the excitement of a September launch: kids moving up to new groups on Sunday, fresh after-school clubs or midweek groups starting up, the satisfying feeling of finally getting enough team to start that new tots group. September can feel like the culmination of months and months of dreaming, planning and hard work.
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ArticleBecoming the leader your leaders need - part 2
There’s a story in Exodus 17 of a time when Israel were at war against the Amalekites. The Bible tells us that “as long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but when he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning” (Exodus 17:11).
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ArticleSpotlight on Amplify
Spotlight we feature a Christian charity or ministry that either directly serves children or youth in some way, or those aiming to support them, whether in a full-time, part-time or volunteer capacity.
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ArticleAll together now
When Jesus looks at your village, town or city he sees just one church. You may be a different expression of that from the one down the road. But Jesus sees you as one. Claire Farley unpacks what this might look like for you in your community
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ArticleA week in the life of Wayne Dixon
Wayne works for Christian Connection in Schools (CCIS) with children, young people and staff in schools in Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead. He explains what he gets up to.
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ArticleThe ministry of fun
Let’s talk about fun. It’s pretty much impossible to stay in youth ministry for more than a few weeks without at least some willingness to have fun. Even the most serious and Bible-focused youth leader needs to add fun as a value.
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ArticleFive ways to support a sibling
Written by Mark Arnold’s daughter, Phoebe, who shares her experience of growing up as the sibling of someone with additional needs.
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ArticleMPs social media condemn photo editing
A group of MPs is urging social media influencers to stop doctoring their photos.
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Article‘Holy Trinity’ bikini causes TikTok storm
A TikTok star has been forced to remove a post after being accused of ‘blasphemy’.
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ArticlePrayer for woman paralysed by bison
A church in Surrey is praying for a 19-year-old woman after she was left paralysed in a bison attack.
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ArticleBible-fuelled success at Commonwealth Games
Teenage diving sensation Andrea Spendolini-Siriex’s medal-winning performances at the Commonwealth Games were inspired by Bible verses.
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ArticleWho is the Trinity?
It’s September and the kids are heading back to school: parents breathe a sigh of relief, teachers pull together the final few lesson plans and children’s and youth workers prep for a new term. In the spirit of it all, I thought we too could school ourselves on the basics of theology.
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ArticleTo baptise or not baptise – is that the question?
Do you believe in infant baptism or believers’ baptism? Do you even know the language and why it matters? If you are part of a local church which practises one or the other, or indeed neither, then knowing where the church stands and what you think about it will be important, especially if you are a youth or children’s worker who grew up in a different tradition. Gareth Crispin knows both worlds well and draws out what it’s about, why it matters and asks some significant questions.
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ArticlePets teaching us about community - DC League of Super-Pets reviewed
Can you imagine your pets in community?
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ArticleThe waiting father
Use this story as part of a God-time at home, or as a bedtime story. It can also be used alongside this month’s Together sessions.
