All NexGen Pro articles – Page 66
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IssuesHow do you deal with the aftermath of a big romantic breakup within the group?
Deep down, we all love a youth group romance. Maybe it plays to our egos as leaders that we’ve created a context where love has blossomed; perhaps even it’s because we know that if they stay together, it might be our one chance to preach at a wedding. Generally speaking, we share in the group excitement when two of our young people get together.
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Blog
Understanding Christianity: RE resources
Dream: think strategically and with vision about our work in schools.
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IssuesReal life: “The vicar comes with a free youth worker”
For the past eight years I have been involved in youth work as a volunteer, a youth theatre practitioner, a full-time church worker and now as a sessional youth worker. I have a diploma in youth mission and ministry (just to try and prove I vaguely know what I’m doing!) but all of that seems to pale in comparison to a decision I made in May 2015 - I got married to a trainee vicar.
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Faith at home
A story for home: Dinner time with Eli and sons
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a God-time during your day. Enjoy pulling different facial expressions and thinking about what noises the different characters might make. You could also use this story during a children’s session.
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IssuesRelationship-rooted discipleship
In youth and children’s ministry we’re constantly on the lookout for a silver bullet - one programme or approach that will solve our discipleship crisis. But Bath and Wiltshire YFC’s James Vaughton thinks it might be simpler than that…
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IssuesLearner Turner: A Sunday in the grass
“Can I ask you a question?” Her 11-year-old body curled towards me in earnest. I looked around the group of seven of us, relaxed on the grass outside church. The wind ruffled our hair as we crunched biscuits.
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Faith at homeManchester attack: How do we support children and young people?
For many of our children and young people, the overnight attack at an Ariana Grande in Manchester, which left at least 22 dead, might be the first such event that feels ‘real’.
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IssuesLoneliness a concern for thousands of children
They used to say that childhood was the happiest days of your life, but a recent report from the NSPCC suggests that that is no longer the case – children these days are lonely and isolated. Childline provided 4,063 counselling sessions about loneliness in 2016/17 and 73 per cent of these counselling sessions were with girls.
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IssuesThe general election
As you’ve probably noticed, there’s a general election this month, and it’s more than likely that the needs of children and young people won’t be front and centre during the campaign. But what should be being talked about? We asked some youth and children’s workers what should be on the top of the new government’s agenda…
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BlogMoses: Session 1
Meeting aim: To begin to understand something of who God is, and that God was with Moses.
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IssuesMoses: Session 1
Meeting aim: To discover that God chooses us for a mission, just as he chose Moses.
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IssuesLeadership 101: You cannot lead others until you lead yourself
Let’s be honest, we’ve all worked with people who have been really tough to lead: that disruptive young person; that lazy team member; that difficult parent. But there is one person that’s harder to lead than any of the above - you!
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BlogThe Passover: Session 2
Meeting aim: To understand the importance of God saving his people in Egypt.
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IssuesPassover: Session 2
Meeting aim: To explore the story of the first Passover and its significance to God’s people.
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BlogThe Ten Commandments: Session 3
Meeting aim: To consider why God gave rules to his people and how they still help us today.
