All NexGen Pro articles – Page 98
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IssuesThe Axis of Good and Evil – Christmas
There’s this constant tension in youth ministry: we want to use culture to talk about big issues and themes with young people, but often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are the ones made by well-meaning Christians in a shed. To put that another way, often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are terrible. So, here’s our solution to this problem: a monthly round-up where we rank a whole heap of stuff on whether it’s any good, and whether it’s both suitable and worth showing to your youth group. This month, we look at Christmas! So, festive ideas in the top right are to be commended for youth group shenanigans ... the darker side of Christmas in the bottom left - less so.
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IssuesThe Axis of Good and Evil – Books
There’s this constant tension in youth ministry: we want to use culture to talk about big issues and themes with young people, but often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are the ones made by well-meaning Christians in a shed. To put that another way, often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are terrible. So, here’s our solution to this problem: a monthly round-up where we rank a whole heap of stuff on whether it’s any good, and whether it’s both suitable and worth showing to your youth group. This month, we look at books. So, those in the top right are worth a read, a thought, a discussion... books in the bottom left – less so.
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IssuesThe Axis of Good and Evil - TV Shows
There’s this constant tension in youth ministry: we want to use culture to talk about big issues and themes with young people, but often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are the ones made by well-meaning Christians in a shed. To put that another way, often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are terrible. So, here’s our solution to this problem: a monthly round-up where we rank a whole heap of stuff on whether it’s any good, and whether it’s both suitable and worth showing to your youth group
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IssuesThe axis of Good and Evil - Films
There’s this constant tension in youth ministry: we want to use culture to talk about big issues and themes with young people, but often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are the ones made by well-meaning Christians in a shed. To put that another way, often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are terrible. So, here’s our solution to this problem: a monthly roundup where we rank a whole heap of stuff on whether it’s any good, and whether it’s both suitable and worth showing to your youth group. Obviously stuff in the top right is ideal, the films in the bottom left are normally Adam Sandler productions.
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IssuesThe axis of good and evil - Music
There’s this constant tension in youth ministry: we want to use culture to talk about big issues and themes with young people, but often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are the ones made by well-meaning Christians in a shed. To put that another way, often the films, TV shows and video games with the best moral messages are terrible. So, here’s our solution to this problem: a monthly round-up where we rank a whole heap of stuff on whether it’s any good, and whether it’s both suitable and worth showing to your youth group. This month, we look at music. So, artists in the top right are worth a listen, a thought, a discussion... music in the bottom left – less so.
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IssuesQ&A: Guvna B
East London hip-hop artist Guvna B has won numerous awards including a MOBO. His latest album Secret World reached number one in the official Christian and Gospel Charts. Editor Jamie Cutteridge sat down to grill the Guvna and talk about the new album
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It's You Or The Baby
When Victoria Webster had a routine 21-week blood test it revealed that she had leukaemia. She was advised to have a late termination because the medication used in chemotherapy would kill the child. Doctors basically told her that she would die if she had her baby...
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IssuesBaby, Baby, Baby, Uh Oh
Teen icon Justin Bieber had another eventful month after being arrested for speeding and driving under the influence before having the charges dropped.
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The Back Page: Faith-forming families
These days most children’s ministry leaders agree that the key to the positive faith formation of children lies in the home. The ways in which
parents model their faith to and talk about their faith with children has direct bearing on the ongoing ability of children to learn to love God and live in the way of Jesus. -
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The Back Page: Solid Ground
‘So the Bible is a lie?’ my son clarified, his little fiveyear- old head cocked to one side and his nose squished up in thought. Panic began to rise in my stomach: ‘Okay, Rachel. You did not explain this well.’
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IssuesBack to Life
What do you do when you realise your youth work isn’t working? How do you breathe new life into a flagging group? Martin Saunders provides a practical approach to youth ministry resurrection.
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BlogTen things to do when you get back from a summer festival
Well done, oh youth worker friend! You have survived the greatest ordeal known to man: the summer festival. In case your brain cells are so exhausted that even reading this is a challenge – here’s a handy list of things you must do before you completely and fully collapse into a heap
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IssuesPutting Christ back in Christmas
Christmas is fast approaching and a Christmas assembly is a great opportunity to tell children about the amazing events that surrounded Jesus’ birth. However, children will take part in so many Christmas activities, plays and parties that there is a danger of them all running into each other. What can you do that will make your assembly stand out from the all the other events?
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IssuesBringing back Christian ethos to a group?
Our experts answer your questions on children’s and families ministry
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BlogBack to the Future: Where we’re going, we don’t need meeting guides!
According to The Rest of The Internet™, today is Back to the Future Day. For the uninitiated, 21st October 2015 is the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown visited in Back to the Future 2. They discovered a world of hoverboards, Jaws 19 in 4D and self-tying trainers, all of which makes the real 2015 a little disappointing – the future isn’t what it used to be. But what about youth ministry? Is 2015 in youth ministry what we expected 30 years ago?
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Creating a movement: Back to basics
‘The Church has no future!’ That was the message we heard when the recession hit in 2008 and youth ministry was removed from many church budgets: the cuts were pragmatic in nature and it was sink or swim time. Many programmes shrank or dissolved. However when you remove youth ministry from your priority list, a loud declaration is heard: ‘We are living on borrowed time!’
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Back to School
The words ‘Physics’, ‘Protractor’, and ‘End of term test’ might send a shiver down your spine. But do we really know what’s going on in schools these days? Annie Carter insists that we can learn so much from venturing into schools, and experiencing the day-to-day reality our young people face.
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The Back Page: Storytelling and other Barbaric Practices
For once there was a modicum of attention in my junior church group. It’s a mixed-ability, mixed-age group, with plenty of mixed attitudes to God. It ranges from the ‘It’s all rubbish, I’d rather talk about huskies’ approach to a seven year-old who has recently brought her entire family to become regular churchgoers, has been baptised and is delighted to see her parents on an introduction to Christianity course.
