Why youth work is for everyone
By Phoebe Hill is head of research at Youthscape, a theology PhD student at King’s College London and a volunteer youth worker.
2017-01-19T00:00:00
I was chatting with a wonderful older lady at church on Sunday, called Betty. Having just watched the youth Christmas nativity, we were chuckling together about all of its weirdness and abstract meaningfulness. I commented on how she should get involved with the youth group, to which she replied with something I have heard time and time again: ‘Oh, I am too old for that!’