I recently went to a session run by Sarah Wynter of youthwork magazine on recruiting and keeping volunteers (in a church-based context). Without wanting to duplicate the whole session, her main points were: Define what you are asking people to do Articulate what is expected of volunteers. At ACC, we have a generic Volunteer Role [...]
Following on from my post about a division in youth work, I’ve come across a group of workers who strongly articulate the need for a return to traditional youth work values. So much so that they have written up a paper titled “In Defense of Youth Work”. Read the blog post here and download the [...]
These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 25th February to 8th March. For more related links, check out my links page ….looking for the Jesus in everyone – articulate youth worker from Croydon, UK DEFENDING YOUTH WORK: THE LATEST « Critically Chatting Collective’s Blog – A call for [...]
The following is a short article I wrote that was published in Youth Work Now Magazine (A supplement of Children & Young People Now) this week. In addition to the print copy, it can be found on the CYPNow website here. Let teenagers learn from their mistakes I recently read an online discussion between two [...]
This article is cross-posted on the Measuring Outcomes blog. In writing my dissertation, I’ve been researching evaluation in the field of youth work. This included two (provocatively worded) questionnaires that caused some more extreme responses from workers! Although there are a wide range of opinions, generally speaking people seem to fall into one of two [...]
This post is part of a 5-session teaching series covering the first 5 chapters of the book of Acts in the New Testament. It is designed to be used in a small group environment for young people aged 11-14, but can be adapted for other purposes. The young people were encouraged to read the chapter [...]
The following links are items that I have read and shared through Google Reader in the last 7 days. Some will be youth work or youth ministry related, while others are of personal interest. You can view my full shared items here. The under 25 youth pastor 1 March 2009 – Interesting questions on hiring [...]
