Archive - September, 2009

Youth Work Links for 7th September to 29th September

These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 7th September to 29th September. For more related links, check out my links page FunAndGames.org Home Page – The online resource for all those looking for ideas, games and things to do for children and youth The enemies of reason: Agendas, [...]

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Recommended Resources for New Youth Ministers

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A good friend of mine has been offered his first youth ministry position. It will involve him uprooting from home and moving hundreds of miles across the atlantic to serve a church in Texas, USA. That’s no small task for anyone, so I wanted to offer some advice from the online collective and help recommend [...]

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ASBO’s

I got angry today – quite unusual for me. I sadly came across a range of leaflets printed by the police, each showing a mugshot, name and date of birth of young people that I know quite well. Obviously there was a reason for such strange publicity. These young people had each been involved in [...]

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YWN Article: The Young Volunteer Army Saving Us Millions

The following is a short article I wrote that was published in Youth Work Now Magazine (A supplement of Children & Young People Now) last week. In addition to the print copy, it can be found on the CYPNow website here. The Young Volunteer Army Saving Us Millions Over the summer holidays I’ve had the [...]

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YWN Article: Is the concept of youth work hard to grasp?

The following is a short article I wrote that was published in Youth Work Now Magazine (A supplement of Children & Young People Now) last month. In addition to the print copy, it can be found on the CYPNow website here. Is the concept of youth work hard to grasp? Over the past month, I [...]

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Youth Work Links for 24th August to 2nd September

These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 24th August to 2nd September. For more related links, check out my links page Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com – On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face [...]

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