The following is a group session plan for young people to explore what it might mean to be made in the image of God. I have used it with young people aged 11-15, but it can be adapted for other ages. It is intended as an introduction to the subject, so doesn’t [...]
Everyone makes mistakes, and when it comes to my youth work I’ve made some clangers! Hopefully by reproducing them here, it may give you a bit of a laugh and help you to avoid doing the same thing. Mistake #6: Trying to do everything By nature, I’m a bit of a generalist. I don’t [...]
I was reading Brian Berry’s post on a recent parent summit they did at their church in San Diego. It was a training day to help explain the vision of the work, look at their values, and evaluate the impact of what they are doing (visit his blog for more info and ideas). Here in [...]
Mark (@sparticus) brought this to my attention on his blog. It’s a new set of awards for Christian youth work run by the ‘We Love Our Youthworker‘ charter, Youthwork Magazine and The Archbishop of York Youth Trust. From the website: The Christian Youth Work Awards are all about appreciating and celebrating the incredible work done [...]
After being postponed from this month due to venue problems, the Bi-annual History of youth and Community Conference is now going ahead on the 14-16th October 2011 in Northern College near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. This is the 6th conference of its kind and is organised by the editorial board of Youth & Policy. …it will [...]
If there’s something guaranteed to get a number of Christians worked up, it’s a good old swear word! Chris posted about Andy Crouch’s open letter to Mumford & Sons where he berates the band for using the lyric “fucked it up” in the song Little Lion Man. While he may have a point that the [...]
This week I’m helping to run an interactive prayer space in our local secondary school. The chaplain and team invited Orison to come to the school and set-up their brilliant exhibition, so yesterday I got stuck in! In case you’re wondering: Orison is an interactive spiritual experience, encouraging people of all ages to engage with prayer [...]
The Youthwork Summit is back for its second year! The website just went live and is giving more details about the event which has been teased for a couple of months. But first of all the essential details. Dates: Friday 21st AND Saturday 22nd October 2011 Venue: Audacious City Church, Manchester Cost: £25 for just the [...]
From the archive is a series of posts highlighting content previously posted on this blog that may be new to some readers or helpful to revisit: This post looks at the growth of Christianity in non-western cultures via a news article from the Canadian Nation Post, and the book ‘Whose Religion is Christianity’. The original [...]
Everyone makes mistakes, and when it comes to my youth work I’ve made some clangers! Hopefully by reproducing them here, it may give you a bit of a laugh and help you to avoid doing the same thing. Mistake #5: Pathetic Participation Everyone in youth work circles knows that participation is an important thing. It’s [...]
