There’s lot of talk at the moment about the future of youth work. Marko’s been blogging extracts from his new book ‘Youth Ministry 3.0…‘ looking at how we’re missing the mark in [US] youth ministry, and what needs to change in order to more truly live into our calling as youth workers.
Over this side of [...]
At Ignite (our group for 11-14 year olds), we run both a Thursday night social and small groups at the weekend. The Thursday is an open session where we run crazy activities and have around 50 young people turn up. The small groups are for those who want to take an extra step and learn [...]
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Posts have been pretty sporadic here recently which kind of reflects my state of mind at the moment. What with Kirsty’s morning sickness, exams this week, trying to find a new car, and a whole shed load of summer activities coming up, I feel a little unfocused.
I plan to have [...]
OK, most of our family and friends know now so it’s time to formally tell the World Wide Web. After almost eight years of marriage, Kirsty and I are expecting our first child! The Jolly Junior is due mid January 2009 and mummy and daddy are very excited!
So there you go. Don’t say I never [...]
The latest issue of Youth Work Now came out today and my second ‘From The Frontline’ opinion piece is printed on page 9. I wrote it as a reaction to the government sponsored MyPlace initiative:
The government’s MyPlace initiative will provide £190m of capital funding to help create new youth facilities across England. For those [...]
I noticed a brief article on the Youth Work Now website about the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) looking to develop an accreditation system for voluntary youth workers.
Under the system volunteer youth workers would take part in training to develop skills, with successful candidates getting a certificate or card to show they are [...]
Well I have kissed a girl, but that’s not what I’m talking about! Jonathan over at thesource4ym has flagged up a new song by female singer Katy Perry called “I Kissed A Girl”.
This song isn’t so much about homosexual activity as it is just “doing what feels good at the moment.” Just like current hit [...]
Last weekend I was at a church youth camp where I was running a seminar. During the worship service, the tech guys were putting up video clips on the screen behind the words as a visual aid to worship.
If you’ve ever been to events like Soul Survivor then you’ll have seen this kind of [...]
My friends over at Pure Creative Arts have got themselves a great article in the Times Educational Supplement.
I met Tamsin and her team when working at Spring Harvest a few years ago and was really impressed with their creative approach to tackling issues of worth and self-esteem in young people through schools work in the [...]
As a part-time Mobile DJ, tagging and organising my music library is very important to me. I’ve previously spent hours changing incorrect track information and I currently have around 12,000 songs in my iTunes library. Playlists are essential to manage all the songs and I rely on Smart Playlists to filter genre, new songs, decades, [...]
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