I can’t remember the last time I was able to go out and play in the snow! We don’t normally get any down here on the south coast and when we do it doesn’t normally settle. Today while still away with the young people at Lodge Hill, the cold spell brought an amazing blanket of [...]
Fuel, our youth group for 15-18 year olds is away on a residential at Lodge Hill. We’ve been doing some teaching on the Gospel (more on that topic soon), and the power of the Holy Spirit. God has been with us and we’ve already had a first time commitment to the faith!
This afternoon, we spent [...]
I had a really great time last week. The weather was terrible and rarely did the sun shine as the photo shows, but I got to hang out with around 30 fantastic young people without having any agenda to achieve or promote - just enjoying their company. It was a good chance for me to [...]
I’m sitting in the office today catching up with various bits of paperwork before heading off the Shepton Mallett on Monday. We’re taking around 25 young people along to Soul Survivor A and I’m quite excited about going because the last time I went was waaaay back in 1999.
Our group is joining together with St [...]
I’m currently away on our church Children’s weekend retreat at Dalesdown, a Christian activity centre in West Sussex. We’ve got Jon Bonner leading our group times and he’s doing a fantastic job of engaging them creatively. Although the weather could have been better, we’ve managed to avoid most of the floods and havoc caused by [...]
Team building
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I’m currently away at a youth retreat, my first duty as youth and schools worker for arun community church. It’s the hottest day of the year and we’re in glorious countryside doing team building activities! What a great way to start a new job!
First, an explanation:
I wrote this silly song on a youth retreat around 6 years ago because I was bet that I couldn’t write a song about an Orang Utan in 10 minutes. It became one of those collective moments that the youth group remembered and has never quite been forgotten. Needless to say, I never [...]
Happy Easter everyone!
Last week we were down in Minehead running Distinctive, the 11-14’s venue for Spring Harvest (Week 1). This is the sixth year I’ve been involved in the 11-14’s programme and yet again I absolutely loved being part of such an amazing and talented team! Sim has already posted on what we were up [...]
The BBC is running a story about a group of County Durham teenagers who were allegedly abandoned by their youth worker in the countryside at 9:30pm in the pouring rain after they were “misbehaving”. A worker has been suspended pending an enquiry.
They said they had been accused of misbehaving and were told to make their [...]
Tidal River
Originally uploaded by bobweasel.
Today I’m off to Brecon in Wales for my last residential with The WIRE. The last two years we’ve been to the same place and I’ve always been stunned by the beautiful scenery. I’m on the lookout for more over the next few days!
We’re taking 9 young lads with us to [...]
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