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  • The Joy of Teen Sex

    The Joy of Teen Sex

    Wednesday night (19th January) in the UK, Channel4 aired Episode 1 of a new show called The Joy of Teen Sex (link to the channel4 website here, and the ‘sexperience’ site here. Warning: may contain explicit content). Here is the first two lines of the press release: Sex is part of every teenager’s life. They

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  • Choose Youth

    Choose Youth

    If you live in the UK then you can’t have escaped the fact that many public services are either being axed or under threat of severe funding cuts. Sadly in the youth sector nearly every single service is facing hugely disproportionate cuts, with many services simply shutting down (mainly because they are not seen as

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  • My job is changing too!

    My job is changing too!

    Late last week I read a blog post by Brian Berry (a Student Pastor in San Diego, USA) about how his job is changing: I have been asked to expand my oversight responsibilities to include children’s ministry as well. [Probably cuz we I have 5 of them living in my home :)] This means in

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  • Young People and Faith Conference

    Young People and Faith Conference

    On 27th – 28th June 2011, Youth and Policy is sponsoring the third ‘Thinking Seriously’ conference looking at the theme of Young People and Faith: implications for youth working. I’ve been invited to participate to the event, and am already quite nervous about it! Here’s some more information: Youth and Policy’s third ‘thinking seriously’ conference

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  • YCML 2011: IMAGE

    YCML (youth, culture and mission lectures) are again running two days of lectures for youth workers who are interested in taking their theology and practice that little bit deeper. About YCML The youth, culture and mission lectures is a collaboration of three groups who all have a passion for young people and mission. The Sophia

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  • Guest Post: Dave Johnson

    Guest Post: Dave Johnson

    This post is part of a short series written by volunteers and workers I have had the privilege of working alongside. I have asked a few of these individuals to write about their experiences of working with young people in their particular context. This post is written by long-term friend Dave Johnson: I take it

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  • Name Change Update

    Name Change Update

    Back in September, I posted that I was thinking about changing the name of this website to something that better reflected the content (rather than just my name which I feel is bit ego-centric). I got 23 responses to the poll, with 15 people (65%) saying that I should stick with using jonjolly.com. I also

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  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

    Yes I may be a few days late, but the sentiment is still there right? I hope you’ve had a relaxing and fun Christmas break. I thought I’d share a couple of the gifts I got with you. The first is this beauty (the T-shirt, not the guy). My fantastic wife Kirsty bought it off

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  • Happy Christmas

    Happy Christmas

    I pray you enjoy a peaceful and refreshing time.

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  • Incredibly Articulate 15 Year Old Protester

    Incredibly Articulate 15 Year Old Protester

    You may have missed this one, but the video below shows 15 year old Barnaby Raine speaking out against the UK Government on the recent hike in University Fees. From the Huffington Post: The impassioned plea was made at the Coalition of Resistance National Conference in Camden, U.K., on Nov. 27, a youth, students and

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