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National Occupational Standards
In case you missed it, the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) have published the revised the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Youth Work. The purpose of the National Occupational Standards is to describe the knowledge and skills needed to perform a job role or work task. They exist for a huge number of vocations…
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Youth Group: How do YOU do it?
I’ve been thinking a lot about how churches choose to run youth groups and would like some feedback on why you do things the way that you do.
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Long Term Youth Work
In addition to celebrating our 12th Wedding anniversary yesterday, I also had the privilege of Baptising a young man I have worked with for the same amount of time.
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12 Years
Today Kirsty and I celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary. I doesn’t seem that long ago! We’ve just got back from a brilliant family holiday in France, and I’m feeling very thankful for my wonderful three girls!
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Acceptance
Recently I became aware of a young person in one of our youth groups who was starting to think about their personal preferences. They were exploring their feelings and coming to the conclusion that they might be embracing what could be considered an ‘alternative lifestyle’. This was causing them some concern as they had questions…
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Youthwork Summit Reflections
Well I finally made it to the Youthwork Summit. After 2 years of near misses, it was good to be at the event and participate along with 1,000 other Christian youth workers. The following is some of my notes and observations from the day, but is no means comprehensive. The official summit website will be…
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Belonging
Tomorrow morning I’m heading up to the Youthwork Summit, and really looking forward to it! I’ve been following the various tweets today from the early day with Marko and it seems he’s been talking about the importance of belonging for young people. To sum it up, Neil Fox posted the following from the day: He…
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3 Days Until Youthwork Summit 2012
Ok, so here’s a last minute plug for the Youthwork Summit that’s happening on Saturday. I’ve already posted about this event, but it’s in 3 days and if you’re not already going you should be! Dates: Saturday 19th May 2012 Venue: Jesus House, Brent Cross, London Cost: £30 for the day At £30 for a…
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Prayer Space
Last week I spent the majority of my time in The Littlehampton Academy, helping to support the Prayer Space that was happening there. I previously blogged about the first prayer space we ran in the school last year, and this was a very similar experience. We again used the resources from Orison, to create an…
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YMCA College Open Days 2012
A quick plug for the YMCA George Williams College Open Days on 15th June and 13th July 2012. I would highly recommend the college to anyone interested in becoming qualified as a youth worker or studying related subjects, and there’s some new options this year including an MA in Youth Work. They are only specialist youth work…
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