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Motives for Youth Ministry
I’m wanting to do a little bit of informal research around Christian youth work/youth ministry, and our motives as workers for doing it. I believe that most Christians would understand a scriptural mandate for working with young people. Many of us would quote [youversion]Matthew 28:19[/youversion] and the Great Commission as a reason to do
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Mistakes I’ve Made #10
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 #10: Ignoring disrespectful behaviour When groups of people hang out, there is usually some humorous banter
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Global Youth Work Short Course
YMCA George Williams College along with Y Care International have introduced a new Certificate in Global Youth Work. The aim is to “take youth and community practitioners on a journey to bring a global dimension to their practice with young people”. The interest in Global Youth Work has been a growing for a while. A while back
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Youthwork The Conference 2011
I’m sure many of you are descending into the thriving seaside metropolis of Eastbourne this coming weekend for Youthwork The Conference. Hopefully I’ll see you there at some point. As usual, it promises to be an interesting weekend with a wide variety of speakers and sessions aimed at volunteer and salaried Christian youth workers. I’m
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Children In Need Appearance
Children and staff from our Launch Pad Breakfast Club will be featured on the BBC Children In Need fundraising event alongside TV & Radio presenter Zoe Ball tomorrow night (Friday 18th November). Launch Pad is a FREE Breakfast Club run by Arun Community Church for up to 30 children each day and has been partially
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Up and Running (finally)
Those of you who have tried to access this website over the past couple of weeks have probably noticed some problems… Due to a software vulnerability in WordPress, hackers were able to gain access to my website and insert extra code which tried to infect or redirect visitors to the blog. It also meant that
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An Open Letter to West Sussex County Council
In a follow up to my previous post regarding the latest round of cuts to the youth service in west sussex, I’m posting below a letter I have sent to West Sussex County Council’s ‘Children and Young People’s Services Select Committee’ which is meeting tomorrow (Friday 4th November). In addition to my role for Arun
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Youth Work Week ’11
Today marks the start of National Youth Work Week 2011. This years theme is: “Youth Work – Bringing Communities Together”. National Youth Work Week has been coordinated by the National Youth Agency since 1993, providing an opportunity for youth organisations, youth workers and young people engaged in youth work to celebrate the achievements and impact of youth
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Eloise Joy
Here she is, the tiny addition to the Jolly family! So far, she is doing great: eating and sleeping well, and getting lots of cuddles from her dad. Big sister Hope is also very pleased. Thanks for all the messages we’ve received so far. We really appreciate them.
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Unashamed Youth Ministry
Why Christian youth work must become more open about its purpose by reflecting on its practice and not being afraid of its Christian voice. Luke already had a broken collarbone when he came on the residential…
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