All Editorial articles – Page 102
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BlogDEAD BOOK SOCIETY: ON THE INCARNATION
New things are great, but old things can be great too. Youth worker Mark Walley is really keen on books written by dead people (people who are now dead, not who were dead at time of writing), and the youth work wisdom we can glean from them. So each month he will review an old book, and explain why it’s worth your precious time. The only qualification? That the author be deader than CS Lewis. This month’s book: On The Incarnation by Athanasius.
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BlogThe Youth Work Book Club - The Spiritual City by Phillip Sheldrake
The latest book to be read and discussed by the CONCRETE Theology and Youth Ministry reading group is The Spiritual City: Theology, Spirituality, and the Urban by Philip Sheldrake. The group is made up of James Fawcett from CONCRETE, Naomi Luff from XLP, Tim Broadbent from St Mary, Islington and Tim Carroll from St Andrew’s, Archway. What follows is a brief summary of the book and highlights of a conversation about the text.
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BlogThe Dead Book Society: Pilgrim's Progress
Delving into the archives once again, our resident lover-of-old-books Mark Walley commends John Bunyon's Pilgrim's Progress to us, and explains what on earth it might have to do with youth ministry in 2015
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IssuesBook Reviews: Pick of the Month
Bible Stories Through the Year. Lectionary readings for year A, retold for maximum effect. Bob Hartman Lion Hudson, £12.99. Rating: One of the best resources I've ever engaged with
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IssuesFrom the horse’s mouth: “We need young people leading church so it isn’t boring”
Liz Skudder is the youth outreach worker at Christchurch, Billericay. She spoke to Eleanor and Rebecca about young people leading in their church. This conversation highlights the need for young people’s voices to be prominent among church leadership conversations. Liz is doing a great job empowering the young people, but this discussion shows that it’s not easy or a short-term task. It is wonderful, in the trickiness of it all, to hear Eleanor and Rebecca’s enthusiasm for their church, demonstrating the vitality that young people bring to the mix. Eleanor is 13 and plays in the church youth band. Her hobbies are musical theatre and dance. Rebecca is also 13. She swims and is obsessed with Harry Potter. She plays the flute in the church youth band.
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IssuesThe Youth Work Lab: Boundaries
Welcome to the Youth Work Lab: the place where key youth work theories are tried and tested by on-the-ground practitioners. Each month,
the team from StreetSpace selects and explores a piece of youth work theory, and puts it to the test in creative and pioneering ways -
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Boundaries
For the first time ever, Youthwork opened up its doors for a one-day writers masterclass. Sixteen youth workers gathered from all corners of the country to share ideas, learn skills and to hone their craft. In the coming weeks we will be posting guest blogs from the attendees – here’s one from Jon Ashley.
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IssuesResource on Trial: The Treasure Box People
Children’s workers put resources through their paces
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IssuesResource on Trial: Carousel in a Box
By the Bible Curriculum £160 - A year’s worth of weekly Bible teaching for 4 to 11 year olds thebiblecurriculum.com - Worth your time - a solid resource.
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IssuesSex Box
I remember stumbling across erotic fiction in my mid-teens. Every time I opened the book it was like white heat pouring from the page. It was scandalous. Daring. Exciting. A woman was writing about the united beating of heart and sex that together can create ecstasy. And oh, such ecstasy! I didn’t really know what any of it meant, but I knew one thing: the author loved the way sex melted two people into one. She craved the surrender that was at once both beautiful and terrifying.
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IssuesThe Youthwork Box Office
Roll up, roll up! Welcome to the youth work box office – the home of youth work related moving pictures and talkies (aka videos). We’ve gathered the best DVD resources and YouTube clips out there, for your viewing pleasure. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show….
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IssuesXY Boys: How to keep boys in Church
The gender gap in the UK Church continues to grow, with more women than men filling our pews. How can we redress this gender imbalance in our youth groups and ultimately the Church of the future ? Christian Vision for Men ’s Carl Beech believes we need a fundamental shift in the values underpinning our youth ministry
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'Porn on the Brain'
‘I’ve heard about ten or eleven year-old children who are traumatised by porn; they’re not talking to their parents until they’re going through
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IssuesRussell Brand
No one seems sure of how it’s happened, but Russell Brand has become the UK’s articulate voice of youthful concerns.
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BlogRussell Brand vs Jeremy Paxman
Russell Brand divides opinion like no one else on the telly. But what kind of example does he set to young people?
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IssuesYouth Work Lab: Branding
A young person I work with recently pointed at my shoes and exclaimed, ‘What are those?’ Unaware of the current meme (look it up) I was about to reply, when I realised the question wasn’t looking for an answer, but rather was to publicly call me out the fact that my choice of footwear was not relevant to this young person, and as it appears, many young people in the youth club. Not having the right brand, in the eyes of the young people, made me a target of ridicule. Branding can play an enormously important part in the lives of young people.
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Three things bravely learnt
A word from Premier Childrenswork journalist Lucinda van der HartNovember 2012
