All Editorial articles – Page 106
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IssuesNew times at the Brigades
Both The Boys’ and The Girls’ Brigades currently have reason to celebrate. The Boys’ Brigade has recently appointed Andrew Johnston as its new chief executive officer.
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IssuesBritain First
The most dangerous thing you can you do with a fringe ideology is dismiss it. Britain First’s Facebook page is one of the most popular and fastest-growing around, yet its content and views are, at times, so laughable that it’s ignored by those able to cut through the spin and hatred.
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IssuesCbeebies to broadcast Show in British Sign Language
A ground-breaking TV series that aims to open up the world of poetry to both deaf and hearing children has been launched by CBeebies.
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IssuesThe Great British Turn Off
Celebrity mums Mary Berry and Emma Thompson have questioned the omnipresence of technology in the lives of children. The duo spoke out in separate interviews, criticising the use of phones and tablets, and the impact they have on the lives of this generation’s kids.
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Issues‘My marriage broke down’
In June 2012, my husband and I were fully immersed in our church. I was part of the women’s pastoral team and children’s work, while my husband was involved in worship. We were also part of a life group. We had been married for three years, having met at church during our teens, and I was due to start a new teaching job in September. After much prayer I was about to take over the leadership of the 14–18s youth group.
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IssuesBroken Dreams
So many people have amazing testimonies of how God called them to a leap of faith - to an unlikely new thing - and then displayed his amazing faithfulness and provision. But what happens when it doesn’t quite work out like that? An anonymous youth worker tells her story of exactly that experience, and offers advice for anyone who finds themselves in a similar situation.
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IssuesWhy were young people punished in the budget?
Last week, my Frontier Youth Trust (FYT) colleague Julie participated in a fund-raising evening. She and Sinead – a young person involved in FYT’s Out4Good project (helping young people make a fresh start in life) – presented their work to a group of local people.
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IssuesReady-to-use Discussion: The Budget
This month’s discussion starter is a bit different. It’s not a story, but a straightforward discussion on the way that we use our resources in this
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IssuesSibling bullying
A new study has shown that sibling-on-sibling bullying may be more common than previously thought.
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Bunnies, dice and directions
Here is this month’s anonymous ‘we can laugh about it now’ story. A youth group was on a weekend away and decided to play a wide game. They were split into teams, dropped in the middle of a forest with a jam jar and given one instruction: fill the jam jar with sea water, before returning here. Then the leaders left them to it.
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IssuesTurn or burn: The death of evangelism
Over the last few years, Christian youth work has stepped up to plug myriad gaps caused by statutory cutbacks. While we’ve gained credibility and a whole swath of new opportunities, have we lost our heart? Have we missed the point? Youth for Christ’s national director Neil O’Boyle thinks so…
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Risky Business
Teenagers and risk naturally go together. Youth work without risk is, in a sense, a denial of the very essence of youth ministry (or at least a denial of the essence of teenagers).
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BlogSo you want to set up a youth cafe?
For the last six years, Youth For Christ in North Wales has managed the dream project; a fully-fledged and kitted-out high street youth cafe called Reverb. Earlier this year however, we decided that something wasn't working and we made the bold decision to move out. This summer we closed our doors for the final time and made a new home in a local community centre.
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IssuesCalais: what we saw
Some young people and a bunch of youth workers went to Calais to visit the refugee camp. Here’s what they found…
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BlogDoes God call Introverts to be youth leaders?
Eighteen months ago I would have laughed if someone had told me that I was going to set up a youth cell at my church. My previous experiences of working with teenagers had been far from positive and I am a quiet, introspective person who prefers to sit at the back and observe
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IssuesThe friends you never call
Statutory youth work in the UK has been one of the areas hardest hit by the Government’s austerity drive. While many churches have plugged gaps left behind, Naomi Thompson explains how those involved in the Christian sector can support those facing the brunt of the cuts
