All Editorial articles – Page 113
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IssuesThe Christian man of the future
What kind of man does the Church of the future need? And what does our children’s work need to look like in order to keep these men? Christian Vision for Men’s Carl Beech thinks it’s time to man up and face the reality of a feminised Church.
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IssuesIs the Christian message getting lost?
In a tradition that is becoming as festive as mistletoe, carols and mulled wine, a survey released at Christmas time revealed that many schoolchildren do not know who Jesus is.
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IssuesCan I be cool and be a Christian?
Dear Prof, my young people are really struggling at school. They aren’t sure if they should be hanging around with the ‘cool’ people, and trying to be ‘cool’ themselves. Is it alright to try to be cool, and want to be, as a Christian?
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IssuesYouth Work Problems: My child's youth leader ... ?
Welcome to our brand new youth work problems page! A place where your questions and problems are answered by seasoned youth workers and practitioners.
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IssuesChildrenswork investigates... Extremism legislation and education in out-of-school settings
Childrenswork investigates some new legislation.
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IssuesNew Paradigm: Two-way Children's ministry
‘Are you a giant?’ The tiny reception child’s loud voice rang out across the school hall. She was sat cross-legged, squashed up front right
in front of me. When you are sat cross-legged, looking up at a person one metre and 89 centimetres tall (that’s nearly 6’3” for those who still think that way) then the perspective is pretty giant like ... -
IssuesChildren's society report
A decade ago, The Children’s Society carried out a national survey asking children and young people what makes for a good life. This marked the launch of its ‘Good childhood’ enquiry. A further survey in 2008 was devoted to children and young people’s subjective well-being.
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IssuesSurvey shows men are put off children’s work by women
Childrenswork’s survey into men’s involvement in children’s ministry gave us some surprising results. The survey was a follow-up to the feature on men in children’s work in our August issue.
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IssuesStarting new children's ministry
Our experts answer your questions on children’s and families’ ministry.
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IssuesNew paradigm: Are we training the children's workers the Church needs?
You graduate from a hugely enjoyable children’s work course, head for the dream job and… it’s nothing like you expected it to be. Your remit is swiftly expanded and you feel ill-equipped to respond to the ever-changing and ever-challenging job description. Sound familiar? This begs the question: are we training children’s workers for the roles they will be doing? Further still: are we actually training the children’s workers the Church needs? Cliff College’s Ian White offers some thoughts
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IssuesWhat youth workers want to say to children’s workers
Often, the fragmented nature of our churches means that as we wave goodbye to children from our kids’ groups and send them off to the wild world of youth work, we never see them again. OK, this is a slight overexaggeration, but it reflects an unhelpful dichotomy that we’ve managed to create. In fact, the two disciplines need to listen and learn from each other. Youth work specialist and Premier Childrenswork’s founding editor Martin Saunders returns to these pages with some lessons from the world of youth ministry…
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IssuesMale children’s workers
After a recent church service, I was walking to get a cup of coffee and came across a little boy in tears. He couldn’t find his mum. Now, my church is big and it’s easy for someone under three feet to lose track of his family, so I took my new friend up onto the stage, so that he could have a better chance of seeing his mum. Boy and mother were reunited and that was that. Yet it’s a sad fact that some might view my actions with suspicion.
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IssuesChildren naturally spiritually inclined
Children are open to spirituality and have a ‘natural inclination for prayer’, regardless of whether their parents have an active or faith or not, according to new research.
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IssuesReflect Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers three ways to help children communicate with God.
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IssuesChildren now ‘less happy’
Children’s happiness has dropped significantly in the UK in the last few years, according to a major new report.
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Reflect: Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers three ways to help children communicate with God.
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IssuesPick of the Month: Children in the Way?
Carrie Kingston and Isobel MacDougall, Monarch, 2011 £10.99
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Reflect Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers four ways to help children communicate with God.
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IssuesHelping children with mental health issues
According to ChildLine, there has been a nine per cent increase in the number of children struggling with feelings of unhappiness and low self-esteem in 2014-2015. As many as 100 contacts a week were made in response to situations involving abuse, and mental health related calls totalled 85,000: that’s one every six minutes, and almost a third of all calls received.
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Faith at homeYour children are watching porn
What is porn? The answer you give to that question will undoubtedly be based on your own experiences with pornographic content.
