All Editorial articles – Page 118
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IssuesGavin Calver leaves YFC for EA
Youth for Christ’s national director, Gavin Calver, will leave the organisation in June to become director of mission / England at the
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IssuesCraft: Jesus calms the storm
This month’s craft page includes four ideas to help children engage with the story of Jesus calming the storm, from new contributor Mina Munns
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Issues"They are corrupting our children’s minds!" (Calm down, they’re not)
Recently, the government produced a report recommending an update of the content taught regarding sex and relationships in secondary schools, and an expansion of sex and relationships education (SRE) into primary schools, including down to the age of three.
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IssuesCalls to scrap daily Christian worship in schools
Schools should no longer be required to hold Christian worship sessions, according to the former Education Secretary Charles Clarke, who was in
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Pope calls on young people to make ‘a mess’
Pope Francis’s visit to Brazil for World Youth Day 2013 saw him speak to and encourage millions of young people.
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Faith at home
A story for home: Jesus calls his disciples
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a God-time during your day. Try to teach the actions ahead of time. It is fun to see if the children can guess the story based on the actions, and it rehearses the story before you tell it.
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IssuesHow to decipher your calling
It’s the question all of us want the answer to, and yet often seems least answerable: what does God want me to do with my life? We asked seasoned youth work thinker Fuzz Kitto to share his thoughts on finding your call.
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IssuesHelp! I’m second guessing my calling
Youth ministry isn’t easy. At times, our sense of calling or vocation is the only thing keeping us going. But what happens when it feels like that calling slips away? How do we rediscover it, or worse, keep going when the job becomes just ‘a job’? The Girls’ Brigade’s Dr Claire Rush shares her story
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Issues‘God called me to Russia to work with victims of trafficking’
’Break my heart for what breaks yours, everything I am, for your kingdom’s cause…’ I remember looking around as 10,000 of us worshipped in Soul Survivor’s big top, suddenly aware of those words and how dangerous they were to sing. Had anyone actually considered what would ...
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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
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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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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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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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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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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.
