All Editorial articles – Page 19
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Links from September 2019 issue
All Inclusive:methodist.org.uk/media/10155/10-ways-to-belong-0119.pdf
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BlogThe Banquet: Session 2
MEETING AIM: To be assured that the invitation to follow Jesus is on offer to everyone who accepts it!
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BlogThe Banquet: Session 2
MEETING AIM: To understand that God’s love is for all, and it is up to everyone to respond to that invitation.
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BlogThe Good Samaritan: Session 1
MEETING AIM:To think about who our neighbours really are (not always the people who live next door) and how we can love those around us.
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BlogThe Good Samaritan: Session 1
MEETING AIM: To explore what it means to love God with everything we’ve got.
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BlogThe Good Samaritan: Session 1
MEETING AIM: To understand that ‘our neighbour’ refers to anyone and everyone.
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BlogHow authentic youth and children’s work could avoid future heartbreak
In light of Joshua Harris and Marty Sampson’s recent announcements, Ruth Jackson urges us to prioritise creating safe spaces for questions, doubts and objections
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BlogPreparing for results day
With GCSE and A Level exam results on the horizon, teacher Tom Wade shares some helpful advice
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BlogHow far would you go to attract families to church?
Rochester Cathedral have installed a crazy golf course in their nave this summer. But should we be using places of worship for activities like this in order to welcome children and families into church?
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BlogBishops urge church leaders to prioritise young people
The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, recently said that he hopes whoever takes over as the new Archbishop when he retires will “see that work with young people is the top priority”. The Bishop of Kensington, Graham Tomlin, seems to agree
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IssuesThe Soul story
My first experience of Soul Survivor freaked me out. I grew up in a Christian home but had never really heard of the Holy Spirit, so my 14-year-old self was utterly devoid of boxes within which to place the bizarre manifestations I saw happening all around me. What on earth was going on? Why were so many young people laughing, crying, shaking and falling over?
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IssuesThe “erm, what next? ” flowchart of post Soul Survivor options
In the next year, hundreds of youth workers and thousands of young people are going to have to make a pretty big decision… “Erm, what next?” The end of Soul Survivor leaves a big gap in some of our diaries, but fortunately YCW is on hand with a quick, personalised guide to where you could head next summer.
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IssuesChildren's stories
Too often we think of time away as when teenagers make a commitment, but they’re by no means the only ones God is at work in
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BlogNew report reveals fears that “childhood is getting worse”
The country is “sleepwalking into a crisis in childhood” according to Action for Children.
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BlogHow to be a family friendly church? It might involve nappies...
Annie Wilmott asks, who has your back when your toddler poos through their clothes? The answer, she discovered, was her community. And that has a lot to teach us about being a family-friendly church.
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BlogThe low-down on Stormzy
Following the success of his Glastonbury headline performance, we ask Nathan Jones how the UK grime artist who openly wears his faith on his sleeve has made it to new career heights.
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IssuesThe theory of everyone
If you believe that children are the Church of tomorrow, does that mean you believe that the elderly are the Church of yesterday?
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IssuesResilience
What is your first reaction when a child or young person tells you about a hardship they are facing? Do you feel as though you want to sort it out and save them from those negative feelings or experiences? When they are ...
