All Editorial articles – Page 5
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BlogGetting Crafty
Craft forms a key part of most children’s work on a Sunday morning. Late on Saturday night, children’s workers around the country can be found cutting out templates, gluing lolly sticks together or frantically cramming Pringles into their mouth so that they can have enough tubes for the next morning.
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BlogResponding to lockdown issues
COVID-19 has upended the lives of children and families across the globe and, according to UNICEF, is impacting efforts to end forced marriage,?female genital mutilation (FGM) and other harmful practices. How can churches in the United Kingdom respond when they’re operating under extreme disruption and uncertainty themselves?
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BlogMinistry in a digital space
Over the past few months, youth and children’s groups have moved most of their work online – and social media has been more important than ever before. It’s been a necessity and we’ve all tried our best in engaging that way but, that hasn’t stopped there being negative pulses to it.
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BlogA level results: what's next?
This year, results day has been a little more difficult than normal - with young people away from school for the lockdown and many unexpected exam grades (both good and bad) ending up on certificates. Here, career advisor Frank Hutton settles our youth’s anxieties, offering advice on what to do in both positive and negative situations.
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BlogGCSE Results Day: it's all good news
It's likely that many young people opened their envelopes to unexpected results this year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic - in both positive and negative ways. So, how do we help young people to deal with their emotions around results day? Frank Hutton offers advice to GCSE students.
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BlogThe new normal
Now I don’t know about you, but just when I feel I’m starting to get used to the changes in my lifestyle due to the coronavirus pandemic, along comes another ‘new normal’ to adapt to. From not going outside, to essential trips only and then to seeing six friends at a distance (I can’t keep up…) – it’s been small steps of constant change; and what’s worse, all while we’re being fed from the media things will “never be the same again”. That this is ‘normal’ now.
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BlogHoly homely habits
The life of a monk or a nun can feel a million miles away from ours in our homes, or from our children and young people's lives. However, beyond the stereotypes perpetuated by the media, we can learn much about our own practice of faith at home.
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BlogWhat my teenage years taught me about lockdown
Teenagers have a lot on their plate navigating school, friendships and emotional changes – and the COVID-19 pandemic has only added to their ever-growing list of worries. Writer and teacher Fran Hill wonders how she, as a teenager from a dysfunctional home in the 1970s, would have coped with the coronavirus lockdown and the return to ‘normal’.
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Blog4 part Easter Week Series
Linked below are children, young people and all-age resources - all ready to use!
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BlogParable of the treasure and the pearl - all age
Click here to access this month’s Together resources.
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BlogThe new normal: what’s next for youth and children’s workers?
Just as we’ve got used to youth and children’s ministry in lockdown, the limitations are bound to change again soon; but what might a slight ease in restrictions mean for youth and children’s ministry? Martin Saunders shared his thoughts in our first digital magazine. To read more, visit the web app or download the YCW App via the Google Play or App Store.
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BlogSingle-parenting in a pandemic
Being a single parent is tough - and we are praying for you here at Youth and Children's Work. Parenting through a pandemic is harder. Here, Rebecca Harrocks explains some of the struggles of single parents in the current crisis.
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BlogEncouragement in the online space
As youth and children's workers, many of us will be using the web, video conferencing platforms and social media to reach out to our young people stuck in lockdown. Here, Myles MacBean offers up some encouragement and tips.
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BlogA parent's guide to Black Lives Matter
Over the last 3 weeks, the world has witnessed the largest anti-racism movements in decades. Social media has provided hundreds of educational resources and discussions on the topic, but it can be tricky to know where to start. Here, Yoopies offer some tips from their family-friendly resource guide for parents.
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BlogWhy I took my children to a Black Lives Matter protest
Christian author Krish Kandiah was nervous about attending a demonstration in Oxford, but here, in a blog post originally on Premier Christianity, he explains why he believes it is the right thing to do.
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BlogReflective journal: Emoji prayers - June 2020
Click here to access this month's reflective journal print-out.
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BlogYou are enough: a mum's message to parents in lockdown
Parenting is tough. Add lockdown in, and it can feel impossible - something funeral pastor and mum-of-two Annie Willmot wants you to know is OK. Here, she shares her thoughts on parenting in a pandemic.
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BlogDiscipling Generation Z
Generation Z won’t respond to the models and methods of discipleship that served Millennials, says Tim Suffield; it’s time for a re-think.
