All Editorial articles – Page 61
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BlogDavid and Goliath: Session 2
Meeting aim: To encounter the story of David and Goliath and to reflect on David’s courageous actions – God is with us when we are afraid.
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BlogSamuel and Saul: Session 1
Meeting aim: To understand that God helps his people when they face difficulties.
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IssuesLearner Turner: A Sunday in the grass
“Can I ask you a question?” Her 11-year-old body curled towards me in earnest. I looked around the group of seven of us, relaxed on the grass outside church. The wind ruffled our hair as we crunched biscuits.
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Faith at home
A story for home: Dinner time with Eli and sons
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a God-time during your day. Enjoy pulling different facial expressions and thinking about what noises the different characters might make. You could also use this story during a children’s session.
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Blog
Understanding Christianity: RE resources
Dream: think strategically and with vision about our work in schools.
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IssuesHow do you deal with the aftermath of a big romantic breakup within the group?
Deep down, we all love a youth group romance. Maybe it plays to our egos as leaders that we’ve created a context where love has blossomed; perhaps even it’s because we know that if they stay together, it might be our one chance to preach at a wedding. Generally speaking, we share in the group excitement when two of our young people get together.
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IssuesAfter the festival
After the highs of summer festivals, how do we continue to disciple our children once they get home? HTB’s Tory Tomlinson has some ideas…
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Faith at homeForming faith rituals: Open-ended activities
When we think about fostering the faith of our children, the pressure to provide all the answers or create a Pinterest-worthy activity can be overwhelming. However, activities that are open-ended (ones that don’t have a predetermined end point) can be more effective in faith development than any perfectly formed craft.
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Faith at homeManchester attack: How do we support children and young people?
For many of our children and young people, the overnight attack at an Ariana Grande in Manchester, which left at least 22 dead, might be the first such event that feels ‘real’.
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BlogInstagram and poor mental health
It was recently reported that Instagram can negatively impact young people’s mental health. Beth Stout, chief executive of Golddigger Trust shares what we can be doing to help children and young people in the digital age.
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IssuesThe Royal Family and mental health
The idea of the British stiff upper lip has been traditionally synonymous with our Royal Family, but the past few months have turned things upside down.
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IssuesThe general election
As you’ve probably noticed, there’s a general election this month, and it’s more than likely that the needs of children and young people won’t be front and centre during the campaign. But what should be being talked about? We asked some youth and children’s workers what should be on the top of the new government’s agenda…
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IssuesLoneliness a concern for thousands of children
They used to say that childhood was the happiest days of your life, but a recent report from the NSPCC suggests that that is no longer the case – children these days are lonely and isolated. Childline provided 4,063 counselling sessions about loneliness in 2016/17 and 73 per cent of these counselling sessions were with girls.
