All Editorial articles – Page 96
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Why youth work is for everyone
I was chatting with a wonderful older lady at church on Sunday, called Betty. Having just watched the youth Christmas nativity, we were chuckling together about all of its weirdness and abstract meaningfulness. I commented on how she should get involved with the youth group, to which she replied with something I have heard time and time again: ‘Oh, I am too old for that!’
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IssuesEveryday Supernatural
Soul Survivor’s Mike Pilavachi and Andy Croft believe that seeing God’s supernatural power at work shouldn’t be the exception, but the norm. But what could this look like in the lives of young people and youth workers and what difference would it make?
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Grow Your Own Evangelists
Where are the Grahams, Wesleys and Spurgeons of the future? They might just be in your youth group. But evangelists don’t appear out of
thin air – they need training, nurturing, encouraging and releasing. YFC ’s Phil Knox insists that equipping evangelists must be a central part
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BlogEvangelistic Games
If you’re running an evangelistic event, a game might be the last thing you think of including - but don’t neglect the possibilities. Doing things like running a football or dodgeball tournament can be a great way of connecting with young people in your area - or more simply just having games at an evangelistic event can help people relax, and lower some barriers. Either way, while games should be fun, they can also be used to make a serious point - and here are some ideas of how to do so. (N.B. Some of the games and links are more tongue in cheek than others!)
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IssuesYoung People and Evangelism
Young people ranked evangelism as the least important element of Church.
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IssuesOn Evangelism
Love it or loathe it , evangelism is something we know SHOULD BE A PRIORITY. BUT IS IT? What does evangelism even look like in 2013? Journalist Jamie Cutteridge asked youth workers , leaders , practitioners , and youth ministry experts for their thoughts
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IssuesSchools Work theme: Evangelism in Schools
There is a need to step carefully when using the word ‘evangelism’ in schools. Nick Shepherd, in his Grove booklet Schools’ Ministry as Mission (2008), gives us a helpful understanding of evangelism and what the mission of God looks like in education. The following session guide takes Shepherd’s three principles of evangelism as discernment, dialogue and demonstration, and uses them as a basis for working with Christian students to explore what living out their faith in school could look like. This should also be an encouragement for any Christians visiting schools to seek out what it means for them to share their faith with demonstration, dialogue and discernment.
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IssuesEvaluation
Martin Saunders channels his inner Kriss Akabusi and shares how, if you wanna be the best, and you wanna beat the rest, evaluation is what you need
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Vision for Eurovision
A word from our Mr Eurovision ( AKA our new Staff Writer, Alex Taylor)April 2013
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Re:Charge - Esther: A heroine in the shadows
RECHARGE IS A BIBLE STUDY JUST FOR YOU, TO NURTURE YOUR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. SO STOP, SIT, BREATHE AND READ. THIS
MONTH, GERARD KELLY CONTINUES HIS LOOK AT OLD TESTAMENT LEADERS WITH ESTHER. -
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EQUIPPING YOUNG WORSHIP LEADERS
So you think you have a few young people who could go the distance, but you don’t have a musical bone in your body. Check out the following resources…
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BlogEngaging high-achieving young people
This, I'm sure, won’t come as any surprise, but young people are not all the same. There is no ‘quintessential young person.’ Try as we might by pouring over manuals and websites, we will not discover the perfect cookie cutter youth program. The scope of the variety of young people is as broad as humanity itself!
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BlogYoung people and technology: Engaging with young people online
How do we connect with young people, in an authentic and non-cringey way? Steven Harper shares his thoughts
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BlogHow do we engage young people in modern society with the Gospel?
When it comes down to most things, the method is a key variable of the output. If you’re given the ingredients for a cake without any instruction of how to prepare, the results are often poor (see the technical challenge on the Great British Bake Off).
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BlogHow can we engage young people without professionals?
Earlier today, when asked whose responsibility it was to ensure the Church was reaching out to young people, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was unequivocal in his answer: ‘Everyone’s. Any church that leaves things to the ‘professionals’ is committing missionary suicide. This is the responsibility of every single Christian, always, everywhere. What draws people in is, above all, community.’ We asked youth ministry consultant Ali Campbell how churches without professionals can engage with young people…
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ENDER THE WORLD
Enjoyed The Hunger Games but wished it was set in space and involved more aliens?
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IssuesEncountering the Holy Spirit
This month’s meeting guides are about the Holy Spirit and the message is pretty clear to both you and your young people: don’t panic.
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IssuesThe Youth Work Lab: Empowerment
Welcome to the Youth Work Lab: the place where key youth work theories are tried and tested by on-the-ground practitioners. Each month, the team from StreetSpace selects and explores a piece of youth work theory, and puts it to the test in creative and pioneering ways.
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IssuesNicky Gumbel: Three Ways to Empower the Next Generation
I am so grateful to Jonathan Fletcher. When I first encountered Jesus in 1974, Jonathan met with me for three hours every week for a year, and regularly thereafter until I left university. He became a great friend. He taught me the Christian faith. He explained to me how to read the Bible and how to pray. He recommended Christian books and answered my questions. Even though I had only just encountered Jesus myself, he encouraged me to lead others to faith in Jesus and to straight away pass on what I was learning.
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IssuesYouth ministry in the emerging realities
In a rapidly changing world, Fuzz Kitto asks: how can we help prepare young people for lifelong faith in a future that none of us can fully anticipate?
