All NexGen Pro articles – Page 104
-
Issues
On the Edge
An on-the-ground look at a detached youth work project. This month: Anne Calver meets founder of street dance crew Stance, Grace Tween.
-
Blog
Jamie versus Toy: Worry Eater
Possibly one of the weirdest and theologically-dodgy toys we've seen.
-
BlogHow To Make The Most Of Your Easter Eggs
There is no such thing as too many Easter eggs. ‘What!?!’ we hear you cry, ‘every April we find ourselves with tonnes of leftover chocolate shells and no idea what to do with them – please help us Youthwork!’ Well, as you asked so politely, here are some of our favourite ways to get rid of that Easter egg mountain.
-
BlogHoly Week - Easter Sunday
This Holy Week, we'll be publishing a series of five reflective blogs from Gerard Kelly to take us through the period. We end with the big one, Resurrection Day, Easter Sunday!
-
BlogHoly Week - Easter Saturday
This Holy Week, we'll be publishing a series of five reflective blogs from Gerard Kelly to take us through the period. Today we look at the oft-forgotten Easter Saturday.
-
Issues
The Real Easter Egg is the first of its kind
Christmas isn’t long since gone, and Easter may still be a few months away, but it’s never too early to start planning Easter youth meetings or to start thinking about chocolate! More than 80 million chocolate Easter eggs are sold each year in the UK, and new for this year is The Real Easter Egg - the UK’s first and only Easter egg to mention Jesus anywhere on the box...
-
IssuesHow to tell the Easter Story
We asked some of our writers and a few other folks for their favourite ways to help children engage with the Easter story. This isn’t a full session plan, but a few ideas to spice up your meeting times over the Easter period.
-
IssuesEaster: Rewriting the story
RECHARGE IS A BIBLE STUDY JUST FOR YOU, TO NURTURE YOUR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. SO STOP, SIT, BREATHE AND READ. THIS MONTH, JENNY BAKER REFLECTS ON THE FAMILIAR EASTER STORY, AND WHAT IT MEANS IN OUR LIVES TODAY
-
IssuesIllusions in Eastbourne
Back in the wilds of winter, hundreds of children’s and family workers braved the wind and rain to descend on Eastbourne for the Hand in Hand Conference 2014.
-
Blog
Lend them your ears
For the first time ever, Youthwork opened up its doors for a one-day writers masterclass. Sixteen youth workers gathered from all corners of the country to share ideas, learn skills and to hone their craft. In the coming weeks we will be posting guest blogs from the attendees – here’s the first from Chris Spriggs.
-
-
Issues
Ready-to-use Games + Icebreakers: Getting to know each other Games
NEWSFLASH - youth groups begin again after the summer. Youth leaders will be fresh-faced, eager, excited, and raring to get going again after being refreshed by the long summer vacation - and hopefully some young people will show up! Your task as youth leader is to help them get to know each other and to hone them into a lean, mean, fighting (perhaps not...) youth group. And so we present – ‘getting to know each other games’.
-
IssuesFive-fold rise in young people seeking medical help for gender dysphoria
There has been a huge increase in the number of young people seeking medical help for problems with gender identity. There were almost 700 referrals to the UK’s only clinic for transgender children in 2014, up from just 139 in 2010. While many who go for treatment simply get advice and support, others are given access to drugs known as ‘blockers’, which are said to pause puberty
-
IssuesThe Youth Work Lab: Group Dynamics
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 will select and explore a piece of youth work theory, and put it to the test in creative and pioneering ways.
-
IssuesReady-To-Use Movie: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Clip: The clip starts at 1:23:20 and lasts until 1:30:33.
-
Issues
King's Faith (DVD) - Faith Street Partners & Provident Films
King’s Faith takes you on a journey from a prison to a foster home. Brendan King turns his life around with help from a Christian couple who foster him and encourage him to join the local high school’s CU. However, his ex-gang ‘family’ are not as willing to forget his past.
-
BlogWalls to dust: A response
In the latest issue, Richard and Lori Passmore called many of our church and youth ministry walls to dust, in their lessons from the fringes of youth work. Mark Walley disagrees. Here’s why:
