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IssuesCulture Shift
The 25 years of Premier Youthwork haven’t taken place in a vacuum – there’s been a world going on outside of this magazine’s pages. Former editor Martin Saunders reflects on some of the cultural changes that have taken place, and what they haven meant for our young people and youth ministries.
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IssuesCulture Flock
Young people desire community, but for many, the church is no longer seen as somewhere to belong. Youthwork’s Jamie Cutteridge examines young people’s viewing, reading and listening ha bits and asks: has popular culture replaced the Church?
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Ready-to-use Games + Icebreakers : The Crystal Maze
Have you ever pondered on the nature of things that are greater than the sum of their parts - when things on their own are good, but when you put them altogether they become great? Have you ever wished to be able to provide that kind of exponentially great and glorious experience for your youth group? Well stop wishing, because in honour of this month’s superlative bite-sized doses of youth work-ery goodness at the Youthwork Summit, here is a Crystal Maze themed column of games, chock-full of little mini-games that, when put together, create an event of epic proportions.
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IssuesQ & A: Cristina Gangemi
Down’s syndrome is rarely talked about in the media, but it became headline news last month. Richard Dawkins sparked a media controversy on Twitter with his claim that foetuses diagnosed with Down’s syndrome should be aborted. Responding to a tweet which expressed the ‘ethical dilemma’ of discovering your baby had Down’s syndrome, he said: ‘Abort it and try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice.’
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BlogCrisis? What crisis?
YFC's Phil Knox is the a bubbling ball of positivity, so of course he doesn't see crisis like the rest of us...
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BlogA Discipleship Crisis
In this week's Youthwork blog, Pete Baker of PaisGB discusses the important role discipleship should play in all youth ministry.
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BlogThe discipleship crisis
Youth ministry isn’t facing a discipleship crisis, the Church is facing a discipleship crisis. As youth workers, we have a huge role to play in this: how can our work now build lifelong disciples, passionate about passing that faith on to others? Ali Campbell kicks off our new blog series…
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Young People face quarter-life crisis, warns MP
Former Children’s Minister Tim Loughton has warned that this generation of children and young people will face a ‘quarter-life crisis’. The Conservative MP, writing a 4Children pamphlet, entitled The State our children are in, suggested that the combination of social media, sexualised childhoods, long periods in front of screens and a lack of adult role models is creating this quarter-life crisis.
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Youthwork Investigates…The ongoing refugee crisis
There’s a service station in Šid, Serbia where refugees making the journey to Western Europe stop to break up their journey and to wash. Amy, who works for Christian Aid, met a 22-year-old Christian who had made his way from Damascus, Syria at this service station. He didn’t want to be named but he did want his story told.
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IssuesResponding to the refugee crisis
Around the world, millions of people have been displaced because of recent conflicts and thousands of them have made their way across the Mediterranean. There seem to be hundreds of opinions as to why it’s happening and how we can respond. It’s complicated enough as an adult – both in the global politics at play, and the emotions it evokes – but it can be particularly tricky to help children engage with the issue. Here are some simple ways you can help children think through and respond to the crisis.
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IssuesCan prayer stop gang crime?
Quotes from Dr Toyin Idowu, YACnCAY. Following the killing of family friend Samuel Ogunro (17), Dr Toyin Idowu knew she had to do something to prevent more young people from losing their lives.
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IssuesPremier Youthwork Investigates…Knife Crime
There has been a significant increase in knife crime over the last year in Britain. In London alone, nearly 1,700 people under the age of 25 were injured due to knife crime last year. In 2015, there has been an 18 per cent rise in stabbings and deaths in the capital. What do experts think are some of the underlying problems and solutions?
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IssuesReady-to-use Schoolswork - Creative Resources for Prayer Spaces in Schools
In the last academic year there were 272 prayer spaces in schools. That means an estimated 100,000 young people experienced prayer last year, many for the first time. Prayer spaces in schools offer a welcoming space to explore Christian prayer and spirituality, to ask the big questions in life and to reflect on our hopes and dreams.
