All NexGen Pro articles – Page 117
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IssuesWhat youth workers want to say to children’s workers
Often, the fragmented nature of our churches means that as we wave goodbye to children from our kids’ groups and send them off to the wild world of youth work, we never see them again. OK, this is a slight overexaggeration, but it reflects an unhelpful dichotomy that we’ve managed to create. In fact, the two disciplines need to listen and learn from each other. Youth work specialist and Premier Childrenswork’s founding editor Martin Saunders returns to these pages with some lessons from the world of youth ministry…
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IssuesMale children’s workers
After a recent church service, I was walking to get a cup of coffee and came across a little boy in tears. He couldn’t find his mum. Now, my church is big and it’s easy for someone under three feet to lose track of his family, so I took my new friend up onto the stage, so that he could have a better chance of seeing his mum. Boy and mother were reunited and that was that. Yet it’s a sad fact that some might view my actions with suspicion.
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IssuesChildren naturally spiritually inclined
Children are open to spirituality and have a ‘natural inclination for prayer’, regardless of whether their parents have an active or faith or not, according to new research.
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IssuesReflect Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers three ways to help children communicate with God.
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IssuesChildren now ‘less happy’
Children’s happiness has dropped significantly in the UK in the last few years, according to a major new report.
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Reflect: Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers three ways to help children communicate with God.
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IssuesPick of the Month: Children in the Way?
Carrie Kingston and Isobel MacDougall, Monarch, 2011 £10.99
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Reflect Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers four ways to help children communicate with God.
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Games Master: Three Easy Games to Use with the Children in Your Group
Toppling pyramids; Samson, Delilah and the Lion; Heads Down Thumbs Up.
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IssuesGames children love
Sometimes you can spend ages trying to think up games to play when all the time there’s a ready-made source of inspiration right in front of you – children! If your group is anything like ours, they’ll be very keen to tell you what games they enjoy playing. So I decided to ask our children which games were their favourites. Here’s their top 15:
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Faith at homeHow to keep the faith when your children don't
Parenting is the life-changing minefield of teaching someone else everything you know. Getting through big milestones like learning to talk, teething, chickenpox, exams, cut knees, and broken hearts.
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IssuesChildren and the evangelism debate
There are two schools of thought when it comes to children and evangelism. One recognises that children are incredibly receptive to the gospel, and can make a genuine and lasting faith commitment at a young age. The other meets the subject with suspicion, arguing that children are vulnerable in the power balance of adult to child – and therefore any attempt to coerce a faith decision at this stage is inappropriate.
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IssuesWhat can we do to help refugee children?
The plight of the refugee children in Europe, particularly those travelling alone has deeply affected many of us. No matter how these images have impacted you, the question many are asking is ‘How can we help?’ So here is an overview of some ways in which we can make a difference.
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IssuesWorking with Children of other faiths
As Britain becomes a more diverse society and people from different faith backgrounds move to different areas of the country, more and more churches are finding that they are coming into contact with children from different faith backgrounds.
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IssuesChildren as Young as Ten Self-harm
More children are self-harming, say the charities ChildLine, YouthNet, Young Minds and selfharm.co.uk, who have grouped together to raise awareness of the issue. An estimated one in 12 young people in the UK have selfharmed. Children as young as 10 are amongst those affected, with ChildLine reporting 600 counselling sessions for children aged 10 to 12 in the last year.
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Reflect : Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers some ways to help children express thanks, praise and inspiration.
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IssuesReflect: Connecting Children to God
Victoria Beech offers three ways to engage children in thanksgiving, stories and praise.
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Children 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’.
