All NexGen Pro articles – Page 127
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IssuesDietrich Bonhoeffer: The Youth Worker
We’re all familiar with Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s story, but we may not have heard about his time as a youth worker. Youth ministry theologian Andrew Root unpacks one of Bonhoeffer’s sermons and shows how it speaks directly into our faith-banking, adjective-driven, youth ministry culture.
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BlogBuilding the Boat
It’s easy to feel negative about youth ministry, especially when our churches do. So what can we do about it? Meg Cannon continues our blog series
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Mark my Words: Spiritual Formation Boarding School
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Marko travels to New Zealand for 10 days of training youth workers and coaching some youth ministry coaches. Can anyone say ‘Kiwi burgers’? It’s the other white meat. -
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Ready-to-use Discussion: Get Blurred Lucky Lines
They’re the biggest songs of the year, and share one thing in common – the vocal stylings of Pharrell Williams. We’re talking about Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ and Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’, which also share another dubious quality – their lyrics. For each song, play the track and then read out the lyrics and questions below.
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BlogPost-festival blues
Mike Palin provides some tips to help young people thrive in reality after the blessings of summer festivals and camps.
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BlogReady-to-use Games: Old, new, borrowed, blue
Ah weddings: a beautiful commitment of a couple’s love for each other and also a significant income stream for florists, photographers and Premier Inns near motorway junctions. As we’re celebrating the marriage of Premier Youthwork and Premier Childrenswork, it’s a good chance to do a wedding themed column. Don’t worry the games aren’t all about tossing bouquets or cutting cakes but rather they’ll feature something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue
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BlogYOUTH WORK BLOG: Holistic Discipleship
'We need to return to the kind of discipleship which is not about programmes but about apprenticed lives'
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Martin’s extra Yule Blog: Undead space
No, it’s not a blog about intergalactic zombies (although that might have been fun)… today, I want to talk to you about the weirdest week of the year. Boxing Day to New Year’s Eve. Six days each year when we amuse ourselves by coming up with innovative uses for leftover turkey, playing with / breaking / repairing Christmas presents, and watching those second-tier films that weren’t quite good enough to make the Christmas Day schedule. This year though, I want to suggest a way that this time might be put to better use.
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Guest blog: DO WE EDUCATE CHILDREN OUT OF CREATIVITY?
A word from Amy Stock, schools worker and director of schoolswork.co.ukMarch 2013
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Editors’ Blog: A Tale of Two Veggies
Former Premier Childrenswork editors Martin Saunders and Sam Donoghue fight it out over those vegetables you love to hate: Veggietales.
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BlogGuest blog: Where are the men?
Over one million children in the UK are growing up without a father figure, according to a recent report released by the Centre for Social Justice. The report also stated that some of the poorest parts of the country have become ‘men deserts’ because so few primary schools have male teachers.
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BlogThe Youth Work Blog: Digging Deeper into Prayer
In response to the call for a youth ministry revolution, Claire Farley asks some tough questions about youth ministry, and looks for the answers in prayer.
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Blog Responses to Digital Etiquette
We asked some of our bloggers to respond to this month’s Digital Etiquette feature. Here’s what they had to say…
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IssuesSummer blockbusters
Every year, film producers release a selection of huge movies which blaze across cinema screens. Some are amazing, some… less so. So what can we expect this year and how can we use these gargantuan productions in our ministry?
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Ready-to-use Movie: The Bling Ring
Fashion, wealth, glamour, narcissism and celebrity culture are just some of the themes raised in The Bling Ring, a true story from director Sofia Coppola.
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