All NexGen Pro articles – Page 139
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Selfharm.co.uk launches online recovery programme, Alumina
Selfharm.co.uk has launched ‘Alumina’, the UK’s first online self-referral recovery programme for young people struggling with self-harm.
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IssuesChurch of England welcomes Scouts alternative promise
Scouts will continue to promise to do their duty to God, but will also have the option of a new ‘atheist’ promise.
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BlogMince pies, icy ponds and an alternative Christmas date!
If you Google ‘Christmas’ right now, you will find a lot of Christians around the world just beginning to get into the Christmas spirit. Just as your young people are going back to school and you’re getting your head back into consent forms, finishing off the last mince pies and turkey sandwiches, there will be people jumping into lakes, rivers and icy ponds to find a cross that has been thrown there by a priest. Why is that? What Christian festivals are going on right now and why are people just starting to celebrate Christmas on January 7th? Isn’t Christmas the 25th of December?
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IssuesAlternative Halloween ideas
Halloween is coming. The last two weeks of October are now dominated by the festival, with trick or treaters aplenty and supermarkets populated with skeletons and pumpkins – but how should our children’s ministry engage with the festivities? We asked some of our trusty contributors for their ideas:
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Issues'No one responds to my alter calls'
Despite not being part of a church that had a physical altar since my childhood, I have seen many hundreds of people give their lives to Jesus following ‘altar calls’. However, every time I have made an evangelistic altar call in my youth ministry the response has been the same: none.
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Alpha releases new film series
Alpha has launched a new film series to be used by youth leaders and young people while using the course.
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IssuesAlone in a room full of people
As youth workers, we are often perceived to be social beings: at the centre of the crowd, leading from the front, friendly and larger than life. So the idea that youth work can be a lonely profession is often a surprise to others. However, in the youth work world, professional and personal lines become blurred; we are often alone in our offices and homes during the day and we are working when others are out socialising in the evening.
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Almost half of teens bullied for their appearance
A new study has revealed that almost half of teenagers are bullied for the way they look. The study, conducted by ‘Stronger Together’ - a joint initiative between ‘Make mine milk’ and BeatBullying - shows that 48 per cent of teenagers have been bullied for their appearance, with girls (51 per cent) experiencing it more than boys (44 per cent). The two main reasons given for this bullying were general appearance and weight.
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BlogDEAD BOOK SOCIETY: Roland Allen's Missionary Methods
In another of our Dead Book Society blogs, Mark Walley blows the dust of a book from the distant past, and explores what on earth it might have to do with youth ministry today. Ladies and gentlemen, we introduce to you: Roland Allen's Missionary Methods: St Pauls or ours
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IssuesAll-age service: Blind Bart and the big question
This service plan looks at the healing of Bartimaeus
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IssuesAll-age service: Moses crosses the Red Sea
A service plan looking at God’s goodness to your faith community
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IssuesAll-age Service: Nehemiah rebuilds the walls
A service plan about the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem
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IssuesAll-age service: Society Sunday
Society Sunday is a Premier community project encouraging churches across the UK to come together for a special service of celebration and commitment - highlighting the work of faith in society and praying for the Queen and local and national government. For more information and resources, visit premier.org.uk/societysunday
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All-age Service Plan: Stepping out of the Boat
This service plan explores the story of Jesus walking on the water (Matthew 14:22-33).
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All-Age Service Plan: Moses and the Burning Bush
God speaks and guides people today – just as he did in the past in the story found in Exodus 3:1-17.
