All NexGen Pro articles – Page 25
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Resilience
What is your first reaction when a child or young person tells you about a hardship they are facing? Do you feel as though you want to sort it out and save them from those negative feelings or experiences? When they are ...
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Water games
If you’re hosting summer parties or barbecues, what could be better than to play some water games? Just make sure the children or young people bring a change of clothes and a towel with them, as no parent or carer will appreciate a damp car seat when ...
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Craft: Do not worry
Whatever our age, worry can be a massive issue. Matthew 6:25- 34 is a passage that helps put our worry into perspective by encouraging us to trust God with our lives because he cares for us. The following crafts will help children engage with themes of provision, ...
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Toy Story 4 teaches us how to do all-age worship
As Toy Story 4 hits the cinemas, Emily Howarth considers the lessons youth and children’s workers can learn about how to engage all the family from the Disney Pixar franchise
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Worry: Session 4
Meeting aim: To explore worry, and to think about how following Jesus might help us not to worry.
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Worry: Session 4
Meeting aim: To know that God loves and cares for each of us, and that we are special to him.
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Worry: Session 4
Meeting aim: To explore Jesus’ teaching on worry and what that means for us.
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Giving: Session 3
Meeting aim: To think about how we can do something kind for others and share God’s love.
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July 2019 : Music: Me!
ARTIST: Taylor Swift (featuring Brendon Urie) / SUITABLE FOR: 10s to 13sINTRODUCTIONThis track carries an earworm warning! It is a catchy, defiant track that gives us the opportunity to explore what it means for us to be created unique, and what this means for our relationships with one another under ...
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July 2019 : Parable: Mr Matthews and the moment of mercy
Mr Matthews looked down at the report sheet that had landed on his desk. There were only two names on it: one he was all too familiar with and one he had never come across before.He began to read silently: “Tonya Taylor punched a fellow student in the stomach and ...
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July 2019 : Movie: Evan Almighty
CLIPS: 00:15:45 – 00:20:36 / 00:30:30 – 00:33:58 / 01:00:17 – 01:02:14 / RATING: PGSYNOPSISBuffalo newsman Evan Baxter is elected to Congress with the slogan ‘Change the world’. He lucks out with a huge house and a fantastic Capitol office, but there’s a catch. He is tapped up byCongressman Long to co-sponsor ...
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Salt and light: Session 2
Meeting aim: To think about how having Jesus living in us can change the world.
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Salt and light: Session 2
Meeting aim: To reflect on how we should be salt and light in our world.
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The Beatitudes: Session 1
Meeting aim: To explore what Jesus’ teaching means for our life and faith.
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The Beatitudes: Session 1
Meeting aim: To think about how God wants us to have a heart more like his.
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The Beatitudes: Session 1
Meeting aim: To explore the statements Jesus makes at the start of the Sermon on the Mount.