All NexGen Pro articles – Page 56
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BlogJoin Ben Woodman, host of the new Alpha Youth Series, for breakfast!
Want to encourage your children to share their faith? Looking for an evangelistic course to share with young people? Youth Alpha is here to help
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BlogChildren dropping out of church?
Ali Campbell from The Resource takes a look at recent Church of England statistics to see what it means for our children and young people
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IssuesGood Friday: Session 3
Meeting aim: To listen to the whole story of Jesus’ arrest, trial, crucifixion and burial (with some omissions) so that the children can see how it all fits together.
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BlogNine everyday products you never knew were made by slaves
We know that children and young people have an acute sense of justice. Molly Hodson from International Justice Mission looks at how we can help them to make a difference…
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IssuesJesus teaches: Session 2
Meeting aim: To connect the children with the story of Jesus’ last meal with his friends, which every church celebrates regularly, although children may or may not be participants.
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BlogNo child is unadoptable
Last week was National Adoption Week and Premier Youth and Children’s Work spoke to Tom Rutter, school chaplain and founder of Christian football charity Kick London about adoption
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BlogParable: Matt and the missing juggernaut
Matt put down his brush and looked at the final juggernaut. It was perfect - the snarl, the threatening stance - and it was his best painting job by far, not that the other nine were amateurish. He hadn’t dared to imagine how great they would look when he bought the ten juggernaut figures for his Warhammer collection.
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IssuesGames: Small-group games
These games are great to play either in a small-group setting or in a large group, competing as small groups. All of them act as brilliant team-builders, giving each individual in the group a time to bond, become better accustomed to each other’s strengths and cheer one another on in the process! Most of these games require little to no resources, making them perfect to play with children and young people.
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IssuesYCW Investigates: Religious education
Across society, you won’t find many calling for an end to the teaching of religious education in schools. Even renowned atheist Richard Dawkins once said: “I don’t think religious education should be abolished. I think it is an important part of our culture to know about the Bible, after all so much of English literature has allusions to the Bible.”
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Faith at homeA story for home: Easter
Here is a story for you to tell at home, perhaps at bedtime or as part of a God-time during your day. You can break this story up and tell it verse by verse, or tell it all at once. You might want to tell it every so often over the next few months up to Easter-time, so that your children grow familiar with the Easter story. You could also use this in a children’s session.
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Gardner’s World: Dream on
Have you ever heard someone talk about that moment when they are suddenly reminded of why they do what they do? In my experience, it is always told with a wistful smile and a faraway look in the eye, pointing to the idea that when you remember why it is that you do what you do, you feel nice.
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IssuesMentoring: Creating robots
I recently trained to be a full-time firefighter. The training was hard but they ingrained one thing into us: they are not trying to create robots who just follow orders, but crews who think for themselves and use their skills as each incident requires. It’s not enough to go through the motions - that could kill you. Something about that resonated with me regarding mentoring.
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BlogCraft: Good Friday
Good Friday can often be a tough part of the Easter story to explore. It involves sadness, pain and despair, and can be a source of deep conversation with children and young people. It would be easy to gloss over this part of the story, but it is important to allow children to explore the depths as well as the highs of Easter. Here are some crafts, which will help children to explore the events and emotions of this day in a visual, hands-on way. As usual, each craft allows time and space for discussion and freedom of creativity.
