All NexGen Pro articles – Page 76
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BlogYOUTH SURVEY RESULTS
Last summer, in our one-off youth focused edition, we included a survey to be completed by young people - about faith, youth group and church. The survey covers predominantly Christian young people, as to hear about the survey they would have needed to be in contact with a Christian youth worker in some form. Here are the headline findings from the 293 young people surveyed.
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BlogYOUTH WORK SURVEY RESULTS
The following statistics are an amalgamation of two separate surveys of youth workers. The first was carried out among youth workers at Soul Survivor, and the second by Cafe Leadership's Andy Burns. Here are the significant findings.
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BlogResident-Hell: More Stories
Over the years, we’ve seen some amazing examples of how God has redeemed even the worst youth trips away – we documented some of these stories in March’s Resident-Hell article and here’s another example of a positive outcome that a youth worker recently sent in:
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Issues
Time for a renaissance
When I reflect on the last quarter-century of youth work, there are lessons that I keep learning, lessons that I should have learned and lessons that if I don’t learn soon then I’m really in trouble! I’ve learnt that you can’t give away what you don’t have. Your own spiritual life and the investment you put in are more important than anything else you say or do. If you haven’t got anything real, then what’s the whole thing about? Young people smell that inauthenticity in a second. I’m constantly reminded by that. I’ve also learnt to be prepared to take risks to innovate. Culture is changing so fast. It’s so easy to become settled in your assumptions about young people, settled in your methods and settled in your theology. I don’t think we live in an era when we can afford to be settled in any one of those.
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IssuesRecruiting Volunteers
Finding and keeping your volunteers is one of the most important tasks of a youth worker. Chris Curtis sheds some light on the process and suggests ways of building a healthy and lasting volunteer team.
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IssuesXLP receives royal visit
Urban youth charity XLP welcomed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to meet with and hear from some of the young people they work with.
