All NexGen Pro articles – Page 89
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BlogHow specific should we be when planning?
On the back of Jo Dolby's Balancing Act feature in this month's magazine, we have a series of blogs on tension and paradox within youth ministry. To kick us off, Simon Davies of CYM looks at Strategy and Spontaneity.
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IssuesHow to preach
Maybe you are a dab hand at preparing slick, whizzy sermons, or perhaps the thought of speaking in public fills you with dread. Either way, preaching pro Ali Martin shares her top tips for communicating well.
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How Not to Mentor
When it comes to mentoring, these six principles for poor mentoring FROM CHRIS SPRIGGS will undo every bit of good work you’ve ever done.
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IssuesHow to: Run a Sports Week
As World Cup fever well and truly kicks in, what better opportunity to don your sports kit, find some outdoor space and invite local children and young people to some events? Here’s a step-by-step guide for how to run a local sports outreach project.
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IssuesOpen House
We like to hear about alternative youth work projects – youth leaders out there trying innovative new ways of working with young people. Here we profile one such project, to give you the ideas and inspiration you need to try something fresh.
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IssuesYouth Workers and Working Hours
75% of full-time youth workers spend eight hours or less working face to face with young people per week; just a fifth of their time is spent with young people.
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IssuesRestoring hope
What role does youth ministry have to play in a multi-cultural, divided culture, fractured by Brexit, scaremongering and Donald Trump? How can we bring hope when so many people seem to be losing it around us? Youth for Christ’s Darren Richards believes young people might be the answer to many of society’s questions
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IssuesHoney, I Shrunk The Youth Worker
‘Getting smaller’ may not be one of our key youth ministry aims. And yet, says Matt Summerfield, that is exactly what we should be doing - if we want to make a big difference.
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BlogWhat the Holy Spirit does: part two
This month’s meeting guides are about the Holy Spirit and the message is pretty clear to both you and your young people: don’t panic.
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BlogHoly Week - Palm Sunday
This Holy Week, we'll be publishing a series of five reflective blogs from Gerard Kelly to take us through the period. To start, here's a look at Palm Sunday.
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BlogHoly Week - Maundy Thursday
This Holy Week, we'll be publishing a series of five reflective blogs from Gerard Kelly to take us through the period. Our second installment takes us to Maundy Thursday.
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Ready-to-use Movie: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
The J.R.R. Tolkien classic and the prequel to The Lord of The Rings arrives onto DVD as the first part of a new trilogy. We follow Bilbo Baggins as he is swept into an unforgettable journey to assist some dwarves in their bid to reclaim their home from a dragon. Expect goblins, orcs, wizards and a mighty adventure.
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Re-charge: Samson - strong in his weakness
RECHARGE IS A BIBLE STUDY JUST FOR YOU, TO NURTURE YOUR OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. SO STOP, SIT, BREATHE AND READ. THIS
MONTH, GERARD KELLY CONTINUES HIS LOOK AT OLD TESTAMENT LEADERS WITH SAMSON. -
BlogReady-To-Use Mentoring: What are you hiding?
I heard a story of a mentee who said that he holds back in relationships to protect people from himself. He felt so negative about his bad points and shameful secrets that he felt he needed to put up walls for their sake. Perhaps this is extreme, but we all have areas we hide, indicative of low self-esteem or unresolved issues.
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IssuesHide and Seek
Children connect with God in amazing, unusual ways. Yet often, in churches, we try and train it out and ‘normalise’ them into our own form of spirituality. But how do children connect with the spiritual world? What do we need to pay attention to and what can we learn? Children’s spirituality expert Rebecca Nye shares some of her wisdom…
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BlogMike Pilavachi: There are many heroic youth workers
Mike Pilavachi writes for Premier Youthwork, clarifying his controversial “I think the quality of youth workers has gone down dramatically” comments.
