All NexGen Pro articles – Page 99
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Ready-to-use Schools work: The Relationship Factor
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Young People Face 'Toxic' Pressure
A survey for YoungMinds has warned that young people are growing up in an ‘unprecedented toxic climate’ of stress and pressure.
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IssuesThrough their Eyes
What does the world look like from a child’s eye view? Founder of the Child Theology Movement, Keith White, suggests that we must
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Extended review of "Love Wins"
People have been talking about Rob Bell’s new book Love Wins since before its release. In this review special Krish Kandiah considers what the book is saying, how it is said, and how we might respond to both the book and the man behind it…
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IssuesThe Last Word: Mini Monastic Experiences
Here’s some good news: teenagers in the 21st Century still respond to Jesus. In some ways, this is truer than ever! The lives of early and
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IssuesYouth Workers and Personal Experience
Two-thirds of youth workers had ‘challenging experiences’ in childhood.
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IssuesMini Exile
Every week, the little people in our churches are sent off to their age-appropriate groups, to relieve parents and reduce noise. but is this the ideal? is all-age worship a realistic proposition, and what practical things can be done to make it work? ellie wilson shares her thoughts for creating spiritual spaces for under-5s within the church service
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IssuesStop trying to excel
One of the wonderful tasks that makes up my work is a year-long coaching programme for youth workers. In the four years since its launch, we’ve had about 250 people go through it, in cohorts of ten. I currently have five cohorts at various points on their journey, meeting in various locations around the States.
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BlogExams and young people
How do we help our young people to process both good and bad A Level results? How do we work with teenagers to prepare them for the rest of their life? What role should the church as a whole play in looking out for youth?
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BlogAn open letter to young people facing exams
As we approach the most stressful part of a young person’s year, Premier Youthwork writer’s day attendee has some words of advice and support for teenagers preparing for and going through exams.
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IssuesExam Stress
The exam season is upon us and it’s not just limited to our 16-18 year-olds, but includes younger people and students. And every year, around the start of summer, it’s seems like there’s another worrying report about the stress and anxiety caused by the exam period. So what can we do about it?
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BlogReady-to-use Movie: Ex Machina
Working as a programmer for the world’s most popular search engine, Caleb’s life quickly changes when he is chosen to visit the company’s
eccentric CEO, Nathan, at his secluded research facility. Upon arrival Caleb discovers that Nathan has been working on artificial intelligence and wants Caleb to administer the Turing Test to his robot to discover whether a fully functioning ‘A.I’ is now in existence. Caleb willingly agrees, but isn’t prepared for meeting Ava. -
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Why youth work is for everyone
I was chatting with a wonderful older lady at church on Sunday, called Betty. Having just watched the youth Christmas nativity, we were chuckling together about all of its weirdness and abstract meaningfulness. I commented on how she should get involved with the youth group, to which she replied with something I have heard time and time again: ‘Oh, I am too old for that!’
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IssuesEveryday Supernatural
Soul Survivor’s Mike Pilavachi and Andy Croft believe that seeing God’s supernatural power at work shouldn’t be the exception, but the norm. But what could this look like in the lives of young people and youth workers and what difference would it make?
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Grow Your Own Evangelists
Where are the Grahams, Wesleys and Spurgeons of the future? They might just be in your youth group. But evangelists don’t appear out of
thin air – they need training, nurturing, encouraging and releasing. YFC ’s Phil Knox insists that equipping evangelists must be a central part
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BlogEvangelistic Games
If you’re running an evangelistic event, a game might be the last thing you think of including - but don’t neglect the possibilities. Doing things like running a football or dodgeball tournament can be a great way of connecting with young people in your area - or more simply just having games at an evangelistic event can help people relax, and lower some barriers. Either way, while games should be fun, they can also be used to make a serious point - and here are some ideas of how to do so. (N.B. Some of the games and links are more tongue in cheek than others!)
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IssuesYoung People and Evangelism
Young people ranked evangelism as the least important element of Church.
