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Youth Work USP
What is your Youth Work USP? What do you bring to the table that other young people’s activities don’t? Often completely alien to the compassion and chaos of the youth work world is the cold and competitive rigours of business. The latter is where USP – that’s unique service provision or unique selling point – […]
Evaluating Ministry – Post On Lead Anyone.com
A wee while back, I was approached to write a couple of articles of Leadanyone.com by it’s founder Joel Preston. The whole site is full of quality articles and I would heartily recommend it to you. The first of my articles went up online, and you can read it here. It’s a simple set of […]
Don’t forget to let the Baby Jesus out of His Cage at New Year
“Ooh! I better go take down the manger scene. If baby Jesus got loose, he could really do some damage.” [Ned Flanders]. The Beginnings Of Jesus Have you ever stopped to consider the amount of damage that Jesus can do? At Christmas we talk about his humble beginnings; coming in a feeding trough rather than […]
Changing Youth Work Jobs – Bx Belshaw
Guest post by Bx Belshaw. Full time, experienced Church-based Youth and Families worker. A great story of change, challenge and and courage as she moved from her first full time ministry position into a new job. Christmas season in a new church – and for me a new church denomination – is always a […]
A Youthworker and a Bible Walk Into A Bar
Culture and the Bible. These are the two indisputable pillars of effective youthwork. If you don’t get the former you can’t communicate the latter, if you can’t apply the latter you will make no difference to the former. “There are two fundamental necessities in Christian Communication. One is that we take the world we live […]
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Recent guest posts
Youthwork for the Long Haul – Interview with Ali CampbellJune 4, 2020 - 8:39 amI’m so pleased that Ali dropped by to share from his long experience how to stick at youth work for the long haul. This is an immensely helpful half hour to get more equipped to stick at what we do for years to come! Thanks Ali 🙂 If you want to check out more from […]
“Faith-based videos are too hard to find”. Check out YouthVids storyDecember 16, 2019 - 7:00 amThis Monday I’m promoting a fabulous website that curates quality Christian videos for use with youth groups. Check out the site at www.youthvids.com “Faith-based videos are too hard to find.” That’s the report we got back from many conversations with youth leaders across the U.K. Having spoken to a load of youth pastors they had […]
Should we keep saying that God ‘uses’ His people? – by Jonny PriceDecember 11, 2019 - 10:49 amI have recently been reflecting on the way we speak in church about how God works with us, walks with us, and uses us for revealing His purposes and His goodness in the world. I have come to the conclusion that we need to rethink how we talk about this because of the implications the […]
Bringing the Bible to Life for Young People – by Tim AdamsOctober 15, 2019 - 10:15 amThis week, Communications Manager for British Youth for Christ, Tim Adams, tells us about their incredible new resource, ‘The Good News Bible: The Youth Edition’, that was created in partnership with the Bible Society. At Youth for Christ, we passionately believe that the Bible is foundational to seeing young people’s lives transformed by Jesus. Gen […]
Living with cancer as a volunteer youth workerSeptember 23, 2019 - 4:38 pmThis brave and honest anonymous post has been written by a youth work volunteer who recently was given the all clear after treatment for cancer. We hope this will be an encouragement to anyone walking through similar challenges. Cancer, My Youth Group & Me. Cancer: In August 2016 I was diagnosed with a Hodgkin’s […]
Awkward open prayer in youth groups – ComicAugust 30, 2019 - 7:30 amChloe’s back – fresh from her Uni offices and with her weirdly wonderful wired brain – to give us some insight into those more awkward moments of open prayer in youth clubs.
Youth Ministry First Aid
Is something not working? This provides a tailored session to help you identify the root of the obstacle, and how to pass it.
Plateaued growth? Hemorrhaging leaders? Glass ceiling? Can’t get young people to engage with Jesus?
Let’s have a look together at your context, your strategy, and your resources to get to the bottom of the issue – and move through it. Get in touch for a friendly chat about how we can help you move forward as a ministry.
Biblical Theology of Youth Work
Delving into the foundational roots of what we do, why we do it and how we can do it better!
Either run as a whole day, half day or evening, this session unpacks the Bible’s key passages in context to help us understand exactly what it is were doing. It will highlight essential theology for youth ministry, and it will open up some exegetical practice to hone our Bible reading techniques.
This is a deep day for those who want some meat to study – but also has a highly practical element to it that will help you with writing your own Bible Study material.
