Primary: Preparing for Grief and Loss

Preparing for Grief and LossTBCBook On When Thursday 17th September 2026 Where Diocesan Offices, Clayton House, Walker Office Park, Blackburn BB1 2QE Cost £100(£150) About Details to follow Course Overview Date and Venue Cost Course Overview Details to follow Date and Venue Date: Thursday 17th September 2026 Time: 9.30am-12.30pm Venue: Diocesan Offices, Clayton House, Walker […]

Primary: Pathways to Enrich Spirituality

Pathways to Enrich SpiritualityFor Senior Leaders and Teachers who wish to enhance children’s spiritual development. Book On When Various Dates Where Diocesan Offices, Clayton House, Walker Office Park, Blackburn BB1 2QE Cost £100(£150) About This half day course will explore how to nurture and develop spirituality in all children. The session can be taken as […]

011 Is prayer the game changer in your youth ministry? with Josh Green from 24/7 Prayer

Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
011 Is prayer the game changer in your youth ministry? with Josh Green from 24/7 Prayer
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Is prayer the centre of your youth ministry? How can we create a culture of prayer with a group of young people? These are the questions being asked and answered in the latest episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast. Joining Ben and Dave on the podcast is Josh Green, Youth Director of […]

010 How do we start youth ministry from scratch?

Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
010 How do we start youth ministry from scratch?
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Youth Work State of Mind Podcast is back with an episode looking at how to start youth ministry from scratch. In this episode, Ben and Dave are joined by Martin Saunders, the director of satellites and innovation at Youthscape, and Emma Gaze, northern England pioneer project developer at Limitless Elim. Ben, Dave, Emma and Martin […]

009 How do we build a great team of youth leaders?

Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
009 How do we build a great team of youth leaders?
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Youth Work State of Mind Podcast is back with an episode looking at how to create a great team of youth leaders. In this episode, Ben and Dave are joined by Susie Mapledoram, the youth work officer for Manchester Diocese, and Graeme Bigg, youth lead for the children and youth team in Leeds Diocese. As […]

Introducing the Follow the Son podcast!

Follow the Son - Morning and Bedtime Bible Stories for Children
Follow the Son - Morning and Bedtime Bible Stories for Children
Introducing the Follow the Son podcast!
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Starting new habits can be hard sometimes, especially when you’re an adult. Spending time with God can feel like a chore, even though we know it isn’t. Children pick up things very easily, that’s why we’ve created this podcast – to help children get into the practice of starting and ending their day with God. […]

The Deprivation of Private Faith

Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
The Deprivation of Private Faith
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We know it’s a shocking title – and that’s the point. This bonus episode is about the language we use of ‘personal relationship with Jesus’ and how it hasn’t been as helpful as we imagined it would be. This clips was taken from the recording of our episode called ‘Sunday Isn’t Everything’ with Bryony Baker […]

007 Sunday Isn’t Everything

Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
007 Sunday Isn't Everything
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We’re back with episode 7 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and you know what, Sunday Isn’t Everything! In this episode we’re looking at how to reach young people during the week. Why is week-long connection with God important for our young people and what do we and don’t we do well in […]

006 Worship

Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
006 Worship
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We’re back with episode 6 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and we’re going to be looking at Worship. How can we help young people engage in worship? How can we let our young people explore different worship styles in a way that helps their faith? To answer these and many more questions, […]

Moving Outreach Into Discipleship

Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
Youth Work State of Mind Podcast - Discussions around Christian youth ministry
Moving Outreach Into Discipleship
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So you’ve done your outreach, what’s next? This is the question being discussed in this bonus episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast. This conversation was taken from the recording of our Sports Ministry episode with Martin Bateman from Ambassadors Football, Joya Pal-George from Kick and Richard Witham from Scripture Union, and in […]