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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is a really exciting topic to think about. If you have the opportunity to share your faith with young people, or you are joining a team or going on mission, that’s awesome!! Here’s a few points to consider;
How to help young people with their mental health The first thing to make clear if engaging with someone with bad mental health is that it feels scary but is easier if we approach it somehow similarly to general physical health. Every person has mental health and at times it is good or even great. […]
Here is an excerpt from a book called “Radical” by David Platt. It’s challenging, inspiring and I hope will encourage you to pray as our brother’s and sister’s are doing all around the world. Imagine all the blinds closed on the windows of a dimly lit room. Twenty leaders from different churches in the area […]
What exactly did they see? 12 young lads. Following Jesus around. Seeing what he did. Hearing what he said. Meeting people he met. What did it sound like? What did it feel like? What happened? These young lads were quite interesting. Coming from different backgrounds, arguably not quite as academic as some people in their […]
What shall we do this week?…Wait…what shall we do all year?! It can be quite daunting at the beginning of an academic or calendar year. Parents are asking for all the dates of this term to be stuck on their fridge. The budget should have been in last week. The events calendar on the website […]
Communication is so important. Done well it is amazing how vast amounts of people can hear, understand in get involved in the life of an organisation. Done wrong and it can cause many problems and even be painful. During war times its often thought that the first point of attack is on the enemies communication […]
Generally, wherever we go as a youth team we hear the same thing. We wish we could do more but we don’t have enough volunteers.
