Residentials can be life-changing events for young people. Getting away from day-to-day life and spending time in a Christian community gives young people the space to explore their faith and lives.
In this guest blog Ruth Wills argues that our children’s work should reflect that children aren’t empty vessels for us to fill with Christian stuff, but have an innate spirituality of their own.
What happens when you think you’ve come to the end of your ministry? How easy is it to prayerfully stand down? Alex Taylor explains why the season is here for him to step back from regular youth work.
The sound of silence is all too common when trying to help young people engage with the Bible, but are we asking the right questions? Alex Taylor looks at questions that might get your group talking.
You never stop learning, no matter how long you have been doing youth work. Sometimes you make the wrong choice or are pleasantly surprised at something you didn’t expect.
We’ve been in that position, where the service in still going on, but we’ve gone through all our prepared activities. Here are four suggestions of fun games you can play with little or no preparation!
In a long read, Alex Taylor explores the importance of reading the Bible in faith development and how that has an impact on our youth work.
How often do we tell others what a good job they’re doing? Working in a negative culture can be draining and demoralising, so let’s turn things on their head and look for the positive.
How do we decide whether to stop a ministry or keep going? Is the decision always in our hands? Alex Taylor explores some ways to bring some shared responsibility to the decision-making process.
In what has become a conflict-on-trains mini-series, Alex Taylor explores how we should deal with conflict in our ministry after witnessing a set-to on the train to Northampton.