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| Youth Work... The Mail Out | 17th Apr 2008 | View Full Story | Download |
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Have you ever reached the plateau in youth work?................ (more...) |
| Youth Work... The Mail Out | 27th Mar 2008 | View Full Story | Download |
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One of the big questions in Youth Work, relates to when we stop doing a particular piece of work. I for example have been involved in the running of Coventry Youth Camp for the last 12 years. It has been an awesome experience. But when do you stop? When is the right time to decide that.............................. (more...) |
| Youth Work... The Mail Out | 17th Mar 2008 | View Full Story | Download |
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Sometimes in my role as Youth Officer I get surprised by a fantastic piece of Youthwork coming out of what I had thought to be unlikely places. A couple of weeks ago I had never heard of 'GFS' The Girls Friendly Society. On Wednesday evening I visited one of their groups (quite scary for a man!) in Atherstone. To be fair the name sounded off putting, however, I found a really awesome piece of youthwork taking place. The leaders of this group are working hard to instil in these girls a worldview that places God first, friends second and self last (GFS) with trips and camps galore. Sadly there is currently only one branch of the society in our area. I left the meeting wishing there was more... (more...) |
| Youth Work... The Mail Out | 7th Mar 2008 | View Full Story | Download |
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Last week a number of you got in touch with me because my opening message in this mail out seemed so unusually downbeat. Thanks for caring! When I started doing the Mail Out, I was determined to be honest with you about how I'm doing, just as we need to be honest with our young people about life's highs and lows............ (more...) |
| Youth Work... The Mail Out | 22nd Feb 2008 | View Full Story | Download |
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Last week I took a well needed break over half term. The break gave me some valuable thinking time about the long term future of my work. If I'm honest, I haven't found the weeks since Christmas easy (in terms of my youth work) however I am reminded that it is in the valleys (life's low moments) not its peaks where we do our growing. Our ability to succeed in the work in which we are engaged is not (I suggest) based on our ability to avoid hardship, much more important is how we withstand and respond to the problems as they arise. As potential role models to young people, we must show that our faith can sustain us through hardship and that we always respond to challenge with love and forgiveness, however tough that is. For me its all part of growing up! (more...) |
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