Are you going along? I’ll be there, will be good to connect with you and others who might be going…
just also thought, we always start with highs and lows of hte week which has really helped build community into our group and gives a chance for others to see how everyone is doing. sometimes we don’t get much else don’t but it’s become a good place to vent and also celebrate with each other on the good stuff. it’s also a way to get thinking about prayer cos it’s always easy to start by using the highs and lows as a place to start talking to God
hey
really good resources we use at church are ‘seasons of the spirit’ strucured but with different activities so you can pick what’ll work best.
really good background info and follows the lectionary so you’re following what the main church is doing (if you use that!)
sometimes i use the sessions as they are, somtimes i just use the background stuff and worksheets and create sessions.
material is really good cos it comes in various age groups with a number of kids/teen age groups, as well as adult and all age stuff. niceness
Hi Mimi
Sounds like your feeling very ground down, I want to encourage you, as although the sessions are hard work, they young people keep coming back, and that in itself is amazing!!
I don’t work with ‘churched’ young people, but do understand the difficulties in introducing people who don’t understand how church works to that environment. Rock Solid material might be worth a look, it’s aim is to be fast paced, keep them on the go, have a bit of discussion but play lots of games. It’s aimed at young people 11-14, when discussion can be hard work as they are not used to it or ready for it. Have you asked them what topics they’d like to cover?
I go to a church plant in the middle of quite a rough estate, and young people have started coming to it. One way the church has developed relationships with them, especially the boys is through introducing a lighting rig, which the boys are trained to use. What are the young people interested in? Use it to your advantage.
Maybe something mid week might be more appropriate then a Sunday morning? More relaxed and informal.
I think your doing a grand job
Hope that helps
God bless
Gemma
Looks really good. Thanks for flagging this up.
Hi guys,
I’ve been on here a while and I’ve just tried to leave a comment on the blood sweat & t-shirts blog & it’s not letting me saying I’m not authorised to do this. Any ideas why it won’t let me?
To know that big companies are exploiting third world countries like this makes me feel sick in my spirit. I recently went to India on mission and it certainly changed my life. Does anyone know of an organisation I can contact who is against all this?
As someone involved in producing explore its great to get this feedback. We would love this to be the kind of resource that enhances existing schoolswork and also gives credibility to any groups seeking more involvement at RE. For more info see http://www.exploreforschools.co.uk
Thanks Amy, I knew I’d seen it somewhere! :)
Hi Gemma, yes Wayne Dixon blogged about this conference back in march. see his entry here for details: http://schoolswork.co.uk/blog/entry/schools-workers-conference/
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green is good
A couple of good sites i’ve found that are useful for assembly, lesson or club ideas.
exploRE
a shameless post but i bought exploRE at CRE yesterday. it is amazing, in my opinion you should so get it if you do RE lessons in schools
‘Difficult’ kids coming to church
I work with a group of young people from a local school who come to church each week from the surrounding estate. Ideally I would do a mid-week youth group with them but at the moment due to other constraints I don’t have the available time. I need ideas to inspire them and me!!!
The Prodigal Farmer
The 5th in the ‘Farmer Andy’ series. This time it is a newly updated version of the Prodigal Son.
Vox Pops coming soon
Do you use vox pops in your work? Do you find you have very little time to put together what you want?
Well I’m to help make your life a little easier, and would like to find out what you’d find useful. I’m spending a bit of time with the schoolswork.co.uk gang in Luton for the next few weeks, and one of my tasks is to get together some vox pops for the site, interviewing people around and about on different issues and questions…
adult world help!
I’m soon to be taking a year 13 lesson on entering the adult world. Does anyone have any thoughts?
LightLive
LightLive gives children’s and youth leaders free-of-charge access to a weekly syllabus of downloadable material following Scripture Union’s Light programme, for groups aged up to 14. It also gives access to all-age materials.
Going green
Encouraging young people (and us oldies!!) to think about their impact in the environment.
Examattack
The exam season is here and you might like to have a look, listen to or read this. If appropriate - do make know to schools / young people / any you know facing exams this week and over the coming few weeks. Suitable for those doing SAT’s now as well as GCSE’s, AS & A2’s in the coming days. Give of your best - achieve your potential. see http://www.examattack.org.uk Putting exams in perspective.
escape from exam-mania
For the year 11s in the school I visit, there are only 5 more days of school before they break for their study leave. I know each school does this differently, but May signals the start of exam season for many young people we come into contact with. My question is how can we encourage young people to keep focused and not panicked; to make sure they look after themselves, and all those other things it’s easy for them to forget about?
