This story, of a young man I will call Luke, spans a period of about 5 years – and is still ongoing. Luke appeared in my life as he was passing through my city for a college course and he became part of a local church youth group. Somehow we clicked. (I say somehow although [...]
There was a specific time, a specific place, a specific young person that caused me to change to become a relational youth worker. It was summer (the kind that North Wales gets) and I was the Bible speaker at a youth camp for 15-17 year olds (about 30 of them). It was in a town [...]
Young people [and those not so young] have various needs that should be met by a well rounded youth ministry:
Social
Intellectual
Emotional
Physical
Spiritual
Each youth group will have it’s own particular blend of flavour – mainly depending on it’s leadership. If the youth leader is big into praying then so will the group; if they love games then the [...]
I have a theory that if we could all see ourselves as a brick then many of our pastoral and growth needs could be met – let me explain.
First though a question – how many bricks does a single brick ‘touch’ in a standard brick [this definition excludes half bricks] wall? No, it isn’t a [...]
