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07.23.08Ethical principles in Youth Work/MinistryThe British National Youth Agency (NYA) has a very interesting document called 'Ethical Conduct in Youth Work' that calls itself 'a statement of values and principles from The National Youth Agency.' The principles of ethical conduct for youth work and what youth workers should be commitment to are: 1. Treat young people with respect, valuing each individual and avoiding negative discrimination. 2. Respect and promote young people’s rights to make their own decisions and choices, unless the welfare or legitimate interests of themselves or others are seriously threatened. 3. Promote and ensure the welfare and safety of young people, while permitting ...
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07.07.08Faithworks: Resourcing Christian community workFaithworks is a movement of thousands of individuals, churches and organisations motivated by their Christian faith to serve the needs of their local communities and positively influence society as a whole. Faithworks exists to resource, inspire and speak up for these vital initiatives. I love what Faithworks is about, resource Christians be do professional, high quality community action. This magazine is great & every time I get it I feel very inspired with my work and get some hope for the Churches work with the community. One tool that I think would be very helpful for any church or Christian ...
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03.25.08Shane Claiborne & Chris Haw new book: Jesus for President- Politics for Ordinary RadicalsI got back from a weekend away in St. Ives (possibly my favourite place in the UK) and found a box with Amazon printed on it... O how I love getting books in the post. It was Shane Claiborne & Chris Haw's new book; Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals. At the moment I have only just flicked through it, but it looks really interesting. The 'feel' and artwork (which is on every page) is very cool, almost more like a scrapbook of thoughts and ideas with accompanying images than a systematic book. More importantly the book ...
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01.31.08Should the church support Anonymous’ action against Scientology?[youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ] [youtube:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YrkchXCzY70] "Be very wary of the 10th of February. Anonymous invites you to join us in an act of solidarity...Join us in protest outside of Scientology centers world wide." If we think that cults like scientology are destructive then should the church support anything that could bring their downfall like the attacks of Anonymous. Yet are we then going against freedom, freedom to express faith and belief however crazy others may see it? If the church were to support actions like that of Anonymous or any other action against another faith/belief system then can the church complain when it itself is ...
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01.18.08Using YouTube to get a youth worker/minister[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQXq-WlKoTw] Interesting idea for getting a youth work/minister. Looks like a nice location to work! Some thoughts: What's using this ad say about: The church, the pastor (he have an appearance in the ad), The young people involved? Is it a shopping window job ad, nice place to live, nice young people (white, middle class ect). Is this a good thing? Is using the young people in this way a good thing? St. Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church
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01.16.08Why God doesn’t go to churchwhy god doesn't go to church
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12.20.07Urban Church Reflection by Steve Collins on emergingchurch.infoI like this photo essay by Steve Collins called urban church.
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12.20.07What Would Jesus Buy? The Movie[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGi21YQFjMM] What Would Jesus Buy? What a great question to ask ourselves and help young people to ask as well. I think it raises so many questions about power, trade, and ultimately...us, the consumes.Its interesting that the makers have chosen to use the gimmick of WWJD and a church minister. Why the religious imagery to get across a social message, is it just the Christmas thing or is it that really we, the church, should be asking these questions and we are not? Just a thought.I like the look of this film, will have to 'buy' it!
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12.20.07Missional Ministry Matrix: Part 2In a previous post a wile ago, I had been smitten by Mark Driscoll’s (from Mars Hill Church, Seattle, USA & Acts 29 Church Planting Network) new book: Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church (Leadership Network Innovation). In the book he talks about the Missional Ministry Matrix being: 1. our Christology determines how we do our 2. Ecclesiology this determines our 3. Missiology and this then determines how we do 4. Ministry. Over the last year of being a student with Bristol Center for Youth ...
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12.20.07The Blasphemy Challenge and the end of Christendom…thank God!I was reading on Rethinking Youth about the The Blasphemy Challenge, "Basically, this is a group of atheists, led by a thirty-year-old..., that challenges individuals, specifically youth, to deny, on camera, God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit..." The young people then post these on YouTube. I went to the The Blasphemy Challenge website and watched a news interview from Fox News that they had posted. The interviewer on Fox (who irritated me a lot more then the atheist), was quite concerned that young people were being corrupted and brainwashed by the Blasphemy Challenge, he seemed to me ...
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