leadership in ministry
Here’s a plea for all those people who are dots on the clustr map around the world. We’re working on a project for Pentecost to collect lots of languages reading Acts 2:1-6. So, if you speak anything other than English and could record yourself reading this short passage and email it to me as an Read More …
Tonight I’ve been invited to be on the panel for an open community discussion at Shawlands URC in Glasgow (map). The topic is ‘What role can the Church play in the community?’ and I’ve been asked to speak about the church and young people. There are another two speakers and the local MP was to Read More …
cww-2008-flyer-a5-web The National Gathering is on 3-4 May 2008 at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston near Edinburgh is in less than 3 weeks from now! The National Gathering will be one of the most encouraging, stimulating and memorable events for the whole church in Scotland in a generation or more. There will be huge celebrations Read More …
… after a busy Saturday. I spent this morning with the lovely people of Righead URC in east Kilbride leading worship and talking about the Child Friendly Church Award that the URC operate. It helps churches to think about how they include children and young people in all aspects to the life of the church. Read More …
Dr Tanya Byron has published her report into safer internet use and gaming. You can read the report HERE. This is the executive summary bullets: The internet and video games are very popular with children and young people and offer a range of opportunities for fun, learning and development. But there are concerns over potentially Read More …
We’re working on a level 1 youth work course. That is, a basic course for volunteers and people who are new to youth work. What would you include? What do you think youth workers need to know?
Leaning and Teaching Scotland have just announced what they think the markers fo excellence in literacy are for the 21st century… and the definition of texts is:novels, short stories, plays, poems, reference texts, the spoken word, charts, maps, graphs and timetables, advertisements, promotional leaflets, comics, newspapers and magazines, CVs, letters and e-mails, films, games and Read More …