musings on leadership in ministry
This week our guest post comes from Kenny Wison. Kenny Wilson is presently the Senior Tutor & Lecturer on the ‘Youth Work with Applied Theology‘ degree at the International Christian College based in Glasgow. Kenny has gained his youth ministry experience in diverse settings focussing mainly on outreach to unchurched young people. He is passionate Read More …
Deep Impact is back in 2011. McDonald Highand Resport, Aviemore. 21-23 January 2011 Rethought. Reworked. Revitalised. We’ve gone back to the core of Deep Impact’s purpose. New. Seminar streams focussing on Kingdom: Living: God in our lives; Working: God in our workplace; Thinking: God in our planning; Building: God in our nation. More: Inclusive and Read More …
Ken Robinson talks to the RSA about education and creativity. This is worth watching both for Robinson’s insight and inspiration and for the brilliant animation. If you work in a school context this will hopefully speak to you. If you work in a church context then swap ‘school’ for ‘church’ and see where that gets Read More …
This first guest post in a short youth work series is written by Tony Stephen. Tony is a youth worker for the Edge & Rock, a joint youth project run by two Churches in Banchory, Aberdeenshire. He spends his time being a dad, a husband, and helping people make contact, make friends and make disciples Read More …
I sense that there is a disconnect between national strategy and local strategy. Lots of organisations make policy and strategy at national level. That tends to be where global policy decisions are made and because specialist staff tend to work centrally and relate to boards and committees that’s where strategy happens. The strategies are good. Read More …
Youth Work Summit looks like a great day of inspiration and exploration. It’s on 23:10:2010 in London at St Mary’s, Wyndham Place, between York Street and Crawford Street, Marylebone, W1H 1PQ. There’s this idea that’s been buzzing around the heads of some of us involved in youth ministry for some time, and it won’t go Read More …