musings on leadership in ministry
While reading for my Masters dissertation I rediscovered a very simple model of how youth work relates (or doesn’t) to the adult congregation. The model is known as the ‘One Eared Mickey Mouse Model’ (Cummings-Bond, S. (1989). The One-Eared Mickey Mouse. Youthworker , 6, 76.). You can also find it in Dean, K. C., & Read More …
HT to Steven
The Scottish network of community based Christian youth workers The date for the next meeting of the Network of community based Christian Youth Workers is on Friday 28th May from 10.00 am to 1pm at: International Christian College 110 St James Road Glasgow G4 0PS Christian Youth Work and Ethics Led by Prof. Howard Sercombe Read More …
This weekend was the United Reformed Church’s Synod of Scotland meeting. For the last few of years Youth Forum for 12-16 year-olds has met alongside Synod. This year, following FURY Assembly’s plea to highlight the plight of the Invisible Children of Uganda, Youth Forum spent the weekend considering how we could tell the story of Read More …
Last night I was at an open evening at my kid’s primary school. Their work was on display and I was finding out what the ‘not much’ and ‘nothing’ they do all day is. Two things struck me. The first that there seems to be little room for initiative. I mean real initiative beyond using Read More …
Thanks to all the people who came along to my two seminars at Deep Impact in Aviemore at the weekend. It was good to meet some new people and some old friends. Welcome to my blog if you’re visiting as a result of the sessions at the weekend! Both sessions were recorded but they both Read More …
I’m back on the road again this week, in two ways. The first is in a literal sense… running. 10 years ago I ran a half marathon. It turns out that residual fitness doesn’t last ten years! The second road hitting is to Aviemore to lead a couple of seminars based around the Internet, both Read More …