musings on leadership in ministry
Not so much an upgrade as an add on… Two chances for you to explore some nice tools for getting your church / group / self online. We’ll explore WordPress, the power behind this site and iChurch, as well as some social media tools. Both the Glasgow and Edinburgh workshops are limited to 8 people Read More …
I know there are some of you out there… You youth workers doing your thing and blogging about it. Chris is new to the blogosphere and in his enthusiasm has suggested that we should try to network Youth Ministry Bloggers in Scotland. I know there is a Scottish Christian page with lots of links to Read More …
The rest of Sunday’s session went ok I think. We got into some of the upside to Open Source church and talked about how we could use social media to continue (or start) conversations like we have with Facebook and Twitter. Sunday night was Christmas!!! We had a full Christmas dinner with turkey and all Read More …
So, 24 hours until NYA2008 begins. How am I feeling? Well I’m just beginning to get excited after a day of not really caring much. I guess that happens when you’ve been working on something for a while and it eventually comes around! This event is a bit of an technology experiment. We’re using multiple Read More …
Where has the time gone!?!?! I’ve known about NYA2008 for ages and been working on it for months and I’m still not done! How come? I got the programme information today and it looks amazing! Some really good stuff happening about mental health and the human library sounds fascinating. My sessions? Well, Authenticity, Information, Privacy Read More …
DK at Media Snackers has been on a bit of a campaign to get Youth Workers in the statutory sector to blog. It would seem that there are very few who do (he’s found one!), which perhaps is a consequence of Local Authorities attitudes to their staff having any kind of online profile (it’s BAD). Read More …
I like writing. It’s definitely one of my favourite tasks although sometimes it takes a while to get into the groove. Deadlines seem to help with that! I’ve spent a good part of the past week writing part of the ‘spiritual’ section of the new Girls’ Brigade (Scotland) programme for Juniors (8-12) and I’ve really Read More …