Sunday 28 September 2008
Radio Active
So I was up EXTRA EARLY this morning to pop along to BBC Hereford and Worcester radio for a great chat with Phil Simpson. Apparently you can listen again I was on at 8 and the show started at 6 so it may take a while to get to my bit!
Tuesday 23 September 2008
Get-away!
Are you thinking of taking your group away but don't know where to begin?
Do you want to liven up your weekend away?
Want to go self catered but no idea where to start planning a menu?
The diocese has just invested in the Resource sheets from CCI which give you all kinds of advice about planning, leading and reviewing your residential with young people.
These cover all aspects of planning:
No 01 - Planning and Budgeting
No 02 - Recruiting your team
No 03 - Choosing the best venue
No 04 - Safety and liability
No 05 - Insurance
No 06 - Protecting children
No 07 - Minibuses
No 08 - What to put in your brochure
No 09 - Team Building
No 10 - Training your team
No 11 - Risk Assessment
No 12 - Programming with a purpose
No 13 - Taking your group overseas
No 14 - Catering: the DIY approach
No 15 - One to one with young people
No 16 - Under canvas
No 17 - Discipline at your event
No 18 - Coping with a crisis
No 19 - Development Training Games
No 20 - Outdoor activities
No 21 - The art of storytelling
No 22 - Bringing the bible alive
No 23 - Quality follow up
No 24 - Evaluating a programme
No 25 - Keeping your holiday effective
If you would like to borrow these or would like any advice on planning your residential with young people, please do get in touch.
CCI also has a free venue finder service which will pass your details to all the residential centres that meet your requirements (size, location, catered/self-catered etc). Or you could consider taking over a youth hostel as a group. Locally you can choose from:
Leominster, Coalbrookdale, Clun Mill , Dimmingsdale and Kington.
I can also suggest a few places locally which you might like to consider as a place for your residential.
Locally:
For group activities and mucking in together
Far Forest Centre near Kidderminster (Self-catering)
Woolhope Cockshoot near Ledbury (Self-catering)
For a retreat
Holland House near Pershore (catered)
Beautiful Gardens and quiet (not for all teenagers!)
For a more adventurous time:
Astley Burf near Bewdley (catered and self-catering) lodges and camping
The Pioneer Centre Shropshire (catered)
Viney Hill Gloucestershire (Catered or Self-Catering)
A little further afield
Chellington Bedfordshire (Self-catering)
Fabulous converted church with STUNNING view
Woodcroft Chepstow (Self-catering)
Great facilities and access to all kinds of activities
Cloverley Hall - Shropshire (Catered)
Fabulous building with very comfortable rooms and great grounds
Quinta - Shropshire (Catered and Self-catering)
Wonderful grounds with outdoor activities available. Choose the big hall or the little bungalows!
Pentrenant Hall Welsh Borders (self-catering)
Two hundred year old building in a beautiful setting
Some other centres worth contacting:
Oakwood Court Warwickshire
Morley Derbyshire (Catered)
Shepherd's Buildings Lichfield (self Catering)
Do you want to liven up your weekend away?
Want to go self catered but no idea where to start planning a menu?
The diocese has just invested in the Resource sheets from CCI which give you all kinds of advice about planning, leading and reviewing your residential with young people.
These cover all aspects of planning:
No 01 - Planning and Budgeting
No 02 - Recruiting your team
No 03 - Choosing the best venue
No 04 - Safety and liability
No 05 - Insurance
No 06 - Protecting children
No 07 - Minibuses
No 08 - What to put in your brochure
No 09 - Team Building
No 10 - Training your team
No 11 - Risk Assessment
No 12 - Programming with a purpose
No 13 - Taking your group overseas
No 14 - Catering: the DIY approach
No 15 - One to one with young people
No 16 - Under canvas
No 17 - Discipline at your event
No 18 - Coping with a crisis
No 19 - Development Training Games
No 20 - Outdoor activities
No 21 - The art of storytelling
No 22 - Bringing the bible alive
No 23 - Quality follow up
No 24 - Evaluating a programme
No 25 - Keeping your holiday effective
If you would like to borrow these or would like any advice on planning your residential with young people, please do get in touch.
CCI also has a free venue finder service which will pass your details to all the residential centres that meet your requirements (size, location, catered/self-catered etc). Or you could consider taking over a youth hostel as a group. Locally you can choose from:
Leominster, Coalbrookdale, Clun Mill , Dimmingsdale and Kington.
I can also suggest a few places locally which you might like to consider as a place for your residential.
Locally:
For group activities and mucking in together
Far Forest Centre near Kidderminster (Self-catering)
Woolhope Cockshoot near Ledbury (Self-catering)
For a retreat
Holland House near Pershore (catered)
Beautiful Gardens and quiet (not for all teenagers!)
For a more adventurous time:
Astley Burf near Bewdley (catered and self-catering) lodges and camping
The Pioneer Centre Shropshire (catered)
Viney Hill Gloucestershire (Catered or Self-Catering)
A little further afield
Chellington Bedfordshire (Self-catering)
Fabulous converted church with STUNNING view
Woodcroft Chepstow (Self-catering)
Great facilities and access to all kinds of activities
Cloverley Hall - Shropshire (Catered)
Fabulous building with very comfortable rooms and great grounds
Quinta - Shropshire (Catered and Self-catering)
Wonderful grounds with outdoor activities available. Choose the big hall or the little bungalows!
Pentrenant Hall Welsh Borders (self-catering)
Two hundred year old building in a beautiful setting
Some other centres worth contacting:
Oakwood Court Warwickshire
Morley Derbyshire (Catered)
Shepherd's Buildings Lichfield (self Catering)
Friday 19 September 2008
Young People's Sunday
Watch out for forthcoming details of this national initiative on the Frontier Youth trust site. There will be a set of talks, dramas, prayers, stories, bible studies and other creative ideas free to download.
Re-Inpsired
INSPIRE our planned event on 27th September has now been postponed until Saturday 7th February.
We will be sending details of the new date out soon.
If you have any pressing training needs please don't hesitate to get in touch.
We will be sending details of the new date out soon.
If you have any pressing training needs please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Children's Pioneer Minister
St. Philip's Church, Bradmore
Salary £18.5k-£20.5k
Wolverhampton
Closing Date Fri 3 Oct 2008
Description We are looking to appoint a gifted leader to help pioneer new projects and develop existing work within our expanding vision for children and families. The successful candidate will be a team player with the ability and motivation to help initiate fresh expressions of church and re-imagine how children and families worship as church. The person appointed will be encouraged to grow professionally and spiritually and benefit from being a member of the Fresh Expressions network.
St. Philip's is a vibrant evangelical church in the suburbs of Wolverhampton, working to make a difference in the community.
Salary £18.5k-£20.5k
Contact Details For information contact: Revd Tim Lomax
www.pennfieldsparish.co.uk
Closing Date: 3rd October
Salary £18.5k-£20.5k
Wolverhampton
Closing Date Fri 3 Oct 2008
Description We are looking to appoint a gifted leader to help pioneer new projects and develop existing work within our expanding vision for children and families. The successful candidate will be a team player with the ability and motivation to help initiate fresh expressions of church and re-imagine how children and families worship as church. The person appointed will be encouraged to grow professionally and spiritually and benefit from being a member of the Fresh Expressions network.
St. Philip's is a vibrant evangelical church in the suburbs of Wolverhampton, working to make a difference in the community.
Salary £18.5k-£20.5k
Contact Details For information contact: Revd Tim Lomax
www.pennfieldsparish.co.uk
Closing Date: 3rd October
Children's & Families' Worker
St Peter’s, Pedmore, (Stourbridge, West Midlands)
Salary £20 000 to £24,000
Closing Date Mon 6 Oct 2008
We are a friendly parish church within the open evangelical tradition with a vision and sense of God’s call to extend our work with children and families.
Are you an enthusiastic, committed Christian, able to take a lead in growing our mission to children and families?
In this new post you would build on our existing ministry and develop outreach programmes.
Salary between £20 000 and £24,000 dependent on qualifications and experience.
For further information and an application pack please contact
The Administrator,
St Peter’s Church Centre,
Pedmore Lane,
Stourbridge,
West Midlands
DY9 0SW
Tel No 01562 887287 (9.30-12.30 weekdays) or email This post is subject to Criminal Records enhanced disclosure
Closing Date noon on October 6th 2008
www.stpeterspedmore.org.uk
Salary £20 000 to £24,000
Closing Date Mon 6 Oct 2008
We are a friendly parish church within the open evangelical tradition with a vision and sense of God’s call to extend our work with children and families.
Are you an enthusiastic, committed Christian, able to take a lead in growing our mission to children and families?
In this new post you would build on our existing ministry and develop outreach programmes.
Salary between £20 000 and £24,000 dependent on qualifications and experience.
For further information and an application pack please contact
The Administrator,
St Peter’s Church Centre,
Pedmore Lane,
Stourbridge,
West Midlands
DY9 0SW
Tel No 01562 887287 (9.30-12.30 weekdays) or email This post is subject to Criminal Records enhanced disclosure
Closing Date noon on October 6th 2008
www.stpeterspedmore.org.uk
Monday 8 September 2008
New term, new ideas?
There are lots of great resources around which would help you with your youth group programme. It's just knowing where to find them.
You could try checking out the links to the right and see what the organisations have to offer.
How about signing up for some subscriptions or mailing lists?
Here are just a few of them you might like to contact.
Soul Survivor: The Catalogue.
For books, music, and information about training, there is no postage to pay when you buy direct from the Soul Survivor website.
Save the Children:
Resources for working with young people aged 12 - 18. Lots of Issue based material for youth leaders and young people to get their heads around. Tel 01752 202301, email: orders@plymbridge.com .
Church House Publishing
The Essential Resources from the Church of England. This has a really good section on Children's and Youth work. Check it out. Tel Church House Bookshop 020 7898 1301
YFC The Catalogue
This is another great catalogue, packed full of youth work resources, everything from programme ideas to training courses, tel. 0121 550 8055, or visit the website.
Russell House Publishing:
The network for quality work with young people. This was known as Youth Clubs uk. Tel 020 7242 4045 Website.
For other resources you could try one of these online Christian bookshops:
Kevin Mayhew
Eden
St Andrew's Bookshop
or find a christian bookshop near you here.
You could try checking out the links to the right and see what the organisations have to offer.
How about signing up for some subscriptions or mailing lists?
Here are just a few of them you might like to contact.
Soul Survivor: The Catalogue.
For books, music, and information about training, there is no postage to pay when you buy direct from the Soul Survivor website.
Save the Children:
Resources for working with young people aged 12 - 18. Lots of Issue based material for youth leaders and young people to get their heads around. Tel 01752 202301, email: orders@plymbridge.com .
Church House Publishing
The Essential Resources from the Church of England. This has a really good section on Children's and Youth work. Check it out. Tel Church House Bookshop 020 7898 1301
YFC The Catalogue
This is another great catalogue, packed full of youth work resources, everything from programme ideas to training courses, tel. 0121 550 8055, or visit the website.
Russell House Publishing:
Direct work with young people, activities and programmes that you can run yourself. This catalogue contains resources that will help you as a youth worker develop many new skills. This is a learn to do by doing resource. Get on their mailing and you will receive a regular update of new publications. Tel 01297 442 722 or E-mail: help@russellhouse.co.uk. Website.
Ukyouth:
The network for quality work with young people. This was known as Youth Clubs uk. Tel 020 7242 4045 Website.
For other resources you could try one of these online Christian bookshops:
Kevin Mayhew
Eden
St Andrew's Bookshop
or find a christian bookshop near you here.
Youthwork Magazine
For ideas, resources and guidance for youth ministry, why not subscribe to Youthwork Magazine. Youthwork magazine is published every month chock-full of ideas, news, reviews and resources. Every issue you can benefit from the following:
The Source:
The latest important youth ministry news stories to keep you up-to-date on people, events and places. Columns on the statutory sector and schools work. All spliced together with cultural analysis and opinion on the latest trends and goings on in and around youth culture.
Twelve pages of Resourcebox:
All-new adaptable meeting plans, drama, discussion starters, music and movie clips, together with the innovative CPR, ideas for schools work, and much more.
Insightful & relevant features:
Written by some of the best youth ministry writers around, as well as in-depth interviews, theory and practise, book extracts, and much more.
Going Deeper:
Regular articles which aim to dissect the deeper issues of youthwork and ministry.
Reviews:
The latest book, music and video resources for youth ministry reviewed by people in youth ministry.
Jobsearch
The most comprehensive listing of youth and ministry jobs in the UK and abroad every month.
... plus much much more!
real-life case studies; reader's feedback; cultural icons; regular columns from Mike Pilavachi and Jill Rowe...
This is the most widely read resource serving Christian youth workers in the UK. One year £29 plus free copy of 40 more.Why not subscribe now? Just telephone the subscriptions department during office hours on 01903 602100.
The Source:
The latest important youth ministry news stories to keep you up-to-date on people, events and places. Columns on the statutory sector and schools work. All spliced together with cultural analysis and opinion on the latest trends and goings on in and around youth culture.
Twelve pages of Resourcebox:
All-new adaptable meeting plans, drama, discussion starters, music and movie clips, together with the innovative CPR, ideas for schools work, and much more.
Insightful & relevant features:
Written by some of the best youth ministry writers around, as well as in-depth interviews, theory and practise, book extracts, and much more.
Going Deeper:
Regular articles which aim to dissect the deeper issues of youthwork and ministry.
Reviews:
The latest book, music and video resources for youth ministry reviewed by people in youth ministry.
Jobsearch
The most comprehensive listing of youth and ministry jobs in the UK and abroad every month.
... plus much much more!
real-life case studies; reader's feedback; cultural icons; regular columns from Mike Pilavachi and Jill Rowe...
This is the most widely read resource serving Christian youth workers in the UK. One year £29 plus free copy of 40 more.Why not subscribe now? Just telephone the subscriptions department during office hours on 01903 602100.
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