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Showing posts with label Book Reviews. Show all posts
Monday, 7 February 2011
Book review The Faith of Generation Y
You may remember a book a few years ago called Making Sense of Generation Y. A follow on book from the same research team of Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Bob Mayo and Sally Nash, together with Christopher Cocksworth, called The Faith of Generation Y has now been published. This looks not only at the spirituality of young people from Generation Y but also at how they relate to church and faith. It’s an interesting read and gives some insight into how we should work with young people. One of the big implications is about how we label what we do with young people. Many of the young people with no experience of church who then experience a church sponsored youth event won’t make the connection to church. This means we may have to be clearer with young people about WHY we do what we do which is no bad thing. Another interesting element for me was that despite some suggestions that young people might have a pick and mix approach to religion (picking re-incarnation here, angels there etc) this isn’t at all supported by the research. The book has interesting insights into how young people think about big issues such as death and how their personal spiritual life is formed - it’s well worth a read and can be borrowed from our resource library.
Friday, 29 January 2010
Book review Michael E. Hughes, Young Hearts be Free (CYMA 2004)
This slim volume is an incredibly dense book bursting full of insight in almost all of its 102 pages. If you want a book to make you look at youth ministry and the relationship between the church and young people in a whole new way, then this would be an excellent choice.
Hughes has structured the book in three basic sections; the state of youth ministry, Liberation theology in the context of youth ministry and finally a case study. He begins with a very brief, yet thorough, review of youth ministry at the turn of the twenty first century, drawing on a wide range of international youth theologians and thinkers. The book then analyzes how the current system of the church is oppressive of young people, justifying his following section. The second section has a very brief explanation of Liberation Theology and its origins (the author rightly recommends that the reader should turn to the authorities such as Gustavo Gutierrez for the full picture) and proceeds to reinterpret Liberation Theology in the context not of the poverty, race or gender but of young people. He does this by applying what he terms the five common liberation principles; committed involvement, we’re all biased, we all relate differently, ending up in a different place and the cycle of recommitment. In the final section, Hughes contextualizes his theory in a specific youth ministry context in New Zealand.
I must say I found the book eye-opening, rightly disturbing and at the same time somewhat intense theological, philosophical and sociological tome. The concepts which Hughes is exploring are very deep and also so radical as to render the reader into a form of mental and emotional stun. It is not a book to be rushed through but read and reflected upon. Young Hearts Be Free drags the reader to see youth work in a new context and to realise just how oppressive our church system is of people on the basis of their youth. It demonstrates that young people in the church are marginalised by institutional structures which Hughes terms “structural ageism” and that they become passive receivers or consumers of ministry imposed on them by adults. Even young leader initiatives are imposed from the adult church and youth leaders appointed by adults.
Yet the book is not merely an analysis of the state of the world of youth ministry but also a call to action and a source for ideas as to what action might be needed. I particularly valued Hughes’ use of the model of exploring “how good could things be”. He dreams big dreams as to just how excellent the youth work could be as well as analysing the actual situation. This is real Kingdom thinking:
Hughes applies his theory to the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, examining their history of improving youth participation in church hierarchical structures, and changes in staffing and training of those involved in youth ministry. He describes how much of the discussion of youth ministry in the area has involved large numbers of young people and from those gatherings of people involved in youth ministry, “there has been a continuing call for young people’s liberation and full flourishing as equal members of the church” (p.78). The result was new representation of young people at synods and “a liberation cycle developing in this youth ministry context” (p.88). Of course the use of the case study, although useful in that it properly contextualises the theory, is also so very specific as to make it feel somewhat difficult to re-imagine in other contexts. Indeed I do find the practicality of applying Hughes theory a challenge.
The thing I find challenging about Hughes’ analysis is the practicality of adults working towards youth liberation. In the true spirit of Liberation Theology, those who are oppressed must be the key movers in changing that oppression, as Hughes admits:
If young people were not those urging for change must it not surely be an adult imposed liberation? If one generation of young people become liberated, how is that to be perpetuated to the next without the liberators turning oppressors? Hughes does endeavour to answer many of my questions with his analysis of the five common liberation principles. Yet, fired up as I was on reading the theory I still find the practicality of this revolution implausible in the context of the large historical denominations. For example Hughes urges that,
Hughes has structured the book in three basic sections; the state of youth ministry, Liberation theology in the context of youth ministry and finally a case study. He begins with a very brief, yet thorough, review of youth ministry at the turn of the twenty first century, drawing on a wide range of international youth theologians and thinkers. The book then analyzes how the current system of the church is oppressive of young people, justifying his following section. The second section has a very brief explanation of Liberation Theology and its origins (the author rightly recommends that the reader should turn to the authorities such as Gustavo Gutierrez for the full picture) and proceeds to reinterpret Liberation Theology in the context not of the poverty, race or gender but of young people. He does this by applying what he terms the five common liberation principles; committed involvement, we’re all biased, we all relate differently, ending up in a different place and the cycle of recommitment. In the final section, Hughes contextualizes his theory in a specific youth ministry context in New Zealand.
I must say I found the book eye-opening, rightly disturbing and at the same time somewhat intense theological, philosophical and sociological tome. The concepts which Hughes is exploring are very deep and also so radical as to render the reader into a form of mental and emotional stun. It is not a book to be rushed through but read and reflected upon. Young Hearts Be Free drags the reader to see youth work in a new context and to realise just how oppressive our church system is of people on the basis of their youth. It demonstrates that young people in the church are marginalised by institutional structures which Hughes terms “structural ageism” and that they become passive receivers or consumers of ministry imposed on them by adults. Even young leader initiatives are imposed from the adult church and youth leaders appointed by adults.
Yet the book is not merely an analysis of the state of the world of youth ministry but also a call to action and a source for ideas as to what action might be needed. I particularly valued Hughes’ use of the model of exploring “how good could things be”. He dreams big dreams as to just how excellent the youth work could be as well as analysing the actual situation. This is real Kingdom thinking:
“Wherever young people gathered, shared in the struggle against their oppression, and reflected on that struggle in light of Christian faith, there church would be.” (p.55)
Hughes applies his theory to the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, examining their history of improving youth participation in church hierarchical structures, and changes in staffing and training of those involved in youth ministry. He describes how much of the discussion of youth ministry in the area has involved large numbers of young people and from those gatherings of people involved in youth ministry, “there has been a continuing call for young people’s liberation and full flourishing as equal members of the church” (p.78). The result was new representation of young people at synods and “a liberation cycle developing in this youth ministry context” (p.88). Of course the use of the case study, although useful in that it properly contextualises the theory, is also so very specific as to make it feel somewhat difficult to re-imagine in other contexts. Indeed I do find the practicality of applying Hughes theory a challenge.
The thing I find challenging about Hughes’ analysis is the practicality of adults working towards youth liberation. In the true spirit of Liberation Theology, those who are oppressed must be the key movers in changing that oppression, as Hughes admits:
“Commitment to this process and these principles would of course need to come from youth themselves. It could not be imposed by adult church structures and would need to be owned by those committed to youth liberation”(p.64).
If young people were not those urging for change must it not surely be an adult imposed liberation? If one generation of young people become liberated, how is that to be perpetuated to the next without the liberators turning oppressors? Hughes does endeavour to answer many of my questions with his analysis of the five common liberation principles. Yet, fired up as I was on reading the theory I still find the practicality of this revolution implausible in the context of the large historical denominations. For example Hughes urges that,
“Any legislated age restrictions would have to be repealed” (p.56)and instead candidates would be chosen on merit, whatever their age by right of baptism into the faith. I can see legal barriers to some of these changes not just in the church but in terms of national law and the charities commission. Perhaps my reservations reflect my own institutionalisation and I should face the challenge Hughes puts to the reader in his final paragraph:
“The challenge is made. May those responsible rise to it, and may youth become full and free members of the church that God intended them to be.” (p.96)
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Good Childhood Enquiry
You may have heard a lot on the news yesterday about the Good Childhood Enquiry.
We've got two copies of the book based on the Good Childhood enquiry A Good Childhood: Searching for values in a Competitive Age in the diocesan children and youth library which people can borrow if they wish. If you fancy reading something a little shorter, you can visit the Children's Society page and have a look at the summary or the reports for each individual section (e.g. the study of values).
You can also have a look at the summary report or the report especially composed for children and young people with images and child-friendly language.
If you're thinking about the Children and Youth Included Award which the diocese is inviting churches to achieve, this report has a lot to say about children and young people being integrated into a whole community. It's well worth a read.
We've got two copies of the book based on the Good Childhood enquiry A Good Childhood: Searching for values in a Competitive Age in the diocesan children and youth library which people can borrow if they wish. If you fancy reading something a little shorter, you can visit the Children's Society page and have a look at the summary or the reports for each individual section (e.g. the study of values).
You can also have a look at the summary report or the report especially composed for children and young people with images and child-friendly language.
If you're thinking about the Children and Youth Included Award which the diocese is inviting churches to achieve, this report has a lot to say about children and young people being integrated into a whole community. It's well worth a read.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
You Fish Shoes
Jenny Baker, ed., You Fish Shoes: connecting 30 key issues with Christian faith for 14-18 year olds (Christian Education Publications, 2005)
The title of this book has divided opinion amongst those I’ve shared it with. You Fish Shoes is either a really clever title or really cheesy. Yet however the title is viewed it is one of the things that make this book one which is not easily forgotten. In this compilation of the work of seven experienced youth workers, Jenny Baker has edited together thirty sessions for older teenagers. In my experience it is often difficult to find good resources for work with this age group but this volume offers an excellent resource for school groups and youth groups. The book is clearly not intended as a course to be followed through but as a resource to be used as appropriate. It covers topics such as prejudice, drugs, commercialism, the occult, bereavement and self harming. I think it would be a particularly useful volume to turn to in the event of one of these issues arising for the group either through personal experience or after events in the local community.
The book is versatile in that it can be used almost as an off the shelf, last minute session but that is not the original intention of the book. Indeed, more than that, it offers group leaders suggestions and opportunities for going deeper with issues. Like any good session resource, You Fish Shoes offers more than you could fit in any one session providing a panoply of activities, discussions, film clips and Bible studies. This means that, unlike some other resources of this kind, you can tailor a session for your group without necessarily having to use a source book merely as a starting point. This book offers such a good choice of alternatives that youth leaders and teachers will not need to add material of their own, though they might well be inspired to do so. As well as providing thirty sessions for use with young people, this book also revitalised my own planning of sessions on other topics as it offers such a good model of a balanced session made up of a variety of styles and activities.
Each session is punctuated with thoughts on the topic by modern thinkers, Christian writers, contemporary novels or celebrities which helps make the pages more approachable and readable. The chapter begins with an explanation of the issue in question. Following this brief introduction, there is a list of web resources for the youth leader to explore for themselves in preparing the topic or point the group towards for follow up. Next comes a few thought-provoking questions for use in preparing the session or to begin a discussion within the session itself. The Extras section which follows gives a handful of other things you could use in the session. There is then a list of books to read about the topic and some Bible references (with explanations) which link to the topic. These elements alone would be a good start to planning a session but You Fish Shoes goes on to offer the group leader even more.
The main part of each session offers various elements; Ways In, Bible Study, Response, Worship and Prayer. Each of these starts by explaining what type of activity it is, what the aim of this particular part is and what you will need for it. The Ways In offer a variety of types of beginning to the group session including film clips with follow up discussion, icebreakers, games, craft, brain storming and team activities. The Bible Studies are thoughtful (deeper in places than some other books might offer) and encourage reflection from the group.
I think it is in the Response, Worship and Prayer elements, that this book really places itself at the top of my list for resources of this kind. Unlike some other youth discussion books, You Fish Shoes really engages young people not only in Bible study and discussion but also in responding personally to issues through art, action and meeting with God in prayer and worship.
It is no surprise that Jenny Baker, who brought us Tune in Chill out, Transforming Prayer and Transforming Prayers: 40 Unique Experiences for Youth Ministry has given us another resource of innovative and engaging ways into communicating with God through a vast array of experiences including melting sugar cubes, listening to Dido or breaking paper chains. No-one should underestimate the power of this kind of multisensory worship for young people and Jenny Baker is certainly gifted in not only leading such worship but in giving guidance to others about doing so through books such as this.
If I had to make one criticism of this book it would be that there is too much good stuff in it and therefore it is difficult to decide which elements to use! So many of the activities are good that the problem is not “What shall we do with the group?” but rather “what should we miss out?”
It is a book suitable for the full time practitioner or the volunteer and is a good book to recommend to a group that is just starting either at a school or a church or to someone who feels their group has lost a bit of edge in its sessions.
Reviewed by Sarah Brush
The title of this book has divided opinion amongst those I’ve shared it with. You Fish Shoes is either a really clever title or really cheesy. Yet however the title is viewed it is one of the things that make this book one which is not easily forgotten. In this compilation of the work of seven experienced youth workers, Jenny Baker has edited together thirty sessions for older teenagers. In my experience it is often difficult to find good resources for work with this age group but this volume offers an excellent resource for school groups and youth groups. The book is clearly not intended as a course to be followed through but as a resource to be used as appropriate. It covers topics such as prejudice, drugs, commercialism, the occult, bereavement and self harming. I think it would be a particularly useful volume to turn to in the event of one of these issues arising for the group either through personal experience or after events in the local community.
The book is versatile in that it can be used almost as an off the shelf, last minute session but that is not the original intention of the book. Indeed, more than that, it offers group leaders suggestions and opportunities for going deeper with issues. Like any good session resource, You Fish Shoes offers more than you could fit in any one session providing a panoply of activities, discussions, film clips and Bible studies. This means that, unlike some other resources of this kind, you can tailor a session for your group without necessarily having to use a source book merely as a starting point. This book offers such a good choice of alternatives that youth leaders and teachers will not need to add material of their own, though they might well be inspired to do so. As well as providing thirty sessions for use with young people, this book also revitalised my own planning of sessions on other topics as it offers such a good model of a balanced session made up of a variety of styles and activities.
Each session is punctuated with thoughts on the topic by modern thinkers, Christian writers, contemporary novels or celebrities which helps make the pages more approachable and readable. The chapter begins with an explanation of the issue in question. Following this brief introduction, there is a list of web resources for the youth leader to explore for themselves in preparing the topic or point the group towards for follow up. Next comes a few thought-provoking questions for use in preparing the session or to begin a discussion within the session itself. The Extras section which follows gives a handful of other things you could use in the session. There is then a list of books to read about the topic and some Bible references (with explanations) which link to the topic. These elements alone would be a good start to planning a session but You Fish Shoes goes on to offer the group leader even more.
The main part of each session offers various elements; Ways In, Bible Study, Response, Worship and Prayer. Each of these starts by explaining what type of activity it is, what the aim of this particular part is and what you will need for it. The Ways In offer a variety of types of beginning to the group session including film clips with follow up discussion, icebreakers, games, craft, brain storming and team activities. The Bible Studies are thoughtful (deeper in places than some other books might offer) and encourage reflection from the group.
I think it is in the Response, Worship and Prayer elements, that this book really places itself at the top of my list for resources of this kind. Unlike some other youth discussion books, You Fish Shoes really engages young people not only in Bible study and discussion but also in responding personally to issues through art, action and meeting with God in prayer and worship.
It is no surprise that Jenny Baker, who brought us Tune in Chill out, Transforming Prayer and Transforming Prayers: 40 Unique Experiences for Youth Ministry has given us another resource of innovative and engaging ways into communicating with God through a vast array of experiences including melting sugar cubes, listening to Dido or breaking paper chains. No-one should underestimate the power of this kind of multisensory worship for young people and Jenny Baker is certainly gifted in not only leading such worship but in giving guidance to others about doing so through books such as this.
If I had to make one criticism of this book it would be that there is too much good stuff in it and therefore it is difficult to decide which elements to use! So many of the activities are good that the problem is not “What shall we do with the group?” but rather “what should we miss out?”
It is a book suitable for the full time practitioner or the volunteer and is a good book to recommend to a group that is just starting either at a school or a church or to someone who feels their group has lost a bit of edge in its sessions.
Reviewed by Sarah Brush
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Contemplative Youth Ministry
Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practising the Presence of Jesus with Young People by Mark Yaconelli, SPCK Publishing
ISBN-10: 0281057826 ISBN-13: 978-0281057825
It is not often in reading a youth work book that I find myself unable to put it down and making a mental list of all those youth workers that I need to urge to read it. But this is one of those books. The sheer naked honesty and humility of Mark Yaconelli's reflection on his failings and failures is refreshing and challenging. His candour allows the reader to drop all guards and listen openly to Mark's stark appraisal of youth work. Yaconelli highlights every youth worker's tendency to busyness and overwork not only as bad for practitioners but for the nature of the work itself.
"Unfortunately, for many young people the last place where they find people open and available is within churches. Instead of a listening ear, they find advice. Instead of a witness to their lives, they're offered programmes and activities." (p.5)
The assessment of the status quo in youth work may be challenging but the suggested response reflects that simplicity which is common to much true discipleship. It calls youth workers to focus on God and focus on the young people and their needs, challenging the demands of parents for youth work to help make young people "nice":
"It's so difficult for those of us in the Church to admit that Jesus can offer us another way of life - a way of life that's more than being a good citizen, more than obeying the law, recycling your garbage and attending church on Sunday. Although we try to ignore Jesus' life of passionate freedom and relationship, the witness of Jesus is not overlooked by the young."(p. 20)
The book not only reflects theologically on the nature of youth ministry but proposes tangible means to engage in a new contemplative style of ministry. It gives solid practical models for recruitment, for focussing the discussions of a meeting through group reflection and meditation, for recruiting leaders not out of desperation but through serious discernment and supporting all this with prayer (drawing on traditional forms such as lectio divina, centring prayer and the examen). It offers some wonderful stories of youth ministry, even in unusual places such as the work of a community of older people serving young people as adoptive grandparents (p.129).
Mark Yaconelli's book reminds all of us in youth ministry that it is not all about being the coolest one in the pack and putting on the best event in town, packed with young people.
"Contemplative youth ministry is about trusting unashamedly that God desires our presence more than our activity. It's about recognizing that, unless we find rest in God, we will continue to live lives that are harried, depleting, and a counter-witness to the life we seek to share among young people." (pp. 6-7).
Yaconelli manages all this in a concise, engagingly readable volume at an affordable price. It is a must read for all in youth ministry.
The book is now followed up with a deeper reflection of some places engaged in contemplative youth ministry Mark Yaconelli, Growing Souls: Experiments in Contemplative Youth Ministry (SPCK Publishing, July 2007)
Reviewed By Sarah Brush
This book is available to borrow from the Department for Children, Youth and Education.
ISBN-10: 0281057826 ISBN-13: 978-0281057825
It is not often in reading a youth work book that I find myself unable to put it down and making a mental list of all those youth workers that I need to urge to read it. But this is one of those books. The sheer naked honesty and humility of Mark Yaconelli's reflection on his failings and failures is refreshing and challenging. His candour allows the reader to drop all guards and listen openly to Mark's stark appraisal of youth work. Yaconelli highlights every youth worker's tendency to busyness and overwork not only as bad for practitioners but for the nature of the work itself.
"Unfortunately, for many young people the last place where they find people open and available is within churches. Instead of a listening ear, they find advice. Instead of a witness to their lives, they're offered programmes and activities." (p.5)
The assessment of the status quo in youth work may be challenging but the suggested response reflects that simplicity which is common to much true discipleship. It calls youth workers to focus on God and focus on the young people and their needs, challenging the demands of parents for youth work to help make young people "nice":
"It's so difficult for those of us in the Church to admit that Jesus can offer us another way of life - a way of life that's more than being a good citizen, more than obeying the law, recycling your garbage and attending church on Sunday. Although we try to ignore Jesus' life of passionate freedom and relationship, the witness of Jesus is not overlooked by the young."(p. 20)
The book not only reflects theologically on the nature of youth ministry but proposes tangible means to engage in a new contemplative style of ministry. It gives solid practical models for recruitment, for focussing the discussions of a meeting through group reflection and meditation, for recruiting leaders not out of desperation but through serious discernment and supporting all this with prayer (drawing on traditional forms such as lectio divina, centring prayer and the examen). It offers some wonderful stories of youth ministry, even in unusual places such as the work of a community of older people serving young people as adoptive grandparents (p.129).
Mark Yaconelli's book reminds all of us in youth ministry that it is not all about being the coolest one in the pack and putting on the best event in town, packed with young people.
"Contemplative youth ministry is about trusting unashamedly that God desires our presence more than our activity. It's about recognizing that, unless we find rest in God, we will continue to live lives that are harried, depleting, and a counter-witness to the life we seek to share among young people." (pp. 6-7).
Yaconelli manages all this in a concise, engagingly readable volume at an affordable price. It is a must read for all in youth ministry.
The book is now followed up with a deeper reflection of some places engaged in contemplative youth ministry Mark Yaconelli, Growing Souls: Experiments in Contemplative Youth Ministry (SPCK Publishing, July 2007)
Reviewed By Sarah Brush
This book is available to borrow from the Department for Children, Youth and Education.
Friday, 18 January 2008
Youthwork Book reviews from the archives
Young People and Mission – a practical guide (ISBN 978-07151-4060-4) priced £11.99
Edited by youth ministry specialists Alison and David Booker, this book gathers together contributions on a number of practical areas of mission, as well as provocative reflections on the tensions that continually need to be addressed by those engaged in youth work. The book draws on the experiences of writers with a range of experience in working with young people, to explore issues such as:
Young People and Worship – a practical guide (ISBN 978-07151-4057-4) priced £11.99
Taking another of the National Youth Strategy’s themes as its cue, Young People and Worship, edited by Mark Montgomery, calls on churches to rethink the way that they engage young people in worship. Stressing the fact that there is no ‘one size fits all’ way of involving young people in the liturgical life of the church, the book covers creative approaches to worship and wider issues of spirituality through contributions from a range of youth work specialists. The importance of providing prayer and Bible study that resonates with young people’s own experiences and stimulates their imagination is highlighted, as is the need for ‘all-age worship’ to be based on a participatory approach rather than seen an opportunity to simply ‘entertain’ younger members of the congregation.
Mission-shaped Youth – rethinking young people and church (ISBN 978-07151-4082-6) priced £7.99
Mission-shaped Youth collects together stories of people and projects that are responding to the call to mission made in the landmark Mission-shaped Church report. These case studies – ranging from monthly worship events organised by a group of churches, to church youth workers employed in secondary schools – are used to draw out some of the key challenges and encouragement for the wider Church, as well as offering inspiration for churches seeking to develop their work with young people both inside and outside the Church building.
All three books are available from Christian bookshops including Church House Bookshop, 31 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BN, telephone 020 7799 4064 or email.
Edited by youth ministry specialists Alison and David Booker, this book gathers together contributions on a number of practical areas of mission, as well as provocative reflections on the tensions that continually need to be addressed by those engaged in youth work. The book draws on the experiences of writers with a range of experience in working with young people, to explore issues such as:
- How Christian youth subculture can distance young people from the Church
- Whether ‘mass action mission events’ are effective in engaging individuals with a sustainable foundation for a growing faith
- Helping young Christians understand other faiths and the implications of living as Christian in a multi-faith society
- The challenges and benefits of working alongside uniformed organisations such as Scouts, Guides and the Boys’ and Girls’ Brigades.
Young People and Worship – a practical guide (ISBN 978-07151-4057-4) priced £11.99
Taking another of the National Youth Strategy’s themes as its cue, Young People and Worship, edited by Mark Montgomery, calls on churches to rethink the way that they engage young people in worship. Stressing the fact that there is no ‘one size fits all’ way of involving young people in the liturgical life of the church, the book covers creative approaches to worship and wider issues of spirituality through contributions from a range of youth work specialists. The importance of providing prayer and Bible study that resonates with young people’s own experiences and stimulates their imagination is highlighted, as is the need for ‘all-age worship’ to be based on a participatory approach rather than seen an opportunity to simply ‘entertain’ younger members of the congregation.
Mission-shaped Youth – rethinking young people and church (ISBN 978-07151-4082-6) priced £7.99
Mission-shaped Youth collects together stories of people and projects that are responding to the call to mission made in the landmark Mission-shaped Church report. These case studies – ranging from monthly worship events organised by a group of churches, to church youth workers employed in secondary schools – are used to draw out some of the key challenges and encouragement for the wider Church, as well as offering inspiration for churches seeking to develop their work with young people both inside and outside the Church building.
All three books are available from Christian bookshops including Church House Bookshop, 31 Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BN, telephone 020 7799 4064 or email.
reviewed by Steve Martin
Tuesday, 1 January 2008
Activity Sheets
The Ultimate Collection
by Christian Aid
Specially designed for youth group leaders, 25 activity sheets to inspire young people to change the world. These sheets are for use with 11-18 year olds. the ultimate collection contains a range of creative, dynamic and fun activities focusing on 25 of the most crucial global issues facing young people and our world today. Issues like Sport - does it divide us or unite us? Smoking - what lies behind the smoke screen? Citizenship - are you a super model? As well as the environment, world trade, debt and even one about chocolate and how best to enjoy it.
The ultimate collection will equip you to:
by Christian Aid
Specially designed for youth group leaders, 25 activity sheets to inspire young people to change the world. These sheets are for use with 11-18 year olds. the ultimate collection contains a range of creative, dynamic and fun activities focusing on 25 of the most crucial global issues facing young people and our world today. Issues like Sport - does it divide us or unite us? Smoking - what lies behind the smoke screen? Citizenship - are you a super model? As well as the environment, world trade, debt and even one about chocolate and how best to enjoy it.
The ultimate collection will equip you to:
- Help young people understand global issues and how to relate to them
- Give them a space to explore these issues and express their views
- Inspire them to get involved in changing our world by changing attitudes
- Give them skills and confidence to take action for a fairer world
- Explore spirituality and worship around these areas#
For more information and copies of the Ultimate Collection contact Christian Aid PO Box 100, London SE1 7RT tel: 020 7523 2270.
reviewed by Steve Martin
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