New term, New Resources

If you have young people changing schools or heading off to university there are some resources that might be worth checking out.

For those starting secondary school, Scripture Union have something they have perfected over the last few years called It’s your move. See their leaflet for churches or the website for more details

If your young people are older and heading off to university then Youth for Christ have produced a new Mettle  book designed for the first term at university.

The Fusion network also offer a School leaver Pack to help young Christians connect with others at their new university as well as find churches in their new home town. Fusion also offers a leaders’ pack of four sessions to run with your teens before they head off to university.

Other new resources in the diocesan WARes include Soularium from Agape International which offers a set of images for reflection which would work really well with teenagers. The pack includes fifty images and five simple exploring questions that allow the user to engage in one-on-one or group spiritual conversations with non-believers.

BREAKING NEWS: 20th JULY 11-25 Chaplains Gathering

On Wednesday 20th JULY from 10-4pm I am going tobe hosting a Gathering for Chaplains working with those aged 11-25 (so Secondary chaplains, FE chaplains, University Chaplains and any others)

The day will be at Holland House and will, I hope, be the beginnings of a network for those in this specific field of youthwork

If you would be interested in taking part in that day, I'd be really pleased to hear from you.

Prayer Spaces in Schools

There's a new web page to help you resource prayer spaces in schools. Check it out here.

Spirited Arts: Art Competition

The NATRE (National Association of Teachers of Religious Education) are running a competition to help students explore their spiritual ideas, questions and beliefs. Each year the competition sets 5 themes that students need to respond to through art, and once again this year they are themes that will get them talking, thinking, debating and questioning for themselves.

2009 themes:

Mystery!
Open Minded!
Life is Sacred
Justice for Everyone
Who is God?

Download the powerpoint that you can use to promote the competition and see previous entries here.Or see the Galleries here.

Download the pdf with further instructions and guidelines here.

Final note...NATRE especially want to engage 16-19s with the competition this year, so there are £100 prizes available for this age group!

Closing date, 31st July 2009.

New Generation

This movement that works with young people in their schools is coming to the Redditch area in September. They will be in Christchurch, Matchborough on Friday 26th September from 7.30. Watch the blog for more details.