If you haven’t got your head round this Benedict bloke that we’ve been banging on about, then this podcast from Graham Tomlin is a good introduction.
Monthly Archives: August 2014
“parents are… hypocrites” – Young People and Social Media [Free Book!]
I absolutely loved this article from Fuller Youth Institute with Danah Boyd, a researcher at Microsoft and the current “reigning expert on how young people use the Internet.”
With quotes like “I… find that many parents hate when phones are seen as a disruption, but are completely unable to check their own practices around this. So many teens that I meet complain that their parents place restrictions on their technology use that they don’t abide by. Teens are fully aware of when their parents are being hypocrites. So my advice to parents is to start by collectively constructing household rules that *everyone* (parents and children) agree to. This is so much more productive when negotiated as a household, not top-down.” You know that the stuff is going to be dynamite.
I’ll try and review the book when I’ve read it!
Seven questions that will tell you how well you know your local area
Great little interactive quiz in The Guardian that will test how well you know your local area (I scored a miserable 34%)
It’s a great activity for assessing your assumptions about where you live, starting discussion and maybe event identifying needs.
HT to Ali Campbell
A frame-work for discussing tragedy with young people
Following the shooting of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Danielle Dowd (the Diocesan Youth Missioner) has put together a framework to help local churches open up discussions with young people. Mary Hawes, the National Going for Growth (Children and Youth) Officer has adapted this so that it could be used following other tragedies, from sudden death to global disaster.
it’s a brilliant document, well worth reading and storing away in case a time arises when it might come in handy.
FREE Light Party Pack from Scripture Union
The Scripture Union Light Party Pack is an absolute must for any church thinking about running an alternative option for children and families this hallowe’en. It’s free and comes with a selection of other downloadable resources too.
If you’re planning a light party let us know and we can advertise it for you.
If you’re planning something different this Hallowe’en we’d love to hear about that too!
Festive – creative and engaging ways to share the amazing gospel at college
Festive is a new initiative from UCCF and Scripture Union providing resources to young people who want to run Christian Unions in the Sixth Form college.
It includes Bible Study ideas, posters and other resources to help your young people lead a successful CU. Let us know if you use the material and how it fared.
