This Advent – Stop The Donkeys

Stop The Donkeys

We’d like to invite you to think a bit harder this Christmas. It seems to me that there’s a part of the story of Jesus’ birth that we seldom dwell on, and we’d like to help your community enter into it. If you’re willing. A few weeks ago I participated in a conversation that gave [...]

Rory’s Storycubes

Rory's Story Cubes

Steve Taylor and Rob Hanks have mentioned these little cubed pieces of goodness before on their blogs but I’ve been wanting to talk about them for a while now.  I’ve got a few fantastic resources to help with creativity, and the Story Cubes have been a great addition to the collection.  The Creativity Hub sent [...]

Teaching Teenagers

Jacob’s been asking about curriculum for a parents small group that doesn’t look at teenagers as either destructive and stressful or as people who we need to protect from the “world out there.” He’d love to focus on looking at how parents can learn from teenagers, and see them as partners in the journey. I [...]

Manual On Human Rights Education With Young People

Compass is a fantastic resource for people who want to explore Human Rights with young people.  Yes, it’s been written from a European background but it’s still a fantastic and exhaustive resource for educators, activists and young people who would like to explore issues around Human Rights, the history of, international history and with a [...]

Bushfire Reflection Resources

“Grief is a sign that we loved something more than ourselves” – Joan Chittiser It’s been a devastating couple of weeks, and you may find that a number of young people in your community are grieving, or need the space to grieve over the fires that have left hundred’s dead, communities homeless and our landscape [...]

Generation We

The guys over at RETHINKING YOUTH MINISTRY recently linked to the newly released book, website and video titled “Generation We” which is a call for the Millenial generation (GenY) in America to stand together, and a handbook for people trying to understand the cultural changes that surround them at this point of time in America’s [...]

New from IYM: Youth, Church and Culture podcast.

The Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary announces the launch of its new Youth, Church, and Culture podcast! Listen now to an interview with Kenda Creasy Dean on the missional church and youth ministry. On November 4, you’ll hear Mark DeVries talk about building sustainable youth ministries. The Youth, Church, and Culture podcast [...]

Throw & Tell Balls

I’ve been meaning to blog about these inflatable resources for quite some time now, the Throw & Tell ™ balls are inflatable resources that wire absolutely fantastic that are not only good for “get to know you” activities, but also for worship, camps, bible study, building trust and more… One might think that the balls [...]

NCYC09 CD+DVD Live Recording Concert

Saturday 28 June, 2pm Glen Waverley Uniting Church Your chance to be part of the first ever LIVE NCYC recording concert! Come along, learn all the awesome new songs, meet the artists who wrote them, and catch up with hundreds of people who’ll be at NCYC09. And while you’re singing your lungs out, we’ll be [...]

SYM – Freebies

Simply Youth Ministry have just launched their summer website full of “freebies” for people in youth ministry to use and abuse to their liking.  Of course, this is a great way to find a resource, check out the freebies which are usually segments from a book or course and give them a go.  What you [...]