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  • Growing Young – Be The Best Neighbours

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    This is post seven in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one and continue reading the reflections in part two, three , four, five and six. In these first few months of being involved in…

  • Growing Young – Prioritize Young People (and Families) Everywhere

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    This is post six in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one and continue reading the reflections in part two, three , four and five. A church that confines the involvement of young people…

  • Growing Young – Fuel A Warm Community

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    This is post five in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one and continue reading the reflections in part two and three and four. I’m not sure what comes to mind when…

  • Growing Young – Take Jesus’ Message Seriously

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    This is post four in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one and continue reading the reflections in part two and three. As the title of the chapter states, another reason for…

  • Growing Young – Empathise With Today’s Young People

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    This is post three in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one and continue reading part two about Keychain Leadership.  “Young people these days…” It’s the classic derogatory quote used to describe the actions or…

  • Growing Young – Keychain Leadership

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    This is post two in a series of reflections on the book Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. For an introduction to the series please read part one.  When I was 16 I was given my first chance to preach. When I was 17 I was put…

  • Growing Young

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    In #YouthMin world September 20, 2016, was a big day. The people over at Fuller Youth Institute released their latest book, Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Love Your Church. This is the culmination of many years and many pages of research and data to help the church understand what makes…

  • Starting Fresh As A Youth Pastor

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    At my denominational gathering of Next Generational Leaders (a fancy name for those in ministry in the children’s, families, youth and young adult demographic) last week I was due to present a few reflections on starting fresh in ministry or a new ministry role. Unfortunately I came down with the flu (or man-flu, it’s a fine…

  • Why Every Youth Pastor Should Watch ‘Spotlight’

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    Last week I saw the movie Spotlight on the big screen. I walked away thinking every Youth Pastor should see this film. Spotlight is the story of how the Boston Globe, one of Boston’s most famous newspapers, broke the devastating news of sexual abuse by Catholic priests upon young children in its city. The movie follows…

  • Bonhoeffer On Sin And Grace

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    I’ve recently been reading The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning. I came across this paragraph from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who Manning quotes while describing how many churchgoers aren’t honest with themselves but believe they’re more righteous than they really are. He who is alone with his sin is utterly alone. It may be that Christians, notwithstanding corporate…