Today is the day! When I was looking for a placement church for probation one of the reasons I was keen on the one I am at is because it is right in the centre of a busy high street and a number of young people hang about on the steps on a Saturday afternoon. There is a perception that they are 'a problem' (litter, graffiti) but I see them as an opportunity. SO I came up with the idea of trying some outreach with them - and I have been very pleasantly surprised by the level of support this recei… Continue

Is there a need for an online Youth Ministry Journal in Scotland? (or is there one I don't know about?).

Youth Ministry seems to suffer from a lack of thinking out loud. This is getting better but we still seem pretty poor at writing about our profession in a professional or academic way. Is this harsh? Unfair? Or is there a need to encourage people to research, study and write?

Over the last few months I've been wrestling with the question: 'can community exist online?' Specifically in a Christian context.
With the rise in the last few years in social networking technology more and more people are referring to their online community. I do it, I'm sure many of you have at somepoint as well. But how often do we stop and think about what we mean by community?
To start, let me post the Oxford English dictionary definition of community:

• noun (pl. communities) 1 a group o… Continue

There's a great new website called YouVersion which takes you through the Bible in a year. Start NOW or you'll have lots of catching up to do!

What are your predictions? Trends in Youth Ministry? World events? Your life? What do you hope for this year and what are the things you think will impact your work?