Resourcing Each Other

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Hot Chocolate Ministry

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

Added by Shuna Dicks on March 28, 2009 at 10:36am — 4 Comments

Sharing Practice

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? Continue

Added by Stewart Cutler on February 18, 2009 at 12:34pm — 1 Comment

Can community be online?

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

Added by Chris Hoskins on January 27, 2009 at 2:45pm — 6 Comments

Read The Bible in a Year

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! Continue

Added by Stewart Cutler on January 7, 2009 at 9:58pm — No Comments

What's Going to be BIG in 2009?

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? Continue

Added by Stewart Cutler on January 5, 2009 at 5:53pm — No Comments

Network Icon / Logo

Every club needs a badge. SYMN is logoless and you can help. Design us a logo, post it and we'll all vote. Simple. There might even be a mince pie for the winner! Continue

Added by Stewart Cutler on December 5, 2008 at 12:52pm — 4 Comments

Brian McLaren Bingo

The American author, pastor and speaker Brian McLaren is here in Scotland this weekend. Some of you will no doubt be off to hear him or are having classes at ICC with him in the next few days so here's something to help you pay attention... Brian McLaren Bingo. Get your card, created by Neal, HERE. Continue

Added by Stewart Cutler on December 4, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Kids/Teen Games

Kids/Teen Games are an exciting opportunity to see sport reach across communities and to use sport as a catalyst for outreach - it is not solely sport, check out http://www.kidsgames.com/ for further info. I believe that the opportunity for the 'church'/christian community to get involved in this initiative in the years up to Glasgow 2014 are huge. I've copied a message from a friend below re events that are currently happening. I hope it excites you too. Nearby bombing concerns caused one of th… Continue

Added by Alan Gray on December 4, 2008 at 12:19pm — No Comments

It's official - ICC Youth Work & Applied Theology Degree is the daddy!

ICC is delighted to announce to the world that, following a very productive meeting with an accreditation panel from Community Education, Validation and Endorsement (CeVe), the BA(Hons) Youth Work & Applied Theology programme is being recommended to the CeVe committee for professional recognition as a training course for Community Learning & Development professionals in Scotland. During the day, the panel met with the programme team, a group of students and representatives from a variet… Continue

Added by Neil Pratt on November 27, 2008 at 1:02pm — 3 Comments

Carol Idol on Sunday 7th December - Youth office Glasgow and Christian Aid present this year's Christmas special

The Youth Office’s Christmas Youth Night is back a slightly different format. Come along to an evening of CosyCoffeeHouse, banter, great music, a Christmas quiz and lots more. There will be chance for you to compete in Carol Idol for the top prize. Sing a carol, play a song or just sing along to your favorite Christmas tracks in order to impress our judges! For those of you who don’t want to compete – sip a cocktail, enjoy a hot chocolate and soak up the atmosphere in the café as you puzzle ove… Continue

Added by Petra Hardie on November 27, 2008 at 11:45am — No Comments

Youthworks Network Launch!

You are invited to attend the launch and first meeting of Youthworks on Friday 28 November 2008 (10am-1pm) at The Lot, 4-6 Grassmarket, Edinburgh. Youthworks is a new network of community based Christian youth workers that will provide fellowship, support and promote good practice. Speakers: Prof. Ted Milburn CBE:Hon President YMCA Scotland, Betsy Olsen – Universty of Edinburgh and: the Inaugural meeting of Youthworks See the… Continue

Added by Stewart Cutler on November 24, 2008 at 8:18pm — No Comments

Digital Youth Research - Kid's informal learning with digital media

Digital Youth are happy to announce the online release of the findings from our three-year project. All of the researchers who have worked on this project will be writing up individual publications, but this report represents a synthesis of the findings across the 22 different case studies. It has been over three years in the making, and is the result of a truly collaborative joint effort with 28 researchers and research collaborators. The… Continue

Added by Stewart Cutler on November 21, 2008 at 4:15pm — No Comments

A New Era in Scottish Youth Ministry

Welcome to the Scottish Youth Ministry Network online. It seems like there are lots of people working away in their own patch doing great work with their young people but we seem not to spend time talking, listening, sharing and supporting each other. That could be because of time and distance, or because youth workers are famously bad at writing things down and sharing good practice. So, this online space is a place to do all that stuff. So please, join up, tell your friends and colleagues.… Continue

Added by Stewart Cutler on November 19, 2008 at 7:17pm — 1 Comment