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Ruth Thomas Faith schools are best for non-believers?

I have just read this in today's Times Educational Supplement, where it appears on page 3, is flagged from the front page and supported by an Editorial on page 2. A lot of UK teachers will read this! It makes an interesting counterpoint to the article about children making up their own minds on faith. The atheist philosopher who thinks faith schools are best for non-believers Children from secular an… Continue

Added by Ruth Thomas on November 20, 2009 at 2:26pm — No Comments

Alan Charter Children should make up own mind about faith, says EA

The Evangelical Alliance says it agrees with the message of a new humanist advertising campaign proclaiming that children should make up their own mind about their beliefs. The British Humanist Association has put up posters in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast depicting children alongside different faith labels and the slogan ‘Please don’t label me. Let me grow up and choose for myself’. The campaign has been timed to coincide with Universal Children's Day on 20 November and follows on f… Continue

Added by Alan Charter on November 20, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Sian Hancock Seeking to deepen your understanding, skills and theology of working with children and their families? Apply to the Centre for Youth Ministry!

Course Opportunities for 2010/11 Sign up now - UCAS deadline 15th Jan 2010 BA Honours Degree in Children & Family Work and Practical Theology Schools, Youth & Community Work and Practical Theology (JNC) Youth & Community Work and Practical Theology (JNC) Don't delay, for further details of the courses and how to apply, go to www.centreforyouthministry.ac.uk or telephone the Admissions Tutor on 01793 418336.… Continue

Added by Sian Hancock on November 17, 2009 at 7:37am — No Comments

Alan Charter New Research Explores the Long-Term Effect of Spiritual Activity among Children and Teens

November 16, 2009 - What is the connection between childhood faith and adult religious commitment? Parents and religious leaders are naturally interested in knowing if spiritual investment in young lives pays off in the long run. A recent study conducted by the Barna Group provides new insights into this age-old question. The survey asked adults to think back on their upbringing and to describe the frequency of their involvement in Sunday school or religious training. The Barna researchers then… Continue

Added by Alan Charter on November 16, 2009 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Alan Charter New Research Explores the Long-Term Effect of Spiritual Activity among Children and Teens

November 16, 2009 - What is the connection between childhood faith and adult religious commitment? Parents and religious leaders are naturally interested in knowing if spiritual investment in young lives pays off in the long run. A recent study conducted by the Barna Group provides new insights into this age-old question. The survey asked adults to think back on their upbringing and to describe the frequency of their involvement in Sunday school or religious training. The Barna researchers then… Continue

Added by Alan Charter on November 16, 2009 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Janet Evans Books for Christmas

If anyone's looking for Christmas presents for young people, would an exciting novel fit the bill? If so, try www.dernierpublishing.com for four great fiction titles. Continue

Added by Janet Evans on November 16, 2009 at 11:43am — No Comments

Dave Roberts Role Models for Girls - What the Guides Found

'A third of all girls across the younger age groups (7-16 years) chose Cheryl Cole as the best role model for girls of their age, making her by far the most popular choice. Among 7- to 11-year-olds, no other candidate was named by more than one in ten girls overall. However, their second choice, with 8 per cent of the vote, was the Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington, and JK Rowling and Katie Price/Jordan also scored relatively highly with 7 per cent each. Katie Price/Jordan was a much more popula… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on November 5, 2009 at 9:18am — 1 Comment

Dave Roberts Dads want more time with Kids

Dads are working long hours, struggling to balance work and family life and four in ten say they don't spend enough time with their children, according to a report published today from the Equality and Human Rights Commission which you can download here. Forty five per cent of fathers don't take the two weeks paternity leave that they're entitled to, most because they can't afford to - it's paid at a statutory rate of £123.06 a week. And forty per cent don't ask for flexible work arrangements th… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on November 4, 2009 at 3:04pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts ASBOJESUS on Child Friendly Songs

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Added by Dave Roberts on November 4, 2009 at 3:01pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts Christmas Unwrapped - A Resource for Year Six

Over the last 15 years I have been involved with Slough Baptist Church based on an initiative for local primary schools that has been very well received. My heart is to see it develop wider and I wanted to let you know about it for your information and action if you think appropriate. The idea is that a local primary school visits a local Church for a morning or afternoon to focus on Christmas. The aim: To provide a warm welcome to the children and staff who attend and to communicate the story… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on November 4, 2009 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts YFC wants to reach every young offender

Youth for Christ has overhauled its young offenders ministry in a bid to fulfil its vision of bringing a message of hope to every young offender in the UK. The Reflex ministry has been restructured and rebranded to become a national ministry with regional partnerships running in collaboration with other organisations across the UK. The ministry works with young people in custody and in the community through detached youth work, mentoring and resettlement programmes, and gives them a step up fo… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on November 4, 2009 at 2:24pm — No Comments

B. Hudson The Heart Of Jesus

The sole Mission of B. Hudson Ministry is to motivate, inspire and enable parents to teach their children about Jesus while they are in their informative years. Studies show that, the younger a person is when they learn about Christ; the more likely they are to receive Him as their personal Savior. Jesus said, “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven” Matthew 19:14 King James Version B. Hudson Ministry has created the tools that… Continue

Added by B. Hudson on October 31, 2009 at 1:28pm — No Comments

Ali Campbell Christmas Resource Guide - From the Diocese of Chichester Youth and Children's Team (YES)

Hi all, The following is my "E-news" which I send out around the Diocese of Chichester, hope it is of use here too . . . So, in no particular order: www.youngpeoplessunday.org.uk This is a great website from the Frontier Youth Trust, encouraging churches to have a Sunday during the year when they focus on young people. So there are dramas, activities, talk ideas etc. As you visit the site you will notice a topic called “Christ… Continue

Added by Ali Campbell on October 27, 2009 at 9:18am — No Comments

R Wood Child Protection Author Back on BBC

Rebecca Andrews, author of Policing Innocence has once again been asked by the BBC to assist and advise their audience on the sensitive subject of child protection, particularly the topical tragedy of female abusers. On Sunday morning she held 12 interviews with BBC radio stations nationwide, covering the breadth of the country from Newcastle to Newquay. This is the second occasion Rebecca has been asked to conduct such extensive interviews and she is often asked to speak on the… Continue

Added by R Wood on October 19, 2009 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts Children In Prayer - Inspiring Insights From Around The World

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Added by Dave Roberts on October 19, 2009 at 1:18pm — No Comments

Dave Roberts Youth Evanglism Fund Sponsoring New Mission Projects

Young people in Coventry Diocese are about to blend their love for God with their love of ice-cream by opening an ice cream parlour, to give away ice-creams and host events for young people in the area who fancy a fun flavour of church life. Meanwhile, in Chester Diocese a Christian Union wants to run the Sock Project to communicate God’s love to their school using sock puppets, running events and film-based discussions, and performing random acts of kindness in the school lunch hour. These ar… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on October 13, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Dave Roberts VeggieTales and Samaritan's Purse team up for kids at Christmas

The loveable talking vegetable characters, the VeggieTales, have joined forces with the UK’s largest shoebox appeal, Operation Christmas Child, to encourage families to put compassion at the heart of the ‘recession-hit’ Christmas. Last year over 1.2 million gift-filled shoeboxes were sent to children in Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia with the help of around 8,000 volunteers in the UK. Simon Barrington, Executive Director of Samaritan’s Purse - the charity which runs Operation Christma… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on October 13, 2009 at 9:56am — No Comments

Dave Roberts School children show heart for poor in London march

Hundreds of secondary school children and sixth form students walked through the capital on Wednesday to raise funds for Catholic Children's Society's work with vulnerable children. The school children, who came from all over the capital, walked from Hyde Park Corner to Westminster Cathedral for the "Walk a Mile in Their Shoes" event. The walk concluded with an ecumenical service at Westminster Cathedral, presided over by Monsignor Seamus O’Boyle, the Vicar General of the Diocese of Westminste… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on October 13, 2009 at 9:50am — No Comments

Dave Roberts Do adults have more positive view of teenage girls?

The statistic in the survey that made the biggest impression on me was the fact that 78% of teenage boys said adults had a higher opinion of teenage girls than boys. I grew up in a family of four sisters and attended an all-girls school, while for the last 20 years or so I've lived in an all male household with my husband, sons and a male lodger for a while (although we did have a female snake for a few years!) From my experience teenage boys are far more straight-forward and less complicated… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on October 13, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Dave Roberts Move over Harry Potter! G P Taylor launches children's adventure books

Authentic Media have released a paperback edition of The First Escape, the first title in The DoppleGanger Chronicles, an exciting six book series with Christian themes by bestselling author G P Taylor. The book combines text, full page illustrations, word art, graphics and manga comic strip to tell its exciting adventure story. The First Escape (ISBN 9781860247743, price £7.99, paperback) introduces Isambard Dunstan’s School for Wayward Children where fourteen-year-old identical twins Sadie a… Continue

Added by Dave Roberts on October 13, 2009 at 9:24am — No Comments

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