Tag Archives: Youth Ministry
I Predict A Riot
The Kaiser Chiefs saw it coming a while back but the rest of us were taken by surprise as we witnessed the scenes in London and the rest of the UK this August. Here in Northern Ireland there was a … Continue reading
Rest:Review:Refocus:Ramore
So this week has been spent on two staff retreats. The first one was led by Ken Newell at Drumalis Retreat Centre in Larne for all our staff in Carnmoney. The day was structured around three main sessions. REST / … Continue reading
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Disappointing People to The Glory of God
Saying the word ‘no’ can be a problem for lots of us. The phone request, the email, the text message and the person who grabs your arm as you leave the meeting because they want you to join their team, … Continue reading
Would you like some cheese with that?
At university a group of us used to regularly keep each other in check when we noticed a hint of negativity creeping into our our attitude. The way we did this was by asking the question.. Would you like some … Continue reading
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Talking Brown..
Poor old Gordon Brown has become embroiled in an election scandal because of a few careless words in the ‘privacy’ of his chauffeur driver car. He’d been meeting and greeting in Rochdale when he made the blunder. After speaking to … Continue reading
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Mike Yaconelli
‘What if youth group was a place where students diligently sought God’s voice in their lives? What if youth group was a sanctuary, not a stage; a worship centre, not a program centre; a listening place, not a lecturing place? … Continue reading
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Hard Graft vs Holy Ghost
This Palm Sunday at Carnmoney we were thinking about Jesus and the disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane and a couple of things struck me quite powerfully as I studied this passage. Firstly the sovereignty of God extends to the … Continue reading
The Week That Was
Last week was a good one for me. Good for a few reasons.. on Monday I had a delicious cinnamon scone with Rachael and James at the Baytree in Holywood, if you’ve never had one then you’re missing out! (if … Continue reading
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What Would Jesus Twitter? Part 2
Michael is happy because he just ate a honey chili chicken. Michael is sad because Liverpool just lost to Wigan Athletic. It’s all about the status update. Social networking revolves around the regular update of our status so that nosey … Continue reading
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What Would Jesus Twitter? Part 1
I’ve recently been doing some stuff in schools about social networking and thought I’d post up a few thoughts over the next while about this phenomenon. For starters here’s the Bible as twitter – I came across some of these … Continue reading
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