Finding Your Place in the Family
As I’m finishing up my post as youth worker for the church in three months, I’ve been reflecting on the last couple of years there and one of the thoughts I’ve been thinking about is on my place within the church family. In my last two positions as a church youth worker, I’ve found it [...]
Moving On
For those interested, I apologize for not blogging over the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, I was offered the position of ‘Youth Minister’ at Hutton Grammar School in Preston, England. We, my wife and 3 year old and myself, currently reside in Saltcoats, south-west Scotland so this is going to be a massive [...]
The Hunger Games VS The Cabin in the Woods Part 1
It’s holy week. It is the time of the year when Christians enter into the story of Jesus’ last days. It is the time of year when Christians think about sacrifice. It’s funny then that in the space of 24 hours, I watched two films at the cinema that both deal with the theme of [...]
Youth Work Summit Musings Part 2: Inspiring Ideas
on Saturday, I attended the youthwork summit in Manchester: An incredible thought provoking, God soaked, challenging and inspiring day. Over the next few days, I hope to explore what I thought worked well (as well as what didn’t), what inspired and challenged me, what I disagreed with and what, frankly, bored me. sadly I couldn’t [...]
Youth Work Summit Musings Part 1: Exploring Culture
on Saturday, I attended the youthwork summit in Manchester: An incredible thought provoking, God soaked, challenging and inspiring day. Over the next few days, I hope to explore what I thought worked well (as well as what didn’t), what inspired and challenged me, what I disagreed with and what, frankly, bored me. sadly I couldn’t [...]
What is my role?
I had a really good morning at church yesterday. I’ve been putting together a 24 hour prayer room for the church in June and there were nine hour slots left for people to sign up for. I spoke during the service about the need to humble ourselves and spoke about how the civil rights movement, [...]
The Life of An Insecure Youth Worker
There are moments when I’m reminded of my insecurities and weaknesses. A few weeks ago I had one of those moments. During the Easter holidays, a number of the young people from the church went to an SU retreat in Austria for a week. All of them came back ‘high’ from the experience. I remember [...]
