From performance and programme to perspective and presence. Like a Venn diagram, when the circles of school, church and family overlap well, children and young people get to experience ‘LifeContinue reading
Tag: Young people
Young People in the 2020s
What exactly is it like to be a teenager today? What are the 3 biggest questions on their minds, and how do we even start to connect with them? This workshopContinue reading
Youth Ministry – National Youth Agency COVID Guidelines Update
The NYA today announced guidelines in place from Monday 19 July: They have now withdrawn the term Covid secure and adapted to being Covid responsible. Essentially it is now downContinue reading
4 things to do with young people this summer
Tips for the summer by Barrie Voyce, Senior Youth Connector For most of us in youth ministry, the summer holidays normally involve the immense highs and lows of a youthContinue reading
New eco resource for youth groups
9 out of 10 Christian teenagers surveyed by Tearfund are concerned about climate change, but just one in 10 believe their church is doing enough to respond to the climateContinue reading
Bishop Rachel speaks on inclusivity
Bishop Rachel gave a speech in the House of Lords today, during a debate on an inclusive society. She spoke on three areas: children and young people, churches and faithContinue reading
The Benefice where lockdown was a catalyst for children’s ministry
Children’s work is flourishing in the Seven Towers benefice
Podcast Episode 9: Lockdown for young people. Bishop Rachel with Malindi, Emily, Libby, Barrie, Dan and Daniel
Engagement: Living out Christ’s love and hope. How are young people dealing with change and uncertainty during lockdown? Bishop Rachel talks to five teenagers from our worshipping communities, along withContinue reading
All lives can’t matter until black lives matter
Takisha Sargent, a young person in the Diocese of Gloucester, shares why all lives can’t matter until black lives matter.
Zoom, zoom zoom*…….the joys and challenges of virtual youth ministry
(*other platforms are available) The Revd Emily Twigg from PSALMS blogs Scroll down for her ideas to try at home Four weeks ago I, like many others, had never headContinue reading
Archdeacon Phil’s Easter video message for families
Archdeacon Phil talks barbecues, burgers and changing the world in his short Easter message, especially for children and households. Watch Bishop Robert’s Easter messageContinue reading
Bishop Robert’s Easter message for families and households
Bishop Robert unwraps his Easter egg on YouTube and shares his thoughts about this essential part of Easter. You can catch new messages on our website each day this week.Continue reading
Archbishop calls for support to restore youth services
YMCA President, the Archbishop of York, is calling on church congregations to sign a petition in support of YMCA’s campaign for the restoration of Youth Services. Youth services, like youthContinue reading
Taking God’s love to the streets of Gloucester
Gloucester Street Pastors go out in the evenings to live God’s love on Saturday nights. They are there to help people in trouble, to listen and to be a friendlyContinue reading
Diocesan Clergy Conference 2019
Presentation slides from the Diocesan Clergy Conference, which was held last week in Swanwick, are now publicly available. Slides are offered as PDFs, below: Professor Grace Davie – Keynote. Gathered,Continue reading
How Jesus changed my Life
By Andy Poole, PSALMS Sports Minister TRAC RESIDENTIAL 2019 – GOOD NEWS STORY This year PSALMS, a charity which puts sport alongside local ministy, took 49 young people away onContinue reading
Sea Cadet Chaplain to show Bishop the ropes
The Sea Cadets welcomed the Bishop of Tewkesbury to Gloucester Docks on Monday, to show him what having ‘serious fun’ as a Cadet involves. They took Bishop Robert out ontoContinue reading
Children’s Society Good Childhood Report
The Children’s Society has published its seventh in-depth report on children and young people’s wellbeing in the UK. The report uses data from the Millennium Cohort Survey on the livesContinue reading
Jonathan’s calling: ‘A cog in a big machine’
Jonathan Kear is a self-employed Christian youth worker at Together for Youth, based in Newent in the Forest of Dean. Jonathan also sits on the diocesan LIFE group for youngContinue reading
A letter from Bishop Rachel to all in our worshipping communities
Children, young people and families
Volunteer’s blog: What the Cathedral football tournament meant to me
A volunteer’s story
Body image top of Bishop’s agenda
The big question of how we tackle body image anxiety in young people is top of the agenda in a national conference to be hosted by Bishop Rachel
