Going through adolescence is a traumatic but life forming process. What better way to travel that journey than with a committed, faithful adult alongside you? Mentoring young people is rewardingContinue reading
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Meeting Young People Where They Are
Most of our churches don’t have young people (11-18) turning up on a Sunday morning. This workshop will help you explore how you can engage with young people in theContinue reading
Top Tips for Youth Ministry
One of the questions our Youth Connectors get asked the most is “So, what can we do?” Since we launched our Youth Connect vision at the start of 2021, Senior Youth Connector,Continue reading
Engaging with School Life
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
Pioneer Ministry Blog: Bible and Big Bang – can they go together?
Engaging schools and congregations with big questions around science and faith.
Listening to Young People
Over the last little while I have found myself trying to find an answer as to how best to disciple young people when there is 1 or 2 in theContinue reading
Girls and boys on equal terms in Cathedral choir
Choral Evensong on Friday 3 September was a landmark date in the history of Gloucester Cathedral Choir. For the first time since the choir was founded in 1541, the girlsContinue reading
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
Introducing ‘Sportily’
Play sports, talk life. Run by Christians. Open to all. Sportily is the new name selected by children and young people for the sports ministry programme in our Diocese.Continue reading
Active life and active faith #OneDiocese blog
Rob French, Head of Sports Ministry for Sportily shares his faith story for our #OneDiocese blog. “Farrier, footballer, farmer, firefighter…. All jobs that I wanted to do when I wasContinue reading
The Children’s Society’s Good Childhood Report launch event
The Children’s Society Text from flier as below The Children’s Society Picture of a man and a young woman in the woods. The man is giving aContinue reading
Where have all the youth workers gone?
Blog by Barrie Voyce, Senior Youth Connector for the Diocese of Gloucester Recently a friend of mine, Paul Friend, wrote an article for Premier Christianity which asked the question “WhereContinue reading
Learn historic masonry skillls at Redbrook
The masonry at Redbrook Church is exceptionally eroded, so a team of volunteers and trainers have decided to teach historic masonry skills to people who want to help save theContinue 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
