Murray Wilkinson explores the unconscious ageism of churches, then explores how and why young people should be more fully involved, included and enabled.
Youth Minister Vacancy in Eastleigh
Youth Minister Vacancy in Winchester
St Tom’s fair Oak is looking for a Youth Minister
Details here
One in Six
A survey by Comres discovered a higher level of christian engagement among young people than expected.
“The figures, show that more than one in five (21 per cent) people between the ages of 11 and 18 describe themselves as active followers of Jesus, and 13 per cent say they are practising Christians who attend church.”
The actual report is here, and a useful reflective response from Martin Saunders of Youthscape is here
Faith in the Family
The publicity for the faith in the Family day is now available.
Nov 11th. Didcot
Booking and Information : Faith in the family A4 poster
Salisbury Diocese increase confirmations
Interesting work from Salisbury.
Telegraph article
Standing art appreciation on it’s head
Five years ago I was at a conference in Wakefield. The hotel had a rather nice meeting/banqueting room with this picture forming part of the decor:
I was muchly amused that it had been hung upside down. An Impressionistic image, inversely identified as it were. Or perhaps enacting a hybrid of impressionism and surrealism.
I was delighted this week when a friend had attended a conference at the hotel, and sent me the above phone snap to verify that it was still struggling with it’s orientation.
(To save you turning your computer upside down, this is what it might be intended to present as:)
Liedentity Conference
Social Media and Mental Health
“Four of the five most popular forms of social media harm young people’s mental health, with Instagram the most damaging, according to research by two health organisations”
Article in the Guardian exploring the link between Social Media and Mental Health.
