The Youth Blog
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The Youth Blog:
16 June 2010
The World Cup is here, a whole month of football – most likely less than a month if you are an England fan – and the world’s greatest superstar footballers on display. Lionel Messi, Fernando Torres, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney et al all vying for ‘immortality’, to be remembered as a true great, to go down as a footballing legend, to have fame forever.
It’s an interesting thing fame. It seems that the majority of young people today want to be famous. The Independent newspaper recently reported that in a survey of over 1000 16 year olds, 54% responded to the question “what would you like to be when you are older” with the answer “famous”. The survey also ...
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The Youth Blog:
3 June 2010
My blog post ‘Exam Season’ provoked a response both on and off-line (I’m just glad someone reads them): my favourite comment from a friend of mine was “you’re brave sticking your neck out and having a pop at parents!”
This, whilst not my intention – re-read what I said – has pleased me somewhat! Not least because it has made me think about the role of parents in not only bringing up children but also in the impact that they have on their children’s faith.
I have long recognised that I am not the most powerful influence on a teenager’s life and for about as long as I have known this I have been a very strong believer that my role as a youth leader is not as a ...
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The Youth Blog:
1 June 2010
Last Friday we hosted our second annual Golden Bulbs film awards ceremony and what a night it was!
For weeks the youth have been filming short videos to enter into the competition and we show them all on the evening before allowing the young people to vote for who they want to win in a variety of categories. We have some talented and very funny young people in our ranks and the night was filled with laughter throughout. I ...
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The Youth Blog:
13 May 2010
Big news in our household recently…24 is soon to be no more. Iconic insomniac Jack Bauer, star of the hugely popular and successful 24 TV show, is set to be retired after American network Fox cancelled the show after eight seasons.
This is truly upsetting news, over the past few years Jack has provided Hannah and I with many hours of nail-biting fun (not sure that’s the right word to be honest), we would even occasionally catch an episode on DVD before heading off to Church – gasp!
As a youth leader, 24 has given me countless ...
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The Youth Blog
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