The Youth Blog

  • Parents Update July

    The Youth Blog: 13 July 2010

    Greetings parents!

     

    End of year event

     

    This year our end of year event will be a carnival! It takes place on Friday 23 July at the centre between 7.30-10pm. Tickets cost £3 on ...

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  • Momentum: Bermondsey

    The Youth Blog: 30 June 2010

    How quickly does the year go? There are a number of events in the Root61 calendar that act as markers for where we are in the year: Vision Night means the year is starting, the weekend away marks the midway point and the third instalment of Momentum means that we are approaching the end.

     

    Last Friday the Momentum roadshow arrived at Bermondsey and off we trooped up town to have some fun, hear some truth and worship an awesome God. Momentum at Bermondsey is always a giggle, the train and tube journey alone are always good value (being told off over the tannoy by the tube driver for all piling in ...

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  • Parents Update

    The Youth Blog: 24 June 2010

    Hi there, welcome to the first of what will become a regular parents’ update via the Youth Blog.

     

    Programme June to August 2010

    You should have received a Root61 programme in the post which includes all of the dates for this term. Please note that everything will take place as advertised unless you hear otherwise: this is especially true for life groups!

    If you need a replacement programme then please give me a ...

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  • Fame Forever

    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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