Tuesday 17 July 2007

Youth Mission Links

I'm just reading 'Young People and Mission' by Alison and David Booker. Every section ends with a list of resources and website links', so here goes with a list of links to get you browsing:

 

www.servantevangelism.com

Resources for streetwork and service

www.relevantmagazine.com

How faith can be relevant: see God, Life and Progressive Culture sections

www.churchnext.net

Tribal Training network

www.churcharmy.org.uk

See links to what the Church Army supports

www.soulsurvivor.com

Esp links to Soul in the City and The Noise

www.agape.org.uk

Includes training resources

www.message.org.uk

The Message Trust

www.alphacourse.org

Youth Alpha

www.boys-brigade.org.uk

www.girlsbrigadeew.org.uk

www.clcgb.org.uk

That's the C of E based Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigades

www.scouts.org.uk

www.girlguiding.org.uk

www.aircadets.org

www.armycadets.com

www.sea-cadets.org

www.24hourfamine.org.uk

World Vision's 24 Hour Famine

www.yfc.co.uk

Youth for Christ: look out for the labyrinth kit.

www.youthworker.co.uk

www.freshexpressions.org.uk

www.emergingchurch.info

www.salvationarmy.org.uk/alove

www.christianvocations.org

Publishers of the annual Short Term Service Directory of gap year opportunities.

www.scriptureunion.org.uk/re-source/

Resources for Christian groups in secondary schools

www.assemblies.org

Resources and outlines for both primary and secondary

www.nightclubchaplain.co.uk

Maidstone club chaplaincy

http://jonnybaker.blogs.com

Good links for club chaplaincy and emerging church

www.peacemakers.tv

Feed the Minds site with good resources

www.cms-shop.org.uk

For their 'Dialogue Pack' for supporting Christians in understanding and relating to Muslims

www.interfaith.org.uk

For their 'Connect Pack'

www.arocha.org

The Christian environmental organisation

www.conservation.org

Conservation International: leading research info

www.climatewire.org

Latest eco news

www.good-energy.co.uk

Renewably generated electricity and energy saving

www.climatestewards.org.uk

www.climatecare.org

Both about being carbon neutral

youth.tearfund.org

www.pressureworks.org

www.cafod.org.uk/fasttrack

Sites aimed at young people with information and motivation about fair trade

www.speak.org.uk

www.wdm.org.uk

www.maketradefair.com

www.christian-aid.org

www.tearfund.org

www.cafod.org.uk

More general sites on fair trade and justice

 
 

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From the Archdeacon of Carlisle,
The Venerable Dr David Thomson,
2 The Abbey,Carlisle CA3 8TZ
Tel: 01228 523026 
Fax: 01228 594899 
Mobile: 07771 864550
archdeacon.north@carlislediocese.org.uk
 

Links to Children's Work Resources

HOORAY for Manchester Diocese who have a super web-page at http://www.manchester.anglican.org/children_links.asp that links out to some good sites. As of now the links are as follows:

Baker Ross
www.bakerross.co.uk
Craft supplies and ideas for activities; prepared craft kits.

Bible Reading Fellowship
www.brf.org.uk
Bible Reading Fellowship’s site: they produce a wealth of resources and organise training and events.

Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service
www.ccpas.co.uk
An organisation that produces resources on Child Protection issues, delivers training and offers advice.

Church House Bookshop
www.chbookshop.co.uk
Online shopping, bestseller lists and book of the month.

Children at Worship: Congregations in Bloom
www.childrenatworship.org
Caroline Fairless’s site - ‘Children at Worship: Congregations in Bloom’. Caroline has developed some innovative and influential worship approaches in her ministry.

Children's Ministry
www.childrensministry.co.uk
On line bookshop - visitors can write reviews on Children’s Ministry products.

Christian Aid
www.christianaid.org.uk
Plenty of material and information to use with young people in church and in school. Always remember to have a look at Christian Aid Week resources.

The National Church of England website
www.cofe.anglican.org
The National Church of England website. When you get there, put ‘children’ into the site search and see what’s there.

The website for CORE training package
www.coreskillsforchurches.com
A new ecumenical resource which gives training in ‘core skills’ for children’s workers. If you want to run a course - contact Steve (0161 828 1433) for details

Church Pastoral Aid Society
www.cpas.org.uk
The site of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, with information of their resources and activities.

Children in URBan Situations
www.curbsproject.org.uk
CURBS = Children in URBan Situations - a project producing resources out of the experience of working with inner city children. The emphasis is on working with unchurched children in a lively, childrcentred way.

Early Education
www.early-education.org.uk
This site has loads of stuff about under 5s - and it is also offering a range of leaflets on how babies and toddlers develop and learn; one on helping children with their behaviour and one on handling under 5s questions.

Ecclesiastical Group Insurance
www.eigonline.co.uk
Click on Church Insurance, then Insurance and Security and finally, Youth and Children's Groups. The information is short, clear, easy to understand and very comprehensive, covering such things as Visits and Trips, Bonfires and Firework Displays, Bouncy Castles and Play Inflatables! There are also contacts for further information, and the information is up-to-date and will be kept this way.

Godly Play
www.godlyplay.org
The official site of ‘Godly Play’ - the innovatory, approach to using stories from the Christian tradition with children. Stories are ‘played’ out using artefacts, and an imaginative, personal, open-ended response from the children is facilitated.

Hi Kidz Cyber Club
www.hikidz.org
A joint initiative including SU, Kingsway, CPAS, Viz-A-Viz, BRF and many more. Includes activities, Bible stories, games, music, videos, competitions, opinion polls, reviews, discussion/bulletin boards, FAQs on lifestyle, ‘agony aunt’, children’s prayer, family section and more...

The National Society
www.natsoc.org.uk
Website of the National Society which exists ‘for the promotion, encouragement and support of religious education in accordance with the principles of the Church of England’.

Positive Parenting
www.parenting.org.uk
Information about ‘Positive Parenting’s resources, training and other activities on parenting issues.

Roods On the Web
www.rootsontheweb.com
A website supporting the ‘Roots’ resource magazine for children’s work. Subscribers to the magazine receive a password giving access to extra sections of this site.

Scripture Union
www.scriptureunion.org.uk
All the information you need on the activities, publications, other resources and events run by Scripture Union.

St. Deny's Bookshop
www.stdenysbookshop.com
Site of St Denys Bookshop, Oak Street, Manchester - a Christian bookshop that stocks a wide range of children’s work materials.

Resources for Christian Teachers
www.teacherhelp.org
Christian Teacher's Resource aimed at day-school teachers in the States. But there are links to such things as costumes for biblical drama, music, behaviour management, worksheets & colouring sheets, quizzes, printable alphabets for notice boards, printable calendars to highlight events during the year, lots of Sunday school material.

Through the Roof
www.throughtheroof.org
Through the Roof is a Christian disability organisation working to change attitudes in churches and society towards disabled people and disability

Wesley Owen Bookshops
www.wesleyowen.com
Wesley Owen is a national chain of Christian bookshops with branches in Manchester, Bolton and Stockport in our area. They stock a wide range of children’s work materials.

 
 

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From the Archdeacon of Carlisle,
The Venerable Dr David Thomson,
2 The Abbey,Carlisle CA3 8TZ
Tel: 01228 523026 
Fax: 01228 594899 
Mobile: 07771 864550
archdeacon.north@carlislediocese.org.uk