Home Superblog
Red Hill Publishing is pleased to announce that Peter Janetzki & Michael Knight's wonderful book Being a Bloke is now available for pre-release purchase.
Hot off the press and for a very limited time you can order signed copies of Being a Bloke at a discounted price of A$29.95 + p&h each (RRP $32.95).
But you have to be quick. This offer ends at midnight next Tuesday 31 August 2010.
To get your signed copy of Being a Bloke at $29.95 (inc GST) visit www.peerpower.com.au and click the Buy Now button.
Being a Bloke. It’s for blokes – Aussie men and those who live with them, work with them, love them and raise them. It’s a quick read, but the impact could last a lifetime.
The annual national survey by Mission Australia collates and compares the situations and personal views of nearly 48,000 young people between the ages of 11-24 (97.9 per cent aged 11-19). Includinhg 386 homeless youth, 225 youth who were in out-of-home/foster care; and 460 youth living in a juvenile justice centre or prison.
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS - Free online PD for Chaplains and Youth Workers!
Jump online one session a week for five weeks to learn more about:
* Anxiety, Depression, Suicide, Self-harm and other mental health matters.
We'll also work through the positive things Chaplains, schools and youth workers can do to deal with and support young people and their families in these issues.
Read More Something to read, watch, do, think and then say. All online from the comfort of your PC, laptop, ipad, iphone, whatever!
One session a week (2-3 hours) for 5 weeks commencing Monday 4th October. Could it be any easier?!
Register your spot for this FREE PD now.... simply email Rachel:
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
.
Note for SU Qld Chaplains: Completion of this course is equivalent to 2 days of required PD and all participants will receive a certificate of completion.
This is an awesome activity for large groups and communities.
Simply ask groups to choose a song and then to perform it creatively without any instruments to the backing track. You can have judges who comment and rate acts like a talent show, even have heats and a final over several days.
The real fun is in the performances which groups can prepare well ahead of time. Don't let the judges steal the limelight ... a few funny comments and on with the show....
You can involve many extras in dancing, stage crew etc They can have props but no instruments. An empty mic stand can be helpful.
You need to make sure you have a nice loud sound system.
Just double check on local copyright rules about public performances of recorded songs.
Have you ever turned up to work and felt like you're a competitor on a reality TV show like Survivor or The Amazing Race?
Read on to find out what you can do to turn things around...
Here's a great little video extract from an interview with Rob Bell, pastor of Mars Hill Church and presenter of the Nooma DVD series. Here he talks about some of the lessons he learnt during his early years of ministry and what impact that has had on how he now approaches ministry and life, well worth a look...
Across our country, there is the perception that where children are hurting or displaying difficult behaviours that their parents are a key ingredient in any resolution. But for teenagers, there seems to be a greater focus on the rights of young people to be treated as individuals, and for their issues to be addressed in isolation and privacy. Yet research shows that there are a number of family factors that are important to the healthy development of adolescents.
Engaging with families is increasingly being incorporated into family therapy and formal treatment of young people. Here are some thoughts on how this should also be part of how youth workers assist teenagers to deal with the issues they face in life...
One of the hardest parts of youth ministry is staying spiritually fresh. Statistics show that 80% of pastors (which you would expect translates across to those in youth ministry) only spend time reading their Bible when they are preparing a message, and 70% of pastors spend less than 15 minutes a day praying.
So, where are you on the spiritual freshness meter?
There is a school of thought that human knowledge increases roughly every 5 years, with the investment in research that is made around the world. Regardless of how much knowledge is being created, the reality for most people is that with the expansion of the internet, the creation of social networking, file sharing and blogging sites, and the development of mobile connectivity to the web, most people are continually encountering new sources of information that need sorting and storing.
This article looks at the notion of Personal Knowledge Management, a term coined in the 1990's by Ikujiro Nonaka, who's made a lifetime study of how knowledge is organised by people.
Any youth worker knows the value of good communication, whether that's with the kids and young people you work with, their parents and carers, teachers and other professionals involved in their lives, the colleagues and support staff you interact with, or when you're dealing with supervisors and mentors. Communication is usually seen as being written (on paper with pen, or online with keys) or verbal.
There are some great blogs around that regularly post tips for good communication, that can be a regular part of your professional development, to make sure your communication is improving like other aspects of your role. A blog is a type of website on which regular entries are posted which provide commentary or description, and can involve images and text. Yes, YMIS Central is a blog!
So pick up your pen, and take a look at one tricky little blog which offers lots of advice on written communication....