The need to reinvent

Interesting article on the BBC about how Polaroid, the company behind the instant camera, is to stop making the film used in its iconic technology:

The firm is to close factories in Massachusetts in the US, Mexico and the Netherlands after the digital age left almost no market for the film.Polaroid stopped making the instant cameras [...]

Junction 28 training weekend - Childrens work

Paula led a session this morning on the topic of Childrens Work. I scribbled some notes down and thought I would post them up here. Check it out:

Planning
Planning the context is crucial. Use the ABC:

Age: e.g. 5-7 J is friend; 7-9 J is hero or King; 9-11 more abstract so can get into more detail

Ability: [...]

Leaders training

Junction 28, the town-wide group of youth leaders is putting on some training in Brentwood for leaders over this weekend. Please pray for us as we look to support, encourage and enable volunteers from around this area to continue to work and journey alongside young people.

Community and the pub

Tomorrow I am going to be leading a session for a town-wide youth event on the topic of community. Thinking about what a biblical community looked like, and how it should and could look like in the 21st century, and then challenging the young people to think about how they want the community to [...]

Doubt your Doubts

Doubt your Doubts, the Brentwood-wide monthly youth service, was awesome on Sunday night. Phil Pavitt, the chair of Bar ‘n’ Bus, a local charity spoke with great power on the theme of Easter and handing our doubts and fears to God. Because the next morning wasn’t a school morning we were able to [...]