New mini poll to hep me know where you are coming from.
New creative prayer section see Prayer + on the menu this section also have affirmations and other stuff.
Oh and our logo is new see above! also to be available on bags and t shirts! email me if interested
Branded, a look at branding and the cost of brands. can be used as a fair trade session, slavery, human rights. or as a general session about Christan people being the BRAND of christ.
found in Ideas shop > meeting plans
the slolutions for the brain teasers are now available, see ice breakers and games
Some more Food ideas on the food pages
The domain name www.youthworker.org now belongs to YWR, we will point it at Youth Work Resources and at some point soon we will re brad the site with both uk and international domains.
pool exersise use this to find where u feel you are Are you a spectator Looking n from the changing rooms? Or are you diving in without looking? Maybe you are undecided about the whole thing like the two on the left? Dipping in your toes like the girl sitting at the edge?
Lifeboat! This scenario helps identify what value people put on each other. You are on a luxury cruise in the Caribbean when suddenly there is an explosion and the ship begins to sink. You are put in charge of the last remaining lifeboat and have just enough room to squeeze three more people in. the only problem is there are six of you left on board the ship
Nasa Decision making exersise This is a Nasa scenario, and is a concencus desision making exersise You are a member of a space craft originally scheduled to rendezvous with a mother ship on the lighted side of the moon. Due to mechanical difficulties, however, your ship was forced to land at a spot some 200 miles from the rendezvous point. During landing, much of the equipment aboard was damaged and, since survival depends on reaching the mother ship, the most critical items available must be chosen for the 200 mile trip
Icthus.co.uk is now part of the Youth Work Resources Network thanks to its former owner and the KIC campaign
New food zone section see ideas shop for more.
New craft project (Ideas shop - art zone) a funky CD airship make use of your old CD's
Paypal donate buttons added for KIC
More Icebreakers added along with an update in the how many youthworkers joke section
Self image resources, including Tree of life image also a words task. see for yourself.
Keep it Christian CampaignChristian websites are being hijacked by pornographers and other people who are trying to exploited and distort the Christian message.
We at youthworker.org.uk are launching a campaign to reclaim Christian domain names from these people. Keep it Christian Campaign
Shopping/Resources channel: books cd's videos etc.
Christian Nokia phone Logos can be found in the Shopping/Resources and we will add some ring tones soon.
We have added a new voting button from Christsites.com and we have on a couple of occasions made it into the daily top 10 so why not help us get there again. Vote using the link on the links/Publicity channel
With the launch of the NEW menu system we have changed the colour of the site and tweaked it a little. I hope you like the results. Best viewed in 1024 x 786 with MSIE 5 +
A new arts zone has been added with art/craft ideas for your groups. We would love to hear from you if you have used this or other ideas.
Telephone help lines have been added on the links/publicity channel. We need someone to update this section and make it international as most/all the helplines are UK.
The links page has been updated, if you know of a link that should be there, or want to take on the updating/ expanding of this section, please email us.
SMS is back, its a different sms service as the previous one couldn't afford to keep going. Free SMS text messaging, and just in case you want another one! (this seems to be quicker), more free sms International messaging. The country code for the UK is +44. Don't forget you do not put in the first 0, so if your number starts 0797 you type +44797
Some little tweaks: a few images added, and a pre release test of a new menu is online and will be available for beta test, hopefully this will work on macs. The text menu will remain during this testing process.
We have also reordered the menu, hope you like it, let us know if you do or don't
New image for use for linking to our site. Other colours will be available in time. If you are a graffic artist and wish to make some images or a logo for us, drop me a line.
New section Discussion starters
Text menu added for those on macs or with java "issues": hope you like it Bob
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NEW trust game section, with games that will help you explore the concept of trust within any given group.
Also added is an idea for a meeting on servanthood, and some brain teasers, all in the ideas shop section.
General update of the site.
Some tweaks on all the pages, with more additions to the ice breakers(II) and games section.
we have also added a mailing list, and a tell a friend box
Some people have now requested information about CULTS and how to work with people in them or having left a destructive organisation. If you feel able or know someone with a good knowledge of this subject we would like to hear from you.
YWR is run by youth workers for youth workers, so why not join in.
We are inviting people to write for the YWR pages. So, if you are interested contact us at
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