What happens next...

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Some times in youth work it seems like its all change all the time. Change for the better, change for the worst, young people leaving to go to uni, young people coming up from year 7. Groups change, groups dynamics change and (hopefully) the people involved, my self included, become more like the people Christ made them to be.

Change is good, change is exciting! But change can be scary...

Some times (particularly in the Anglican Church) things can seem to dip into the 'plodding along' stage where nothing really seems set to change at all. Not that the is a bad thing, there is a lot to be said for plodding along! (Romans 8:25, Galatians 6:9) 

Amongst other changes, having just taken on 2 new members to the team, adding more groups and losing a long standing cell group with a couple of long standing leaders it felt like a big term of change last year. Some of which was exciting, some of which was scary.

This term seems set to be a bit more steady. Not boring by any stretch but not too many dramatic changes should be happening.

Having said that we are planning on:

  • Setting up a mentoring programme. 
  • Starting a youth alpha 
  • Starting a new youth band 
So not too much is changing, but watch this space... 


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