Glimpses for Young People
09/07/2010, 08:15
It's been a long time in the making, but Glimpses for Young People, the exciting new dvd resource from FYT is finally here! Full of ideas and resources, the new pack builds on the massive success of the original Glimpses... [more]
StreetSpace: Widows Mite service ideas
Want to get your church to support the Widows Mite campaign? Want some fun, challenging and inspiring ideas to help the adult congregation consider how they engage with young people? Want some resources to...[more]
KINGDOM SIGNS: I spotted a couple of ‘Kingdom Signs’ at Frontier Camp this year. The first was when a 12 year old girl suggested to me that we pray for the rain to stop so that we could have our Friday night bonfire! I mentioned that the farmer down the road may be praying for the rain for his crops and then together we carefully asked God about the rain… It didn’t stop! However, as I reflected on the story and her faith I felt it was a sign that the Jesus stories that we had shared at camp meant enough to her to explore the complexities of prayer in her own story (as well as mine!). The second sign came when I counselled a young man who wanted his faith to deepen. We talked about him meeting with other Christians as a key way that growth would occur and he realised that he wanted his youth group to go deeper in terms of spirituality. He determined to talk to his youth worker, who was at the camp, and did so straight after our conversation. The youth worker was taken aback as he had just been asking another young person if this very thing was something that they should be doing!
One of the signs of the Kingdom that I face each day is that FYT is still powerfully engaged in mission with young people who are at risk in so many different ways. When I tentatively took the CEO reins 12 years ago I wondered (humanly speaking!) how on earth we would survive financially, let alone be doing anything about our ambitious mission statement! But as weeks, months and years follow each other I am amazed, encouraged and grateful that we seem to be doing just that! All this is possible because of a dedicated network of ‘frontier people’, the generous and prayerful support of God’s people and because of a faithful and kind God whose Son asked us to pray and work for the Kingdom to come!
Shalom - dave
One of the signs of the Kingdom that I face each day is that FYT is still powerfully engaged in mission with young people who are at risk in so many different ways. When I tentatively took the CEO reins 12 years ago I wondered (humanly speaking!) how on earth we would survive financially, let alone be doing anything about our ambitious mission statement! But as weeks, months and years follow each other I am amazed, encouraged and grateful that we seem to be doing just that! All this is possible because of a dedicated network of ‘frontier people’, the generous and prayerful support of God’s people and because of a faithful and kind God whose Son asked us to pray and work for the Kingdom to come!
Shalom - dave
FYT: mission with young people at risk.
We are a Christian network dedicated to mission with young people at risk. We are directly involved in youth work through a wide range of projects, agencies, churches and individuals. We are also very active in training youth workers, producing resources, campaigning with and for young people and researching youth work related themes. We hope that you find this web site a valuable tool and we always value any feedback on this or any aspect of our work.