Autumn Soul

If you’re interested in going to Autumn Soulthen you’ll need to decide soon and get your forms completed. The dates are 28th – 30th October in Bangor and the Speaker is DYCW’s very own Rev David Rock.  The theme is “Speak the Truth in Love”  The cost is:

£35 PP (€40 PP) early booking up to 30th September 2011
£40 PP (€45 PP) from 1st October 2011 onwards

Child Protection Training

South: (Bank Holiday) Monday 25th October, 2.00pm, Carrick-on-Shannon

North: Monday 25th October, 7.30pm, Lisbellaw

Both venues are to include simultaneous sessions for those who require training for the first time and those who would benefit from a refresher. All those who are helping with the leading, teaching and supervision of those under age 18 in the life of our churches need to have this training. Those who haven’t attended this training in the last three years should go to the refresher course, although even if you’ve been last year, you’re still welcome as it will do no harm.

Led by Rev David Rock and Mrs Janette McCormack, DYCW.

Knekt 2011

Knekt 2011 – the plans so far:

Weekend geared for young people (12-18), from the Lakelands District and other backgrounds.

It will be a full weekend – 25th-27th March 2011. Sligo Methodist Church halls.

Biblefresh Videos

I think you’ll find some brilliant ideas over at the Biblefresh website to help all ages.

Here’s a few links to videos as a starter. They’re on Vimeo which don’t appear to embed here but sure that’s only a little hiccup.

What’s Biblefresh all about?

biblefresh introduction video from krish kandiah on Vimeo.

20 Ways to Engage Children with the Bible – Krish Kandiah from krish kandiah on Vimeo.

Fresh Ways to Share the Bible with Young People – Jenny Baker from krish kandiah on Vimeo.

Reading Youth Culture through Biblical Lenses – Jason Gardner from krish kandiah on Vimeo.

Go check it out for yourself. There’s a Biblefresh book which you can order packed full of ideas (for £4.99) and a downloadable guide as well.

Building Blocks Children’s Ministry Conference

This event is organised by a group of Christians committed to children’s ministry from various denominations. The conferences in Dublin and Belfast have been running now for a number of years and are the leading training events for Children’s Ministry Workers in Ireland.

Each year, we have over seven hundred delegates come to the two conferences in Belfast and Dublin to learn from, explore with and be inspired by expert seminar leaders. This year will be no different as there are a number of seminars covering different topics and also a chance to purchase resources.

The keynote speaker this year is Kathryn Copsey who heads up an organisation called CURBs – Children in URBan Situations. She is a gifted communicator who has a heart for mission amongst children, regardless of their background and is well worth hearing, whether you minister in urban situations or not.

For more details or booking forms please don’t hesitate to be in touch with us at DYCW , or see the Building Blocks website www.buildingblocks.ie for further information.

The Conference in the South is in

All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin (New Venue)

14th Nov 2009  9:30am – 4:00pm Cost €35

The Conference in the North is in

Orangefield Presbyterian Church, Belfast (New Venue)

28th Nov 10:00am – 4:00pm Cost £25

Autumn Soul

Autumn Soul

Booking Forms are out now for Autumn Soul!

If you have young people in your Youth Group but have no Youth leader, then let Rev Stephen Foster know as there is the possibility that they can join with another group for the week-end.

You can contact him at lakelandsyouth (at) irishmethodist(dot)org

Next Committee Meeting

The next meeting of the District Youth and Children’s committee is to be held on Tuesday 8th September at 7.45pm.

Follow the Star – co-ordinating group members needed.

As we mentioned earlier, we are planning to hold ‘Follow the Star‘ this December. But to enable the planning for it, we need a few people to make up the co-ordinating group for it. This group will assess all that needs to be done and delegate to others for various tasks and roles. For now though we need some people to be on this co-ordinating group, so please let Steven know if you’re interested… foster(at)ypce(dot)freeserve.co.uk

Update from the Resource Day

Hi folks – thanks for coming along to the Resource Day or sorry you couldn’t make it.

A big thank you to David and Janette coming down to lead us, and thank you to the folks at Florencecourt for having us.

Various resources and outlines were mentioned during the morning. We will be posting these here again. So do check back here again for links to sites, and outlines of the points that David and Janette were making.

Also, give us your feedback on the morning by posting a comment.

Thanks and enjoy the sunshine!

New Youth Leaders’ Blog

Lakelands District Youth Leaders Blog

Welcome to the new Youth Leaders’ Blog for the Lakelands District.  The idea is that you as a leader can log in and post up any announcements that you would like to share and also you can add in any resources that you find useful.  You can keep up to date with what’s going on in the area.  If you want to know how to join just chat to Zelda or email her at z_kingston (at) hotmail (dot) com.