Youth Ministry

Sorrel Youth Cafe are recruiting a new Youth worker to help set up a Youth Cafe.

Details of the job and for more about this fantastic project visit

www.sycafe.org

Beth Marvin, currently Chair of Bishop’s Youth Council, starts a new role today as the Intern of the department of Youth Ministry for the next year.

‘Marv’ will be at Church House Monday to Thursday, and can be contacted on beth.marvin@leccofe.org

Places are still available  for the Diocesan Youth Trip to Taizé with Bishop  Tim. Booking forms are available online at http://www.leicester.anglican.org/your-church/subsite/taiz%C3%A9-2010.aspx

The trip is attracting attention from King’s College London who have asked if they can send a researcher with us. Obviously participation in the research is purely voluntary, and would not involve under 18s without parental consent..

If you would like us to visit your youth group / church to talk about the trip please contact :

Revd Jonnie Parkin MA
Team Vicar of Great Bowden
Youth and Children’s Missioner, Harborough Anglican Team

jonnie.parkin@tiscali.co.uk

The Diocese has issued a new Policy and Safe Internet Use particularly relating to Children and Young People.

Policy on safe internet use

ECO Faith, for World Environment Day, 5th June we are having a marquee at the community Riverside festival on Bede park, Leicester

In the marquee will have various activities/workshops for people to get involved in:

1. Today/Tomorrow…..What our Earth could be….Tour and workshop with lots of little tips/ideas on the small steps that can contribute to a cleaner/healthier planet.
2. Shoot your Co2, Carbon footprint and water pistols game
3. Quotes from religious texts books on how faith can be an inspiration to care for the environment
4. Recycled fashion workshop….volunteers will help recycle and revamp a tired looking outfit with buttons/ribbons/badges
5. Badge Making….Eco warrior
6. Pledge/declaration for people to sign to say they will take small steps and make their contribution
7. Grow your own FREE grub….take away plants: tomato, onion, cress, peppers, chilli, courgette and many more.
The Leicester Interfaith Youth HUB  is an initiative of the St. Philip’s Centre

We were set up in January 2010 and our Moto is think global….act local. We look at global issues across the world and take local action through community service initiatives. We have been supporting a charity called Malaria No More, who is helping combat malaria in Ghana, Africa. In total we have managed to raise £10,000 thanks to the young people putting on various community events on for the public.

Contact Raheema Caratella 0116 2733459/07742040929
Facebook – ‘Leicester Interfaith Youth Hub’

Unfortunately we have had to cancel the Question Teen event

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The John Betjeman Young People’s Poetry Competition is open to children aged 11-14 years living in the British Isles. Entrants are invited to write a poem on the theme of place. Local churches could get their youngsters to write poems on the importance of the space/place of the church. The first prize of £1,000 is shared between the winning entrant and his or her school or church group. The competition deadline is 31st July. Full details on the competition and the prize-giving event at St Pancras International station on 5th October  can be found at the website www.betjemanpoetrycompetition.com

Children can enter on line at www.betjemanpoetrycompetition.com or they can download the entry form from the website. If anyone would like to request copies of the entry form they can email me at info@betjemanpoetrycompetition.com. We will accept one entry form per group with a signature verifying that the poems are the children’s own work.

Fifteen young people aged 16 to 25 have been successfully accepted onto Leicester’s first Multi Faith Leadership Residential Programme. The experience is being run by the Leicester Interfaith Youth Hub as part of St Philip’s Centre.

The young men and women were selected for their dedication to community service and passion for global causes. The diverse group come from five different religious backgrounds and are from across Leicester and Leicestershire.

Seeking to equip, inspire and empower the next generation of young leaders across the different communities in Leicester, the leadership programme has been put together by Bilal Hassam and Michael Tweed, Faiths Act Fellows for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation who are working in conjunction Raheema Caratella, Engagement Worker at St Philips Centre, Leicester.
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The Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) is offering organ scholarships to two young organists at the 2010 Bath Summer Course for Young People. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to play the four-manual Klais organ in the city’s splendid Abbey church; the setting for some of the choral services. They will assist the Course Organist in playing for rehearsals and services during the popular week-long event, which is based at Kingswood School and runs from 23rd – 29th August

More details on the attached document RSCM 2010 organ scholarships

17^th of March, at 7.30pm at Bishop’s Lodge, 12 Springfield Road, Leicester

Young people and accompanying adults have been invited to meet with Brother Paolo of Taizé as part of his tour of the UK, meeting with young people and church leaders. Taizé is an ecumenical monastic community in Burgundy, France. It is famous for its inspiring worship and work for reconciliation with young people from across the world.

Bishop Tim, who is giving a Lent Lecture at the Cathedral that evening, will join Paolo and the young people for a discussion after the prayers which start at 7.30pm. He will be reciprocating the visit when he visits the community in August of this year. Young people are invited to join him on this visit. A coach will leave for Taizé at lunch time on Saturday the 14^th of August. It will return in the early hours of Monday  23^rd August. For more details contact Revd Jonnie Parkin on  01858 469109 jonnie.parkin@tiscali.co.uk or check out the Leicester Diocese Taizé Facebook Group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4165183434

Full time Youth Worker required for the Sorrel Youth Cafe’in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire.
Main Responsibilities include:-
Running SYC.
Devise programme of activities to seek out positive working relationships with young people 11-18 in Mountsorrel.
If you think you would be qualified for this position contact the SYC Committee at 1a Rothley Road, Mountsorrel, LE12 7JS or via the SYC Website at www.sycafe/org/.

Event Date: Tuesday 8th Dec 2009

Do join us at the Church of the Martyrs, Westcotes Drive, Leicester from 7.30pm Our opportunity to say thanks for all the work you are doing with children in our Diocese. Drinks and nibbles will be available and an opportunity to meet others and chat together about what we might do better together in 2010. Do email me if you intend to come…john.fryer@leccofe.org

John Fryer
Children’s Work Advisor
Diocese of Leicester

Dear Friends,

I am the coordinator of the Churches Together in Bottesford youth group known as ‘youf’. I have now got two youth groups. Some of my leaders have gone on to do other work for God I am short of leaders.  Both groups would benefit from someone with musical skills because they have a lot of talent.  The Friday group which meets form 7-9pm is for year 8 and up and the Sunday night group is for year 6 and 7 (they meet at 6-8pm).  They both meet twice a month on the first and third weekends.  There is about 16 young people in the Friday night group and the newer Sunday night group  has 8 young people.

I am prepared to pay for transport to and from our village, Bottesford and other agreed expenses.

Do you have one or two people over 18 who have a passion for young people to work in either group.  Please get them to contact me or give me their details.

www.stmarysbottesford.co.uk  for more information.

Glenda Gibson

Starting date for second course to be announced in due course.

A message from Robin Rolls:

 ”The Bishop’s Certificate in Youth Ministry” is now full for the first round of students. 
A further date, for the start of the second course, will be announced in due course. 
For more details about this qualification, please contact Robin Rolls direct.

 Robin Rolls – Director of Youth Ministry
http://www.yp4l.com
Church House, St. Martin’s East, Leicester, LE15FX
0116 248 7442 (Direct) 
0116 248 7400 Ext 442 (via reception)
07540 823 972 (mobile)

Join with young people from around the world for an exciting weekend at Coventry 8pm 30 Oct – 5pm 1 Nov 09. University

There is a packed programme of exciting activities and stimulating input.

There is a small fee. Info and booking through Cathedral contact: David Williams 024 7652 1265 or y4ft.coventry@gmail.com

This is our own in-house course recognised by the School of Ministry here at Church House, and developed over the last few months with youth work professionals from across the country. This six-module course is packed with information and resources to enable you to become a more confident and able Youth Worker in your own local setting. The six modules cover such topics as: Young people and worship; Detached work and work on the streets with young people; Self harm; Challenging behaviour; Theologies of youth work; Youth work in open youth clubs; Growing ourselves as youth work practitioners.

The course will be run on both Saturdays and Evenings. The times for Saturday sessions will be 9:00am – 3:00pm, and three evening will be needed to correspond to one Saturday.

Participants on the course can swap evenings or Saturdays to suit their own particular needs.
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We are also pleased to announce that the course is now available to do on-line. The overall cost of the course is £75 and we are able to offer bursaries and group discounts if finding this whole cost is a problem.

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To register or for more details please call 0116 248 7400 and ask to speak to either Robin Rolls (extn. 442)
or Catherine Xavier (extn. 448)

Website:   http://www.yp4l.com

         “I am attaching an article written by two Christian post A-level students from Loughborough who spent ten weeks of their summer vacation at Kiteto Christian College before starting at university.  Rhianna’ sister and her friend Sabrina Mistry from Anstey leave mid-October for ten weeks to continue with Hannah’s and Rhianna’s work.

All four have received a small grant from the diocese to supplement the considerable sums they have raised themselves for their air fares and living expenses.

Report from Kiteto
Rhianna and I have recently returned from a two month trip to Kiteto Christian College, in Kibaya, Tanzania. For me, it was a return trip. I had been to the same place just before Christmas last year. As soon as I left I was set on returning, as there was so much I still wanted to help with at the school, and so many people I had met that I missed.
On going back to Kibaya, I found many changes had taken place. The school had a new library full of books, a new Bishop for the diocese was about to be inaugurated and Neama, a teacher I had met and worked with during my last visit, had had a baby boy called  Emmanuel.
The purpose of our trip was to help improve the English of the primary school students, so Rhianna and I were acting as Teaching Assistants, taking children who needed extra help out of their regular English lessons and doing one-on-one reading with them. We also took regular classes to the newly set up (and much loved) school library. It was very hard to get the children to leave at the end of each library session; they always said ‘Please teacher, I want to read one more book’. In the afternoons and evenings we ran activities like ball games, drawing, painting and the occasional Tom and Jerry video, as the boarding students have very little to do after school. Every evening after dinner the children sing, dance and pray. We were both a source of great amusement for the kids as we often joined in.
One of the real highlights of our time in Kibaya was being invited to a big Masai celebration in a nearby village. There were hundreds and hundreds of Masai people there, and the singing and dancing went on for two days. It was a truly magical atmosphere and everyone was so welcoming and eager for us to get involved in the celebrations. Rhianna and I got so much out of our trip. It was wonderful to experience a culture so unique and so different from our own, and to see the children we were working with progress, even in such a short space of time. We would also both like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped with our fund-raising. Your kindness was invaluable and so much appreciated.
Hannah Smith and Rhianna Micciche

For information about the Leicester/Kilimanjaro & Kiteto diocesan link please contact Richard Meredith by

Email: creedmeredith@tiscali.co.uk

Best wishes
Richard

Hazel & Richard Meredith [creedmeredith@tiscali.co.uk]

‘Can YOU Afford to ignore Youth missing from Church?’ – Parishes urged to take up Brigade Challenge

            “Local churches are being encouraged to take a fresh look at the Church of England’s only uniformed youth organisation as a way of providing a valuable community service and arresting decline in the number of children and young people regularly attending church services. 

The Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade (CLCGB) has been awarded government funding to appoint three part-time regional Training and Development Officers to help parishes launch new companies of  the 118-year-old organisation”.

Would YOUR Parish like to join in?

To see recent Press Release, click HERE

For more information, please contact Martin Lambourne, Training and Programme Development Officer, telephone (01709) 876 535
or email martin@clcgb.org.uk.

The Brigade’s website address is www.clcgb.org.uk

Your Development Officer is Tracey Smith-Lowe, Telephone 07950 676 844
or email traceysmith-lowe@clcgb.org.uk