This book explores the role of the youth minister by looking at a range of metaphors, such as flawed hero, visionary architect, party planner and guardian of souls. Each chapter takes one of these metaphors as a central theme, offers biblical and/or theological reflection on this aspect of youth ministry, explains the relevant theory and the necessary skills, uses real-life stories from practitioners to bring the metaphor to life, summarizes the key principles and values, gives questions for reflection and makes suggestions for further reading.

Youth Ministry: A Multifaceted Approach (The SPCK Library of Ministry)

Religion & Spirituality

Nash, Sally

Christian Books & Bibles

SPCK Publishing

In reflective practice we are asked to consider our own experiences and ask what went well?, what went badly and how might I do better next time? Tools for Reflective Ministry contains practical exercises and ideas on how to do this theologically and spiritually, putting Christianity at the core of the discipline. Topics covered include: using metaphor in reflection; spiritual practices for reflection; reframing the past, imagining the future, understanding the present; using culture in reflection; reflecting without words; reflecting with nature; reflecting together.

Tools for Reflective Ministry (The SPCK Library of Ministry)

Churches today face unique challenges as they seek to help young people engage with the Christian faith and youth workers, whether employed or volunteer, play a key role in supporting this process. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Christian youth work, drawing together practice, theory and theology in a format which is both engaging and informative. Serving as both a text and workbook, it brings together key youth ministry thinkers and grass-roots practitioners to explore significant themes and issues. It will be invaluable to those thinking about youth work at a strategic level as well as youth work practitioners. Each of the sixteen chapters is followed by a response written from a different perspective, modelling reflective practice and theological reflection. Topics covered include mission, church, adolescent identity, appropriate relationships, spiritual practices, youth culture, pastoral care, work with families, education, leadership and management, inclusive youth work, theology, lifelong learning, ethical dilemmas and the Kingdom of God.

Christian Youth Work in Theory and Practice: A Handbook

SCM Press

Shame is a much misunderstood and often misdiagnosed problem that can cause significant issues in the church as in wider society. Indeed, there have been times when the church has even been the cause of shame. How, then, do we create a less shaming church? Shame and the Church presents a six fold typology of shame: personal, communal, relational, structural, theological and historical. Seeking to establish the causes and consequences of shame, chapters explore how theology and the Bible engage with shame, and consider personal firsthand accounts of shame in a church context. Wise, challenging, practical and underpinned by a rigorous theological foundation, this book is an important contribution to the conversation around shame and effacement in church contexts and at the same time a vital aid to practice.

Shame and the Church: Exploring and Transforming Practice

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

'An introduction to journalism with step-by-step guides and exercises that teach the craft' is a short, but intensive, course that provides the essential skills to get you started in print and web journalism. It is not an academic book; it is not concerned with the theory of journalism. This is about practical, no nonsense advice and guidance from two experienced journalists who have survived, and enjoyed over twenty years in the trade. The book is packed with exercises to you hone the techniques and skills you need to start your career in freelance journalism or be employed by a publisher. We are confident that if you follow the chapters and do the exercises carefully you will fully understand the basics of news and feature writing and be ready to fire off your first pitch for a commission. It will take about four hours a chapter to do the tasks thoroughly but well worth the effort. Some of you reading this might be looking to switch career. Others might just be looking for a taste of journalism to see if you enjoy it before taking it further. Some people might be looking to add another string to their bow and to earn some extra money alongside their main job. Whatever the reason you will find an excellent introduction to the basics of good professional writing.

How to earn a living from freelance writing: An introduction to journalism with set-by-step guides and exercises that teach the craft

Education & Teaching

Stiles, Dean

Studying & Workbooks

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

How to write with power and precision: Practical advice to improve your writing for pleasure, business or profit

This report, published in this form for the second time, ranks the top 25 providers of temperature-controlled logistics services, that include transport, distribution and storage, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The report also includes the assessments made by these companies of the challenges that they expect the industry to face in 2015. And for the first time we include an overview of the own-account sector, primarily food producers and retailers. The report, sponsored by truck refrigeration system manufacturer, Thermo King, is prepared by Global Cold Chain News, the UK’s leading business-to-business website used by owners, directors and senior managers working for companies operating commercial vehicle fleets used for temperature-controlled transport. The report tables show financial performance by turnover for the past five years, the fleet size by vehicle number and type, as well as the storage capacity of each company.

Top 25 UK and Irish Temperature-Controlled Logistics Providers 2015: Company ranking and market trends

Business & Money

Massey, Tina

Management & Leadership

This report, published in this form for the third time, ranks by turnover and fleet size the top 25 providers of temperature-controlled logistics services, that include transport, distribution and storage, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The report also includes the assessments made by a selection of these companies of the challenges that they expect the industry to face in 2015. It also includes an overview of the food service and food wholesaler own-account sector. The report, sponsored by truck refrigeration system manufacturer, Thermo King, is prepared by Global Cold Chain News, the UK’s leading business-to-business website used by owners, directors and senior managers working for companies operating commercial vehicle fleets used for temperature-controlled transport. The report tables show financial performance by turnover for the past six years, (where latest data is available) the fleet size by vehicle number and type, as well as the storage capacity of each company. It has been a good year for most operators in the temperature controlled logistic sector, despite the many challenges, as our annual survey of the top 25 British and Irish logistics companies shows. The strength of investment in warehouses and trucks is also testimony to a sector in vigorous health. The acquisition of Norbert Dentressangle by XPO Logistics last year is also a sign, not only of continuing consolidation, but of market sentiment about this sector as profitable and good for investment. The Cold Chain News Top 25 listing for 2016 reveals that many temperature-controlled companies with large, established cold storage operations performed well last year. The growing shortage of cold storage space across the country is clearly a factor here. And there is little likelihood that cold store capacity will exceed demand within the next five years, which bodes well for those companies with modern warehousing.

Top 25 UK and Irish Temperature-Controlled Logistics Providers 2016: Company ranking and market trends

Exploring both principles and best practice of the spiritual care of sick children and young people, this remarkable and inspiring book equips the reader to think critically and creatively about how to provide care in hospitals, hospices and other care contexts for ill and disabled children.
Written for staff from any allied health discipline, the authors explore the potential spiritual needs and issues faced by sick children and young people. They provide evidence-based practice principles, and a range of activity-based interactions that empower the child or young person and expand discussion of meaning and identity. The book includes stories and multidisciplinary practice examples, as well as many ideas; practical activities; discussion of work with families, and also of the various tensions and issues that can emerge.
Based on evidence-based practice and research carried out by the Chaplaincy Team at Birmingham Children's Hospital, the book will be helpful and inspiring reading for chaplains, nurses, play and youth workers, therapists and anyone else involved in the care of sick children and young people.

Spiritual Care with Sick Children and Young People

Teen & Young Adult

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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