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		<title>Archbishops Council: Education Division Restructuring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Archbishops Council of the Church of England has proposed to restructure its education division by loosing both the childrens and youth advisors positions, to be replaced by a &#8220;Going for Growth&#8221; officer.  A change.org petition has been started on &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/archbishops-council-education-division-restructuring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=274&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Renaissance</title>
		<link>http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/renaissance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikecapener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just to say that I am aware that I have been offline for a while, however in that time th blog has been through something of a renaissance. The biggest changes are obviously around the look of the site, however &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/renaissance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=268&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All Age Worship?</title>
		<link>http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/all-age-worship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikecapener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the recent Portsmouth Diocesan Conference I was blessed once again to hear Graeme Codrington who talked about the subject of his masters thesis on multigenerational ministry in the context of church.  But what does it mean for the term &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/all-age-worship/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=173&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Relational Youth Ministry</title>
		<link>http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/relational-youth-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikecapener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post I looked at a missional model of youth ministry that is counter to todays &#8220;fast&#8221; culture.  A model that does away with the large event and mission by flyer, ushering in a relational model that brings &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/relational-youth-ministry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=201&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Missional Youth Ministry</title>
		<link>http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/missional-youth-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikecapener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having been challenged by Mark Russell at the recent Portsmouth Diocesan Conference, I&#8217;ve got to thinking about our ministry balance of upward (worship), inward (church) and outward (mission). But its not just about the balance of how do church, I &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/missional-youth-ministry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=179&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Conversations on the Fringe: Screenworld vs Realworld</title>
		<link>http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/conversations-on-the-fringe-screenworld-vs-realworld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikecapener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Conversations on the Fringe&#8221; have reflected on Elias Aboujaoude&#8217;s book &#8220;Virtually You&#8221; looking at how our online personalities inform and shape the relationships we have in the real world. My reflections on the subject (particularly in relation to young people &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/conversations-on-the-fringe-screenworld-vs-realworld/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=155&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking Youth Ministry: 13 Things You Should Never Do In Youth Ministry</title>
		<link>http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/rethinking-youth-ministry-13-things-you-should-never-do-in-youth-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikecapener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The guys over at rethinkingyouthministry.com think that we bloggers spend loads of our time telling people what to do, we completely forget to tell them what not to do.  So to readdress the balance, here is an entry from their &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/rethinking-youth-ministry-13-things-you-should-never-do-in-youth-ministry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=149&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Working in partnership</title>
		<link>http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/working-in-partnership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikecapener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the advent of David Cameron&#8217;s &#8220;Big Society&#8221; and the subsequent whole scale cuts in satutory youth and community budgets throughout the UK, local councils are looking to partner with the voluntary sector in order to continue to provide viable &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/working-in-partnership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=119&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rugby Church 2: Worship</title>
		<link>http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/rugby-church-2-worship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikecapener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Church worship (of any denomination or tradition) is one of the the areas of church life that I am prone to comment on more than most.  But lets face it, we have all come out of worship at some point &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/rugby-church-2-worship/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=86&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rugby Church 1: Relationships</title>
		<link>http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/rugby-church-1-relationships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mikecapener</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t get to go very often but one of the things I love to do most is go and support my beloved Gloucester Rugby at a home game at Kingsholm. I love watching the match from “The Shed”, a &#8230; <a href="http://talkingyouth.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/rugby-church-1-relationships/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=talkingyouth.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6056832&amp;post=79&amp;subd=talkingyouth&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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