Yesterday’s ‘live Reverb thought’ began with me sharing some of my collection of stuffed monkeys. One of them in particular, Damien, was given to me by my youth worker (also called Damien!) back when I was a teenager. It was about then as a young person that I realised I really wanted to go into […]
Today begins National Volunteer Week 2020. This is a perfect time to call out our awesome volunteers! For the 2019 Annual General Meeting, we worked out that we work with around 5000 young people a year. Between 40 and 50 young people were spending at least an hour a week with us, some young people […]
Earlier this week I was cleaning up my old computer files and I found the plan for my first ever Recess lunchtime club. It was the 5th of May 2011, just three days after starting work for Youth for Christ. The plan included some hang out time with doughnuts, a game, and a set of […]
Usually at this time on a Monday morning the trustee board of Llandudno Youth for Christ meet at the office to pray. For thirty minutes, we begin each week by handing it over to God. That’s amazing right? Do you know when else we pray? Every Wednesday as an office team, every Thursday before and […]
All youth workers have a quirk, something that they’re known for everywhere they go. For me it’s ‘Summer Christmas Karaoke’. Throughout most of my years as a youth worker, I have run a Christmas party at the end of the summer holidays. This party includes all of the trimmings; tree, tinsel, mince pies, fairy lights, […]
Hi folks – Tim here. 9 years and 18 days ago, my wife Katie and I left South London and moved here to Llandudno. 9 years and 12 days ago I started working for Youth for Christ. What. A. Journey. 9 years. That’s 27 Christmas Parties, 360 Redefines, 360 Recesses, 540 Reverbs, 600+ one-to-ones, over […]
Hi folks – Tim here again. So yesterday I ended up in hospital for what turned out to be a badly sprained ankle. How did I do this? By trying to catch myself on camera ‘kickflipping’ a skateboard for our new YouTube channel. It didn’t work. (You can watch the video here). This made me […]
It’s an odd time for us all right now isn’t it? As a youth worker my time is usually spent going places, whether that’s going to schools to give assemblies, or coffeeshops for Bible studies, or just out to run our weekly projects. There’s not so much ‘going’ at the moment though. So, what does […]
What are we doing? If there’s one thing Youth for Christ are known for all over the world, it’s innovation. With the lockdown in full effect over the past month, Youth for Christ in Llandudno didn’t put on the breaks, instead we just changed lanes. We moved all of our physical projects into a digital […]
It feels strange to have gone through Easter this year without singing and celebrating together the way we usually would. Human presence and community are such essential parts of our experience as Christians. Lockdown aside, we really wanted our young people to hear about the true meaning of Easter from real people who know and […]