Blackburn Diocesan Board of Education: Recent Episodes

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Is prayer the centre of your youth ministry? How can we create a culture of prayer with a group of young people? These are the questions being asked and answered in the latest episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast. Joining Ben and Dave on the podcast is Josh Green, Youth Director of […]

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This recording is by Liz Agbettoh and Lisa Fenton titled, Promoting equity, diversity and justice in our churches and children’s programmes from the In Your Hands children’s ministry conference on the 25th February 2023. There is poor audio quality at the start of this recording but it does clear up. A video version of this talk is also […]

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This recording is by Susie McGibbon speaking about How churches can respond to issues of social justice that impact on the lives of children from the In Your Hands children’s ministry conference on the  25th February 2023. A video version of this talk is also available on our YouTube channel @TrainEquipInspire.

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This recording is by Lucy Moore titled How a successful partnership between church, school and home can encourage and nurture Christian faith in children from the In Your Hands children’s ministry conference on the 25th February 2023. A video version of this talk is also available on our YouTube channel @TrainEquipInspire.

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Sarah and Dave are back to read your letters! In series 3, we invited you, our amazing Bible Podleteers, to send in some letters – and you certainly did that. Listen along as we read out some of the letters you sent in to us. We would love to keep this going as well so […]

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In this episode, Sarah and Dave try to make sense of some tongue twisters and we hear about a letter that was sent to some Christians going through a very tough time, but…no-one knows who wrote it! You can read all about it from the Bible in Hebrews 12:1-3. For this series, we would love […]

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In this episode, we try to guess the meanings of some very old and funny sounding words and we learn about one of Paul’s helpers called Timothy, who was sent to a church that was having a tough time. You can read all about it from the Bible in 1 Timothy 4:12-16. For this series, […]

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Youth Work State of Mind Podcast is back with an episode looking at how to start youth ministry from scratch. In this episode, Ben and Dave are joined by Martin Saunders, the director of satellites and innovation at Youthscape, and Emma Gaze, northern England pioneer project developer at Limitless Elim. Ben, Dave, Emma and Martin […]

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In the episode, Sarah and Dave host a quiz with a twist and we learn about the church in Thessalonica and how it’s really good to ask lots of questions! You can read all about it from the Bible in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. For this series, we would love to read out some letters sent […]

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In this episode, we race against the clock in our game and we hear from Paul as he explains what the Armour of God is and what it can do to help us in our Christian journey. You can read all about it from the Bible in Ephesians 6:10-20. For this series, we would love […]

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Youth Work State of Mind Podcast is back with an episode looking at how to create a great team of youth leaders. In this episode, Ben and Dave are joined by Susie Mapledoram, the youth work officer for Manchester Diocese, and Graeme Bigg, youth lead for the children and youth team in Leeds Diocese. As […]

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In this episode, we have some fun with fruit and vegetables and we look at the letter Paul wrote to the church in Galatia where he helps them understand how to live a life pleasing to God. You can read all about it in Galatians 5:22-26. For this series, we would love to read out […]

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We’re back with another series of Bible Podlets! In this episode, Sarah and Dave play a describing game and we look at Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians where we learn about how God loves us and how we should love others. You can read all about it from the Bible in 1 Corinthians 13. […]

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We’re back for another series of Bible Podlets, and this time we’re exploring some of the letters in the New Testament of the Bible! Join Dave and Sarah as they introduce the new series with a new and exciting way to get involved with the podcast. We’d love to hear from you and because we’re […]

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This recording is by Dr Sam Johnson titled, Belonging is the key to times of change,  from the Step by Step children’s ministry conference on the 26th February 2022. For a video version of this talk, visit our YouTube channel, Train Equip Inspire or for more training and resources you can visit our website.

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This recording is by Rachel Gardner titled loving young people through change  from the Step by Step children’s ministry conference on the 26th February 2022. For a video version of this talk, visit our YouTube channel, Train Equip Inspire or for more training and resources you can visit our website.

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This recording is by Becky May titled if you want to change the world, start a toddler group from the Step by Step children’s ministry conference on the 26th February 2022. For a video version of this talk, visit our YouTube channel, Train Equip Inspire or for more training and resources you can visit our […]

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We’re back but not with an episode of Bible Podlets. Instead we want to introduce you to our latest podcast called Follow the Son which is for children aged 3-7. The podcast has 2 episodes each day, a morning episode which is lively and full of actions, and an evening episode which is reflective and […]

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We’re back but not with an episode of Bible Podlets. Instead we want to introduce you to our latest podcast called Follow the Son which is for children aged 3-7. The podcast has 2 episodes each day, a morning episode which is lively and full of actions, and an evening episode which is reflective and […]

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Last time we told you ‘Sunday Isn’t Everything’, well for the last episode in this series of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast, we’re looking at how to reach and engage young people during our main Sunday gatherings. How can churches use this time to best engage, inspire and encourage faith of all ages who […]

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We know it’s a shocking title – and that’s the point. This bonus episode is about the language we use of ‘personal relationship with Jesus’ and how it hasn’t been as helpful as we imagined it would be. This clips was taken from the recording of our episode called ‘Sunday Isn’t Everything’ with Bryony Baker […]

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We’re back with episode 7 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and you know what, Sunday Isn’t Everything! In this episode we’re looking at how to reach young people during the week. Why is week-long connection with God important for our young people and what do we and don’t we do well in […]

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We’re back with episode 6 of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast and we’re going to be looking at Worship. How can we help young people engage in worship? How can we let our young people explore different worship styles in a way that helps their faith? To answer these and many more questions, […]

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So you’ve done your outreach, what’s next? This is the question being discussed in this bonus episode of the Youth Work State of Mind Podcast. This conversation was taken from the recording of our Sports Ministry episode with Martin Bateman from Ambassadors Football, Joya Pal-George from Kick and Richard Witham from Scripture Union, and in […]