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Yep, ch-ch-ch-ch-changes are afoot!
What We’ve Done
Since we launched the Youth Workin’ It blog in September 2011, we’ve
- Posted 6 days a week, every single week – more than 550 posts
- Written about 20 guest posts for other blogs
- Published two books
- Launched another site
- Added an extra member to our household
- Both worked full time jobs
- Shae’s also been running 3 Girl Scout troops totaling approx. 60 girls each week
As you might have guessed, this means our lives are pretty hectic. We’ve also just closed on a house and are moving next month once it’s been done up (thankfully we’re not having to do the work ourselves!)
We’re therefore introducing a few changes to the Youth Workin’ It blog from next week. Don’t worry – we’re still going to be posting, just with a little less frequency. Instead of posting every day from Monday – Saturday, we’ll be posting Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Out With The Old…
This therefore means some of the topics we write about are changing and we’re also introducing a new one to add a bit of variety to the content here. For the last 6 months or so, the week’s been set out like this:
- Monday: Activities day – usually games, but sometimes fundraisers
- Tuesday: Q & As – where we answer your questions relating to youth work and youth ministry
- Wednesday: Types of youth work – interviews with different youth workers around the world where we explore their niche
- Thursday: Session plans – these give ideas and activities on specific topics that can see you through longer youth work sessions
- Friday: Mix of things – sometimes book reviews, sometimes opinion-y stuff, youth worker stuff, etc
- Saturday: Blog posts of the week – a list of interesting reads relating to youth, youth work and youth ministry
…And In With The New
Here’s what the new schedule will be for now:
- Monday: Activities day still – so we’ll be continuing with the games and fundraising ideas
- Wednesday: Would You Rather questions – this is a new series that will give question ideas each week for the youth work classic Would You Rather. Each week’s questions will have their own theme to help you explore a different topic with your young people
- Friday: Mix of stuff – we’ll bring you a variety of different things on Fridays. Q & As, opinion pieces, session plan ideas, book reviews and more
- Saturday: Blog pots of the week – this’ll be staying the same too
Why We’re Doing This
These changes will mean we continue bringing you fresh ideas, while also helping make sure we take our own advice and don’t get youth worker burnout!
This schedule will change again at some point in the future – at the very least, we’ll be bringing back the series exploring different types of youth work. We’d therefore still love to hear from you if you’re interested in being interviewed to share about the type of youth work you do – if so, please get in touch.
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