An essential aspect of a YCW Group meeting is the “Review of Life”. This activity allows the young leaders to talk about one thing which has happened recently - a situation, a conversation, a meeting, an event, a challenge in their daily life that involved them or someone they know, made them think a little, feel bad or good, ask questions, get angry, or want help.
Through this, the young leaders can then explore in more detail the most urgent or relevant.
An alternative option for Groups to follow is pick a topic through which to steer the “Review of Life”. Following discussions with those Groups who have started to meet again, the need to explore aspects of life during lockdown and living with the coronavirus will be essential.
Therefore, the YCW National Team have produced some targeted resources that Groups can use to kick start their reviews. These topics include:
Mental Health
Community Work
Education
Key Workers
The Environment
The resources will be available for free on the YCW website (click here to access) and can be used by Groups over a series of weeks/months.
Marc Besford, National Training and Development Worker, said: “We are living in unprecedented times and young people and workers will be massively affected by this. Education has been interrupted, jobs lost or at risk, opportunities harder to find and other challenges that will impact on their future still needing focus. We hope these resources will help our young leaders grapple with some of these and respond with authentic Christian action.”
