Safe To Grow Policy

Finally got round to uploading the Safe To Grow Policy on to the church web site.

Whilst not very exciting, the policy explains our commitment to children and young people and gives us a benchmark against which our work can be judged. It is taken from guidelines issued by the Baptist Union, which are available here (or you can just go into the Youth Resource Room at church and flick through the big orange book in there).

My intention is to add extra notes to it over time, so that people can quickly view our progress in living up to the standards that we have set ourselves.

You can find our policy here.

Flocking

A Catholic youth group in America has come up with a brilliant fund-raising idea: Flocking.

For $25 you can nominate a friend to be 'flocked'. The youth group then sneaks out late at night and leaves a dozen pink flamingoes on their lawn for 24 hours. You can also take out anti-flocking insurance for $40.

The original news article is here.

A negative view of the idea is here.