Death Machines – For the last two weeks I have been meeting with a small group of 16-20 something in our home. The plan is to go through the beatitudes with this group…not because they are all Christians but because it is a great moment of seeing Jesus instruct the curious about God and life [...] Read more »
The three years I spent training with ICY-UK were exciting, challenging, intense, and full of adventure. ICY-UK gave me more than I bargained for. I gained not only insight and knowledge about the Bible and leadership skills, but I also gained genuine friendship and mentoring that affected my ministry to young people. ICY-UK has found a balance [...] Read more »
We want to keep people praying with us because we really believe that this ministry venue could be a powerful tool in helping move the vision forward. So here are a couple ways that you can pray: -Pray that the property would not sell to anyone else while we gather potential pledges. -Pray that God [...] Read more »
Our Thursday night youth group, called IGNITE has doubled in size the last few weeks. We have just successfully changed the time to make it last longer and have incorporated a meal together as part of it. The most exciting thing that has come out of this is that several of the young people that [...] Read more »
ICY-UK was clearly the direction God led me to with regard to youth work training. I cannot think of a more caring environment. Although study and training are very intentional with ICY-UK, the biggest impact is the amount of care from God’s perspective shown through the ICY-UK family. In their passion to serve God by training up youth leaders, [...] Read more »
ICY-UK focuses on the heart of youth ministry. They value catching hold of a passion for young people as well as teaching students how to have a healthy life-long ministry. At one conference, we followed the theme of “Work, Rest, Play” – all about learning how to balance life both as students now and also as [...] Read more »
My journey with ICY-UK over the past two and a half years has been full of many ups and downs. As I had never been away from home before, it was a big step to move to a new place. Perhaps it was not as big of a step as for those students who have come [...] Read more »
I have only been a Christian for four years and I have been involved with ICY-UK for two of those years. Therefore, ICY-UK has had a big part in shaping my growth as a Christian. ICY-UK is a non-denominational Christian organisation. This simple fact has been a blessing to me. I have rubbed shoulders with [...] Read more »
I am a third year student with ICY-UK. When the opportunity came up to join ICY-UK, I was excited since it was exactly the kind of organization I was looking to join. I had previously worked at my placement church for a year and was looking for a place where I could get more practical training as [...] Read more »
In September of 2007, I was at a cross roads in my life, deciding whether to back to work as a sales representative or to be bold and start a new career in youth work. I had spent two years working for a charity in Bolton using sport as a tool to spread the gospel and I knew that [...] Read more »
