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 »
The mission of the church (ecclesiastical) is not to save the church (institutional). Youth ministry is not about making future church members who can save present church institutions from closing. Rather the aim needs to be refocused in terms of a Kingdom of God model. The young person can now be a member of [...] Read more »
We just wanted to share that this past week the ICY-UK leadership team gathered together for 24 hours in Bicester. It was really exciting to see how God is building a real strength into the team. At about 10 pm this past Tuesday, we were reminded again that the following vision statement is something that still intensely [...] Read more »
