"I believe all leaders should spend part of their training playing on merry-go-rounds and building sandcastles".
Done that just lately played on the sand and walked for miles along the beach.
Could not see anything because it was too misty, still walked in the dark.
That was me being funny?

love

love has no sell by date
love has no best B4 period
love never goes outa the charts
love in need of love today.

armed forces day

Saturday in scarboro was like other places Armed forces thank you day.
some interesting debate!

why are peace keepers always so scruffy and dirty?
perhaps a piece of soap should be a joining gift.

only saying how l see it!

but again the mist was in and the low rain so it was not like it should be.

l really hate this weather when you cant plan anything

what heatwave

beautiful Thank you God for your creation.

there is supposed to be according to my friend Sorrinell a heatwave in the country at present
we are not so lucky it has been misty here for 4 days

l had day with friends at Scarboro but gave up after full day of mist and rain

"Michael Jackson was a brilliant troubadour for his generation, a genius whose music reflected the passion and creativity of an era. His artistry and magnetism changed the music landscape forever. We have been profoundly affected by his originality, creativity and amazing body of work. The entire Sony family extends our deepest condolences to his family and to the millions of fans around the world who loved him."

Micheal was only 50
he didn`t want to die
now hes gone to make dance moves
in that disco heaven in the sky

love has no sell by date
love has no best B4 period
love never goes outa the charts
love in need of love today.

yes he does

kings of Leon on the song cold desert wrote the following

Jesus don't love me
no one ever carried my load.

these words have not come across quite the way it was meant.
The writer had been feeling down after experimenting with cocaine
as a believer he is trying to get across the tension between having faith and coping with life's desert days.
Well guess what we all get desert days.
We have to journey....God needs to be recognised now in this day.

When Kevin Waller first became a christian l felt this sense in my life.
Whatever has happened its never gone away even when,
l `m on the corner waiting for the light to come on

noodles swings and cannons

a 10p packet of noodles can bring so much gratitude from a group of badminton guys.
they say that young boys are failing in the system l wonder how much underemployment and schemes for cheap labour effect expectations

playing on the swing sometimes play be it in the park on the coast or even in the gym can be great way of breaking down barriers

history Chris one of our young people is very good with sharing knowledge about history and we have shared experiances in york Whitby and on seafront this is the group sat on a cannon from 1875 captured from a Russian ship of the east coast

corner kids v stoop veiw kids

corner kid is one who can argue back and create own boundaries,
does not respect/recognise the rules.
will answer back tend to be sometimes angry, mouthy, aggressive,struggle to understand pain and own development.
step/stoop kids can be respectful of boundaries, can discuss own views
understand others ideas concepts and agree to rules.
Sometimes young people can be both
sometimes can be neither.
These generalisations can inform us better
just a thought l am sharing

emotional

feelings so hard to understand
sometimes l can feel my blood starting to boil
what can start just a chat and then values judgements all feelings take over and can hear my own voice gets raised
other times want to try and just get away quickly
...later on like now reflect and it does`t appear to have been that important..
as l have got older struggle with My emotional literacy...l recognise better at not getting so flustered .. but not sure that a good thing..so new tension
l am sure l still care as much
l am sure better at not showing it.?
but is that good or worse...

we decided the rain wouldn`t be allowed to keep us indoors and it been a lot of fun.
the route we took with the youth was up hill thru meadow and across beeches.
l don`t feel the young get as much excerise as l did but they creat great sense of community when they work together and complete as team.

FIVE THINGS TO SHARE

                         5 5 5 5 5   things to share,      5 5 5 5 5

1. Had to get another car I now drive a Renault Clio (v reg)
2. Cats had kittens
3. Love reading the lyrics to songs and wonder how the empathy is shared
4. Summer programme is taking a lot of planning
5. It all worthwhile got some funding promised

what we learn`t friday

been doing some residential training and exploring team work and building confidence
1;we learn`t that the weakest link is the one to set the pace that way any extra energy can be spent setting up camp and preparing meals.
2; Head count when start off, then keep together and finish the route as one team.
3; appoint a leader to make decisions and others must respect this role,only change if need when finish task.
Apply to life.
all learn`t on our fitness for life programme.

rain and the cold

it was wet and cold but we`d booked to be out and on the coast with our youth group.
well it was up to them ?
in the wind and the rain we walked climbed got wet returned ate chips
and were home even though the sun did not shine or show.
life is sometimes like this
we wanted it to be different
...but it was just wet and cold....

Shine on you crazy

l was listening to echos by pink floyd and especially the words to the song shine on you crazy Diamond

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
You were caught on the cross fire of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger,
you legend, you martyr, and shine!.......
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light.
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.......
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter,
you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

as well as hope it sings to me off lost potential and drug misuse.
you know what they can mean so many different things
Lrics are just worth being here to reflect upon.. a kinda modern Psalm.
next time l play a gig may find some place to have this on the playlist
the only other Pink Floyd song l have played at a gig is Money.
l can recall in the mid 70`s that being used in a service at Cott rd church?

wrecked

this wreck at a place called Saltburn nab
we are heading here in few weeks time and gonna swim around it
when the tide is low and the sun is high
especially high June best time to visit and witness
Love it love it loads

Best way to Practice youthwork

The trouble with the young these days is that l am no longer young.

Well so l read this day, Sadly its often true.
l can remember when l was young, unknown to myself, so many of the adults around us allowed us to be...to just be... young or foolish, or a bit mad, often we were allowed to be... Talking at house group...Organising a disco, (where l first Deejayed)..Going on trips being driven there and allowed to be free...On organised camps....Walk around old abbey.
Adults in the background allowing us young ones to just be.....

church based?

People ask myself what other youth programmes do we run?
listening post a chance to offer a space to chat and share,
visits, days away, youth church, cage, event for ravers, soul and R`n`B nites,
badminton, Boxing, street presence ....
the individual counts.
the programmes are a chance to enforce that principle.
Is it Church?
l feel it has to be kinda,expressed in new, fresh, and challenging way.

a group of our young people JScottJ Pat Jordan doing simply their own thing in Church hall Friday
sorting out the technical stuff Bourgie and Pat

On the mic its MC Jammie
letting young people do own thing can be difficult and you get some tensions from those who feel we need to control young people
this example is challenging because we older adults have little knowledge /understanding of their scene
here our role is pure facilitation