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Did you just get back from Excite YCYH summer camp and want to download our theme song, Tools for Life? Then click here and don't forget to do the actions too!
Dan, Jenny, Graeme and Andy have all had a fantastic week with 61 children and 22 leaders at Whithaugh Park in Scotland. We built up a tool kit for life over the course of the week with the hard hat of faith, the hammer of prayer, the spanner of attitude, the spirit level of God's promises and finally the head torch - to share all we have learnt with others!
We also had a fantastic time mountain biking, raft-building, swimming, gorge-walking, playing games, eating lots of delicious food and singing some great songs!
If you would like to come on camp with us next year then click here for more information. |
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Thinktank (formerly Children’s Leaders Network) returns on Wednesday 8th September 2010 from 7-9.30pm.
Thinktank meets once a term for an informal event co-ordinated by YoYo. This event is open to anyone working with children, maybe in churches, after school clubs, out of school clubs or schools work.
At every event you receive a lovely home cooked meal, the chance to chat and share with other children's workers, as well as some informal training from YoYo staff and other experienced Children's workers.
This time we will be talking about what issues we face in children’s work and then will be exploring how to use creative prayer with children.
Please contact
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From the 14th June to 2nd July the YoYo team visited 26 schools with our It’s Your Move programme.
This year our whole school assembly was set in a travel agents with two employees; Miss Change and Miss Same! The apostle Paul visited the shop in between trips and shared the changes in his life, what God was doing and the message that God is with us wherever we go.
We also delivered a Year 6 workshop looking more closely at the move to secondary school, sharing tips and advice and talking about some of the changes this will involve. This was also an opportunity to introduce the secondary team and tell them about the clubs and work that YoYo does in York’s secondary schools.
This year, for the first time, we also offered It’s Your Move to infant schools, offering the assembly and a lesson for year 2.
We had a fantastic time and would like to thank all the volunteers who were involved in both the school visits and baking cakes for the teachers (they were very much appreciated!)
Please continue to pray for the children who will be moving to new schools in September; that they would settle in well and would remember the message that God is with them wherever they go! |
The YoYo team and over 20 volunteers will be visiting 6 of York's schools from the 12th-23rd July looking at the theme of 'identitiy'.
The first will see the team visiting All Saints, Canon Lee and Manor school to run lessons and lunch time activities. The second week will include Archbishop's, Joseph Rowntree and Millthorpe schools.
Please pray for the team for energy, enthusiasm and some great lessons! |
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Do you love acting? Can you spare 10 minutes during the day to become King Edwin, George Fox or John Wesley? If so then It’s Your City could be for you…
It's Your City is a heritage trail around York, discovering seven men and women of faith who have had an impact on York’s history. Three of the characters that appear are King Edwin, George Fox andJohn Wesley. We have some of the YoYo team playing these characters but it would be great to have some new faces too!
We are offering the programme to schools from the 13th-24th September 2010. Each character would be required in York city centre for 10mins (costume provided!).
If this is something you think you would like to be involved in, please contact
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On Saturday 3rd July most of the YoYo team (Jenny and Andy had prior commitments) visited all of the primary and secondary schools that fall within York’s outer ring road. The team split in two for the occasion, with one half taking on the north side of York and the other half taking on the south side. We visited 56 schools, saying a quick prayer and taking a photo (for proof!) as we went round, and by the end of the day had covered a total of 38 miles (plus a bit for minor detours).
Our JustGiving page is still up, so if you want to add to the money raised (currently approaching £2,000!) then click here.
A massive THANK YOU to everyone who has given us money; although the walk was fun, by the end of the day our feet were very tired and the thought of how much we were raising helped keep us going!
The photos can be found on our ‘Friends of YoYo’ Facebook page. |
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The YoYo team will be travelling around 26 of York's primary schools over the next 3 weeks with It's Your Move - a programme designed to help Year 6s with the move to secondary school. We will be teaching a 1 hour lesson with the Year 6s covering topics such as bullying, homework, making new friends and scary teachers! We aim to encourage and equip them for a move, which for many, will be very intimidating. Please pray that the message that God is with them will be remembered and give them confidence as they make the move to Secondary school.
We will also be doing a whole school assembly on the theme of 'change' by telling the story of the apostle Paul and the 'It's Your Move Travel Agents'. Please pray for the team, volunteers, and the schools over the next 3 weeks (see below for schools). We are also hoping to bless the teachers by taking cake and a Bible verse into every staff room we visit. If you would like to bake for your local school you can sign up here by putting your name and which school you would like to bake for. Thank you!
14/6 Poppleton Ousebank
14/6 Skelton
15/6 Westfield
15/6 St Oswald’s
16/6 St Barnabas
17/6 St Lawrences
17/6 St Mary’s
21/6 Poppy Road
21/6 Our Lady’s
21/6 Hob Moor
22/6 Carr Junior
22/6 Yearsley Grove
23/6 Carr Infant
23/6 Dunnington
24/6 Derwent
24/6 Clifton Green
25/6 Copmanthorpe
28/6 Tang Hall
28/6 Clifton w Rawcliffe
28/6 Naburn
29/6 Archbishops
29/6 Badger Hill
20/6 New Earswick
1/7 St Oswalds
2/7 Heworth
2/7 Elvington |
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From the 3rd-14th May we will have several primary schools visiting us for our It's Your City programme.
It’s Your City developed in association with the York Christian Heritage Walk. This is a tour around York which teaches about 15 men and women, who at various points in history were instrumental under God in establishing Christianity in York and the Northern Kingdom. We took 7 of these men and women of faith and created a children’s version of the walk, starting and finishing with activities in St Cuthbert’s.
It is great fun to run, and the children really engage with it too. With actors playing the parts of King Edwin, George Fox and John Wesley, the walk is full of surprises! If you are interested in playing one of these roles in the future, please contact
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Each year we set aside a week to pray for the work of YoYo, and this year our Week of Prayer will take place on 24th-28th May. It is a time for us to pause and take some time to look at what God has accomplished in and through us and our work, to thank Him for His faithfulness, and to seek His guidance, provision and blessing for all we do in His name in the future. There will be lots of opportunities for you to join us as we pray for schools in York and for the many Christians who work and study in them. Download our Week of Prayer leaflet from the resources section for more information. |
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