Generation † Canadian Anglican Youth
Generation has been the voice of Canadian Anglican Youth Ministry since June 2006. Now, as a part of the Community, we’re continuing to explore the changing face of youth ministry across the country.
Experiencing God through Bon Iver
By Christian Harvey Last night my wife and I attended a mind blowing concert by the Wisconsin band Bon Iver. Bon Iver’s self titled second album was released earlier this year, and in my opinion is by far the best … Continue reading
Little Drummer Boy
Check out this video of 16-year old Sean Quigley’s remake of the classic “Little Drummer Boy.” Sean, who drums at his church in Winnipeg, takes Christmas to the streets (and youtube!) offering a rock’n’roll version, with just a drum. Oh. … Continue reading
Ribbons and Reflections
As I mused over what to write for this blog, I was surprised by the many Facebook notes about campaigns that have been highlighted over the last weeks amid all the Christmas media. There have been some pretty heavy days … Continue reading
Campus Ministry in Canada
Our new Youth Initiatives staff person, Andrew Stephens-Rennie will be posting articles and ideas about Campus MInistry in Canada. We are also hoping to develop a contact list for you here, so that when you move away to a new … Continue reading
Welcome to Laura’s Blog
Laura, one of our staff members, is a professional counsellor, a parish youth leader, a parent of teens, an Anglican, a clergy kid and a member of a rural congregation. She will be blogging about ideas, issues and things that … Continue reading
The Woman at the Well – Spoken Word
Awesome video. We saw it at one of the liturgies at Common Ground (National Youth Ministry Forum) in June 2011.
Kitschmas is coming
We will rock you They couldn’t find the LIttle Drummer Boy, so they sent the Big Bagpipe Man instead Unlikely places to have a baby – In a cob of corn… … Continue reading
What Child is THIS? The return of the tacky nativities
This feature first appeared during Advent on ‘generation’ in 2006, and we have featured a few extraordinary nativities in past years (such as, manger scene made out of butter, cupcake creche, and the truly remarkable bacon, sausage and sauerkraut nativity). … Continue reading
Hallelujah from the North
There have been a lot of videos very similar to this done by static choirs with signs. This one is fantastic, because it uses scenes from around the community of Quinhagak, Alaska where it was filmed, and probably a significant … Continue reading
How to get young people in church
From “the owls & the angels” blog, by Tamie Fields Harkins (Arizona). …When I was an Episcopal chaplain–for four years–all the time people in the church would ask me, “Why don’t young people come to church?” or “How do we … Continue reading
