Youth Encounter Series

The Youth Encounter Series are regular training days helping Christians and Muslims learn about and reflect on youth work in a multi-faith context.

We will have a number of events during the year looking at different issues and topics. The events will vary, not only in their content, but in their style. There will be three distinct strands

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Training events aimed at youth workers. lively and practical.

Discipleship and Diversity

A training day for Christian Youth Workers wanting to help their young people live out their faith amongst their Muslim friends.
10th November 2010

Venue:The Youth Encounter Centre
Cost: £25 (£15 concessions) includes a light lunch
For more details download the Discipleship and Diversity booking form.

Cross Crescent and Cool:
A Training day looking at why and how Christians and Muslims should help build bridges between young people of the two faiths.
June 8th 11am - 2:30pm

This was the first event in the 'Develop' stream and was a practical day for youthworkers, volunteer youth leaders, faith leaders or those working in FE colleges or Universities.

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The training was led by Wahida Shaffi from the Christian Muslim Forum along with Dr Andrew Smith from Youth Encounter and also the Christian Muslim Forum.

You can download the handouts on Christian Reasons for Dialogue and Practical Solutions for your own use.

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Events aimed at faith leaders. Practical and thought provoking.

The first of these was on November 5th. The title of the course was

'When a Child Dies: Supporting Christian and Muslim Parents'.

The event was lead by:

Rev Paul Nash

Zamir Husain

Zamir Hussain

both from Birmingham Children's Hospital.

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Lectures geared for those wanting to do some academic thinking about the issues.

In 2010 Andrew was invited to deliver some lectures at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut which are available to download the First was aLecture on Tolerance and Witness and the second aLecture on The Ethical Guidelines for Witness