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Generous Space Ministries
- Oct 19, 2015
- 6 min
The Youth Group’s Closet: When a Youth Comes Out (part 2)
There are a number of reasons why a student might choose to come out to more than one person at a time. They might be concerned about gossip and hearsay, and telling everyone at once ensures no one hears about their sexual orientation through the rumour mill. They might be testing the waters, attempting to find out quickly whether or not your group will be a safe space for them to be honest about who they are. Regardless of their reasons, your response is likely the respon
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Generous Space Ministries
- Oct 13, 2015
- 7 min
The Youth Group’s Closet: When a Youth Comes Out (part 1)
In my introductory post, I reminded us that we all have LGBTQ+ youth in our midst whether we are aware of them specifically or not. Now we are beginning to look at how to prepare our ministries to approach and respond to particular situations that may arise, and since this past Saturday was National Coming Out Day, I think it’s most appropriate to begin with how we respond when students come out to us. This blog will specifically look at a scenario where a youth chooses you
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Generous Space Ministries
- Sep 30, 2015
- 5 min
The Youth Group’s Closet: An Introduction
For the past decade I have worked in youth ministry in the context of Baptist churches, though since Sept. 2014 I’ve moved to parachurch non-profit ministry. I now have an amazing job with New Direction that allows me to support and connect with LGBTQ+ youth from all over Canada (and some in other countries) who are wrestling with reconciling their Christian faith with what they know and are learning of their sexuality and gender. If you work with teens, you know that growi
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Generous Space Ministries
- Sep 24, 2014
- 5 min
Serving LGBTQ+ Youth
This past summer, my wife Beth and I packed everything we own into a uhaul van, loaded up an ipod with playlists and audiobooks, equipped the cab with a cooler full of snacks, and said goodbye to our friends and family in Vancouver before heading east across the country to start a new life in Toronto. Having never spent significant time in Toronto, and leaving an incredible community of friends and family on the west coast, this move was one of the hardest decisions either B
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