Books
- Real Work
- The Invisible Table
- One Faith, Two Peoples
- The Sacred Life of Us
- Catalyst for Change or Empty Exchange
Real Work
In 2003 the National Youth Workers Network with the support of the Department of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Youth Development and JR Mckenzie Trust, commissioned a two year study on the state of the youth work sector in New Zealand.
This Publication is the summary of that research project and includes information gathered from more that 1,000 dedicated volunteers and paid professionals working with young people across the country.
This document, supplementary report and information about the National Youth Workers Network and affiliated networks around the country are available online at: www.youthworkers.net.nz or you can email John Harrington
The Invisible Table
Lloyd Martin has given us the first youthwork methods text that focuses on a methodology grown out of the Aotearoa NZ experience. It is a text that is long overdue. Youthworkers and youthwork trainers and educators will appreciate the knowledge and information that Lloyd shares in the book.
Teorongonui Josie Keelan, Lecturer in Youth Studies, Auckland University of Technology.
The Invisible Table is a must-read, excellent resource with practical examples and useful tools for youthworkers, it is written from a New Zealand perspective and based on a youth development model, which is promoted through the Ministry of Youth Affairs. It includes a useful strategy for assessing risk and resiliency factors for a young person. Easy reading, it is a great training resource.
John Harrington, Co-ordinator, Canterbury Youth Workers' Collective
The Invisible Table weaves theory and practical insights into social inequality and working with youth into what will become a valuable resource for anyone who works alongside young people in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Lloyd's work among youth is known and respected in the Porirua community, and this book has grown out of that experience.
Gregory Fortuin, former Race Relations Conciliator and Chairman of The Youth Suicide Awareness Trust
Cost: $40.00 plus postage: Purchase now
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One Faith, Two Peoples
No stranger to the urban Maori family or to the struggle of crossing the cultural barrier, Lloyd Martin has taken the risk of exposing the prejudice, ignorance and insensitivity which have often gone hand in hand with the preaching and teaching of the Gospel among Maori people. This book is a must for both Pakeha and Maori Christians who still believe that New Zealand is a mission field and that God has not given up on Maoridom.
Sam Chapman, Director of Houhanga Rongo.
For me as a Pakeha this is an enormously helpful boo, forcing me to face the whole complex of issues which the church in Aotearoa keeps shirking. Read this book, and join Lloyd on the pilgrimage to a deeper and truer fellowship between Maori and Pakeha believers. He is an excellent guide.
Dr Peter Lineham, Associate Professor, School of Social and Cultural Studies, Massey University (Albany).
I am really impressed with this work. Lloyd Martin gives both diagnosis and practical prescription for harmony in the life of a Christian body - particularly for a greater European response to Maori members.
John Douglas, past General Superintendent of the Apostolic Church in New Zealand.
This book should be read by every Pakeha Christian in New Zealand.... Allow it to sensitise you to how another culture feels and thinks. Then, within your Christian community, take up the challenge to model genuine partnership, reconcilliation and oneness in Christ.
Brian Hathaway, former Principal of the Bible College of New Zealand.
Cost: $22.00 plus postage : Purchase now
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The Sacred Life of Us
The Sacred Life of Us touches on a wide range of issues that a young person faces while seeking to live a spiritual life. In a personal, straightforward and easy-to-understand way the author deals with such things as how to develop a relationship with God, how to pray, how to read the Bible, showing care and concern for people in need, issues relating to sex, what to do with your life, and being involved in the life of the church.
Phil Daughtry is co-ordinator of Youth Development courses and supervising lecturer in Youth Ministry training subjects at Tabor College, Adelaide, South Australia.
Cost: $18.00 plus postage: Purchase now
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Catalyst for Change or Empty Exchange
Evaluating the impact of short term home-stays in Manila squatter
communities on participating New Zealanders
Murray Shearer, 2005, 142 pages (plus references and appendices)
Massey University Development Studies student Murray Shearer has recently completed a masters thesis evaluating a series of short-term teams that have gone across to Manila in the last 15 years. The study specifically examines a scheme called Discovery Teams, offered by the christian agency Servants to Asia's Urban Poor. As such, it explores the experiences of twenty-two New Zealanders who have spent between one and four weeks staying as guests in the home of Filipino squatter families, and evaluates the various ways this experience has generated ongoing changes in their lives. The study also lists a number of implications for similar programmes and offers recommendations for improving the opportunity and sustaining positive change in participants' lives.
Key Findings
The research concludes that participating in a discovery team has acted as a catalyst for change in most team members' lives. This is especially true for those who have already begun to ask questions about poverty and suffering - and their own response to these issues - before their trip to Manila. Most team members fit this description, thanks to a thorough program of personal and team preparation. The study also reveals that participating in a
discovery team during a time of personal transition - such as a change in employment or marital status - increases the probability of team members implementing changes on return to their home country.
Being immersed in an urban poor community, building relationships with local people, and reflecting regularly on these experiences all contribute to team members gaining a deeper understanding of the many ways that poverty impacts the lives of real people. Those who come to understand that there are connections between their own abundance and the poverty of others are very
likely to develop a deeper sense of personal responsibility toward the poor. They are consequently more likely to continue responding to poverty through different aspects of their lifestyle, vocation and the practice of their faith. However, for most this requires some level of resolve to grow inpersonal maturity - particularly their ability to look beyond themselves - and a willingness to allow their christian faith to adapt to a more complex understanding of reality. Responsible leadership, exercised by mature team leaders, also positively influences each of these outcomes in team members' lives.
To order a copy, please contact the author: murray.shearer.
Prices
Individual: $30 / NGO: $45 / Government agency or academic institution: $60
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