Inspire 2018

Youth Groups/Teens
“I think it is very visually appealing and that makes you want to keep watching also I love how the
stories that I’ve heard so many times can be applied to my life as a teen in Ireland”
"NUA is an interesting fresh new way to learn about God in this day and age, it's relevant for
teens and super encouraging. The questions we discussed really made me think, and helped me
explore the Bible and more about my faith. I would recommend it to every teen out there, christian
or not.”
"I love NUA, I feel it really breaks down the Bible to make it easy for us to take in and use it in our
day to day lives. It changed my view on a few things for good which I liked. I've grown up in a
christian family but it still helped me so much. NUA is really good, thank you.”
“NUA is an excellent resource for Youth Groups, I love that it's Irish and up to date. I have loved
using it with one of our youth groups called ‘IMPACT’ and the teens seem to respond really well
to it. I'd highly recommend it.” - Hazel, Youth Worker
Assistant Pastor Jonny from Swords shares how NUA has impacted their
youth ministry…
We started running the NUA series with our teen group a couple of months ago and have found
it to be really excellent. Since we started using it the numbers of teens coming has grown to the
point where we have 40 young people every week from all sorts of backgrounds – from our
Church family, from the local housing estates and even some who are friends of friends living
miles away and have heard through the grape-vine that we are doing it. I think the fact that there
is an Irish accent delivering such high quality content is very appealing and also the sensitive
way that difficult topics are addressed and questions posed for us to consider as small groups
is brilliant. The teens even asked for an extra day to do a review of it. Please can we have more
similar courses!!!
Paxton, our very own Scripture Union Intern shares her
experience of using NUA on retreats in Ovoca Manor…
Running NUA at Ovoca Manor retreats is a unique experience. Every
school and student are different in their life experiences and spiritual
backgrounds. Typically, throughout the retreat two to three episodes
are shown. The students are split into small groups, which stay
consistent with leaders and students. The leaders also run outdoor activities throughout the day
providing consistency to help build relationship with the students during the short amount of
time. NUA asks and answers many of the questions that young people are curious about. Having
a safe neutral space to talk about these questions is valuable.
It is rewarding to hear what each young person is wrestling with at the beginning, through the
content of each episode and the discussion during the small groups and see how they have
been challenged by the end of the episode.
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