Journal Paper, Book Chapter, Practice Observation: Taught Theory

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Describe what you are recording about. Identify whether it was a journal paper, book chapter; practice observation; taught theory; lecture or other.

In this journal I am going to look at what youth work provision is and to also give the reader some insight into the experiences LGBT people have had with their church. The views come from people I have talked to during the course of my investigation; I have only used the participants Christian name and age and have stated if they are a youth worker for confidential purposes.
Understanding
What was the main message? What did I understand was being said by the author; lecturer; practitioner etc… What argument was used to support their position?

Youth provision should be available to any young …show more content…

Unfortunately talking to people from the LGB community many of them have not had a positive experience of faith-based youth work, both as young people and an employee. Because of the negative experiences there may be a misbelief that people who identify as LGB do have a religious faith. On the contrary the majority of people from the LGB community that I have spoken to while carrying out my investigation do have a religious …show more content…

As a gay catholic woman I feel like a second class citizen when it comes to how I feel about my church, that I am not as good as my heterosexual brothers and sisters. I have been in a relationship for 12 years and in a civil partnership for 5 years. I take my partnership as serious as any heterosexual couples would, but mine is not recognised by my church leaving me feel invisible and my love inferior to others. In my opinion "love is love."
I am hopeful that the church will change its doctrine on their views of homosexuality that churches will start to embrace everyone in their community and show that they are open to diversity and modern which will be more appealing to the younger members of the community and help to integrate young and old. Integration will also help to dispel the fears that people may have concerning not only different sexual orientations but general fears older people have on young people.

Conclusion
What questions were raised for me? Are there ways in which I can deepen my understanding? What will I do as a

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