Aurora - 24 Sep, 2016. Relational, discipleship and spiritual formation

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1b Values of Youth Ministry

Relational, Discipleship and Spiritual Formation

Relationships are essential to youth work.

Walk with. Be with. Do with. WITH.

What boundaries are important to have in place in youth ministry?(What’s OK and what’s not OK)


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Zone of helpfulness


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Zone of helpfulness

under-involvement

over-involvement

By Sam Richards (Nash / Whitehead)

Biblical reflection: What does the Bible teach us about relationships?

The importance of accountability (team)

Young people need real ‘friends’ more than ever.


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John 15: 12-15My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.


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Experience:What have you learned from having boundaries in place (or not) in your youth ministry?

What good examples of appropriate ‘friendship’ do you have with young people?


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Experience:How relational is your youth group?

What could be achieved through better relationships in your youth work?


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The youth worker never gives up.The youth worker cares more for others than for self.The youth worker doesn’t want what he/she doesn’t have.The youth worker doesn’t strut,The youth worker doesn’t have a swelled head,The youth worker doesn’t force him or herself on others,The youth worker isn’t always “me first,”The youth worker doesn’t fly off the handle…

1 Corinthians 13: 3-7 (Adapted from The Message)


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Why is discipleship important?Relational isn’t enough.Jesus said “follow me”.

What does a 12 year old disciple look like?

How can you nurture discipleship?


Discipleship


DiscipleshipHow can young people access the Bible?

What can young people do to live out their faith?

Practice being aChristian in safeplaces… then go!


Spiritual formationSpiritual Development: Not just a Christian thing…

Inner life, existence and meaning.

Getting past religion, to spirituality

Dangers of dualism. Normal v Church!

Invest in spiritual formation - spending time reflecting on God’s love, presence and plans for us.


Spiritual formationI want to suggest that our role is to support young people in encountering, receiving and embracing the vision of the good life that Jesus talks about when he describes ‘life in all its fullness’(John 10:10).Jo Whitehead (Christian Youth Work in Theory

and Practice, p148)


Spiritual formationFrom children to young people.What are the changes that affect spirituality?

Imagination

Nurture culture, environmentsand patterns of living todevelop spiritual formation.


Spiritual formationSpiritual disciplines…

• Prayer• Reflection• Worship• Scripture reading• Fasting• Pilgrimage…


Spiritual formation

Set the stage for God to work…

Striped back encounters with God can be powerful.

Consider: no tech, no phones, no distractions… just intimate closeness with each other and God.

Aurora - 24 Sep, 2016. Relational, discipleship and spiritual formation

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