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All Are Called: Young Adults Presented by Carla Long

All Are Called: Young Adults Presented by Carla Long. Powerpoint by Erica Blevins Nye Young Adult Disciple Formation Specialist. The Goal: DISCIPLESHIP. Sharing in Discipleship Sharing in Kingdom building Jesus’ Example “Relevance” - Does this community: Connect personally

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All Are Called: Young Adults Presented by Carla Long

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  1. All Are Called:Young AdultsPresented by Carla Long Powerpoint by Erica Blevins Nye Young Adult Disciple Formation Specialist

  2. The Goal: DISCIPLESHIP • Sharing in Discipleship • Sharing in Kingdom building • Jesus’ Example • “Relevance” - Does this community: • Connect personally • Connect with mission • Connect with Christ

  3. THREE PARTS • Who are Young Adults? • Connecting personally with Young Adults • Helping them connect with God

  4. WHO ARE YAs? • Who are young adults? • Where are they? • Our barriers

  5. Young Adult Lifestyle • More mobile • Less “free time” • Suspect of religion and authority • Less willing to be “brand loyal” • Highly connected • Aware of quality / competence • Information saturated

  6. Postmodernism • Move from order to chaos • Move from one truth to many truths • Move from local to global • Move from religion to spirituality

  7. Changes in Faith Ideas “Us” “Me” “We” “Many” Auditory Visual Multi-sensory Interactive Hierarchical Enlightened Post-Modern Global Organ Piano Guitar/Keyboard Band Preach Testify Share/Drama Share/Video BUILDERS BOOMERS BUSTERS MILLENIALS Modern Era Postmodern Era

  8. ENGAGING YOUNG ADULTS • Young Adults need: • Worship • Personal Relationship • Opportunity to Serve • To Express Values • Personal Support

  9. RELATIONSHIP: Connecting Personally

  10. Meeting Young Adults • Where to meet young adults • Pray about it first • Getting To Know Them • Ask, Ask, Ask! • Listen, Listen, Listen! • Their priorities and interests • Their family • Their latest news and concerns

  11. Mentoring • What are mentors? • Sense a calling; make a commitment • Congregational Ministers • Relational Ministers • Benefits and Intentions • What mentors can do • Genuine relationship

  12. Caring For YAs:The Basics • Welcoming • Start relationships • One or two is okay • No agendas. No judging. No guilt. • Be Consistent • Prayer: Every Day

  13. Get Involved with Young Adults • Different Groups. Different Needs. • College Students • Singles • Young Marrieds or New To Area • Young Families • What are your strengths?

  14. College Students • Send Notes • Food • Laundry • Transportation • Gift certificates • Community and Job Connections • Don’t forget students away at school

  15. Singles and Young Professionals • Call or email to say hello • Invite out to coffee or lunch • Gift Baskets • Send little gifts for birthdays and holidays • Invite to your home for meals • Invite for holidays • Don’t try matchmaking

  16. Young Marrieds / New to Area • House warming • A local map marked with hot spots • Offer help with home • Community and Job Connections

  17. Young Families • Gift Baskets • Offer babysitting • Attend kids’ activities

  18. More Tips and Ideas • At Church • Be an advocate • Stand up for their interests at church • Support their events and activities • Listen for home or financial needs • Welcoming visiting YAs

  19. More Tips and Ideas • Home Visiting • Know the YA well • Do they know why? • Take someone else • Take a gift • Monitor your time

  20. More Tips and Ideas • Pray with them …if they’re comfortable • Give a Gift Basket or Jar! • Most Important: Pray every day • Share your faith.

  21. What can I expect? • You are the initiator • Ethical Expectations • Ongoing relationship • Conversion and leadership? • If they ask “Why?” • They WILL appreciate it!

  22. Gathering Model • “Starting A Young Adult Group” • Kelly Phipps • Carla’s Story • Can buy resources on church’s website

  23. CONNECTING: With God

  24. Naming that Connection • Charmaine Chvala-Smith’s interrogation • Carla’s story

  25. WORSHIP • Worship as mission • What YAs are looking for • Styles of worship

  26. The Traditional Worship Space Stained Glass Raised Rostrum Organ Pulpit Fixed Pews Pamphlets Narthex

  27. The Contemporary Worship Space Video Projection Band Area Pulpit Raised Rostrum Moveable seating AV/Room Control Greeting Station Lobby

  28. Video Projection of stained glass Non-raised Band Area Speaking Area Tables & Chairs Room Control Prayer Area Coffee Bar Greeting Station Lobby Emergent Worship Space

  29. Emergent Church Model • Interactive • Experiential • Sensory • Casual / Informal • Incorporates traditional spiritual disciplines • Message is conversational and educational • Active in community • Centered on congregational strengths / gifts • Simplicity

  30. SHARING:CONGREGATIONAL MISSION • Know the YA personally • Include in discernment • Ask, then ask again • Make expectations clear • Get out of the way • Take With • Be an advocate • Priesthood • Patience and Persistence

  31. What can I do? • What young adults do you know? • Prayer and Discernment

  32. Questions • What are your YA “success stories”? • Why were those experiences/formats meaningful for your community at that time? • When did someone “name the connection” for you?

  33. Questions • What about your congregation – would these ideas stretch them? • How is your congregation making a focused effort with YAs?

  34. Questions • What’s your biggest hurdle to worship and other congregational life with YAs? • What is one thing that you will tell another person about what you’ve learned today?

  35. Your Questions and Comments • What are some questions that you have that we can help answer as a group? • What has struck you about this presentation?

  36. Resources for YA Ministry • www.cofchrist.org/Emergence

  37. Resources for YA Ministry • Erica Blevins Nye: eblevins@cofchrist.org • Community of Christ: • Young Adult Emergence Website: • www.EmergenceNow.org • Find YA groups; resources; contact info and more • Young Adult Emergence E-Newsletter • Subscribe at Emergence website • Community of Christ YA Ministry Support Google Group • www.groups.google.com/group/CofChristYoungAdults • Add your own ideas and suggestions; meet other YA leaders

  38. Related Books & Bibliography The Emerging Churchby Dan Kimball 2003Youth Specialties/Zondervan Adventures in Missing the Pointby McLaren & Compolo 2003 Youth Specialties/Zondervan Stories of Emergenceed. by Mike Yaconelli 2003 Youth Specialties/Zondervan 21 Bridges to the 21st Centuryby Lyle Schaller Barna Research GroupGeorge Barna, Ventura, CA 93003 – www.barna.org Faith of My Fathersby Chris Seay

  39. “Be courageous and visionary, believing in the power of just a few vibrant witnesses to transform the world.” Doctrine & Covenants 161:2c

  40. “Do not yearn for times that are past, but recognize that you have been given a foundation of faithful service, even as you build a foundation for what is yet to be.” Doctrine & Covenants 162:2c

  41. Doctrine & Covenants 162:2a-c “As a prophetic people you are called, under the direction of the spiritual authorities and with the common consent of the people, to discern the divine will for your own time and in the places where you serve. You live in a world with new challenges, and that world will require new forms of ministry. The priesthood must especially respond to that challenge, and the church is admonished to prayerfully consider how calling and giftedness in the Community of Christ can best be expressed in a new time.”

  42. Doctrine & Covenants 161:5 Be respectful of tradition. Do not fail to listen attentively to the telling of the sacred story, for the story of scripture and of faith empowers and illuminates. But neither be captive to time-bound formulas and procedures. Remember that instruction given in former years is applicable in principle and must be measured against the needs of a growing church, in accordance with the prayerful direction of the spiritual authorities and the consent of the people.

  43. Doctrine & Covenants 163:11 Through divine grace and wisdom, this faith community has been given abundant gifts, resources, and opportunities to equip it to become such a people. Chief among these is the power of community in Christ expressed locally in distinctive fashions while upholding a unity of vision, foundational beliefs, and mission throughout the world. There are many issues that could easily consume the time and energy of the church. However, the challenge before a prophetic people is to discern and pursue what matters most for the journey ahead.

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