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YOUTH MINISTRY

YOUTH MINISTRY. FINDING GOD AMONG THE YOUNG. “IT IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE YOUNG FOR ME TO LOVE YOU” - DON BOSCO. YOUTH MINISTRY IS. PEOPLE ……………………… NOT PROGRAMS RELATIONSHIPS ………….. NOT RELIGION

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YOUTH MINISTRY

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  1. YOUTH MINISTRY FINDING GOD AMONG THE YOUNG “IT IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE YOUNG FOR ME TO LOVE YOU” - DON BOSCO

  2. YOUTH MINISTRY IS... PEOPLE ……………………… NOT PROGRAMS RELATIONSHIPS ………….. NOT RELIGION CHRIST ……………………… NOT CREEDS A NEW RADICAL LIFE-CHANGING PERSONAL FAITH NOT A TIRED OLD GUTLESS RELIGIOUS TRADITION YOUTH ARE LOOKING FOR A CHOICE, NOT A COMPROMISE

  3. FOUNDATIONS OF YOUTH MINISTRY CERTAIN PRINCIPLES & ASSUMPTIONS HOLISTIC YOUTH PSYCHOLOGY PERSON-ORIENTED GIFTEDNESS CHURCH MINISTRY COMMUNITY BASED MISSION PRESENCE RELATIONSHIPS SYNERGY SELF-GENERATIVE

  4. YOUTH - WHO ARE THEY ? CHILDHOOD ADULTHOOD YOUTH : 'INTER-FACE' UNITED NATIONS : 15 – 24 YRS COMMON WEALTH : 15 – 29 YRS 5 – 35 YRS AFRICA : POLITICALLY : 40 YRS BELOW KENYA : 15 –35 YRS YOUTH IS A 'STATE OF MIND'

  5. K E N Y A 70 % BELOW 35 YEARS 9 MILLION BETWEEN 15-30 YEARS PRIMARY SCHOOL: 5.5 MILLION SECONDARY SCHOOL: 650,000 UNIVERSITY/ COLLEGE : 50,000 TECHNICAL/ POLYTECHNIC: 31,000 OUT-OF-SCHOOL : 3 MILLION - EMPLOYED/ INFORMAL SECTOR

  6. YOUTH PROBLEMS Vs POSSIBILITIES SECULARISATION GLOBALIZATION UNEMPLOYMENT / UNDER-EMPLOYMENT POVERTY – 10 MILLION LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE HEALTH RELATED ISSUES: HIV/AIDS 30% YOUTH CRIME & DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR: DRUGS… ALCOHOL … RAPE ABUSE: PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL … STREET-KIDS, STREET-ADULTS, STREET-FAMILIES FRAGMENTATION EDUCATION : MONOPOLY OF THE RICH !!! FAMILY BREAKDOWN: TRADITIONS, CULTURE… LIMITED & POOR HOUSING FACILITIES

  7. YOUTH PROBLEMS Vs POSSIBILITIES LIMITED SPORTS & RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION GLOBALIZATION SATANIC WORSHIP FRAGMENTATION POLITICAL INSTABILITY SUNDAY ‘RELIGIOUS TOURISM’ SECULARISATION POOR ‘ROLE MODELS’ & ADULT COMPANIONS POOR ‘CULTURE OF SERVICE’/ VOLUNTEERISM WEAK CHURCH SUPPORT INFLUENCE OF MEDIA: ‘CULTURE OF MANIPULATED TRUTH’

  8. GOALS OF YOUTH MINISTRY 3 B ECOME ELONG RIGHTEN TOTAL ‘PERSONAL’ & ‘SPIRITUAL’ GROWTH CULTURE OF PARTICIPATION ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & AGENTS OF TRANSFORMATION

  9. 4-L : BASIC NEEDS OF EVERY PERSON EMOTIONAL SPIRITUAL PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL

  10. HUNGERS OF TODAY'S YOUTH HUNGER FOR MEANING & PURPOSE IN LIFE PROVIDE A VISION OF LIFE HUNGER FOR CONNECTION PROVIDE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS HUNGER FOR RECOGNITION SELF-ESTEEM & SELF-CONFIDENCE HUNGER FOR JUSTICE TRUTH & FAIRNESS HUNGER FOR THE HOLY SPIRITUAL DEPTH YOUTH MINISTRY - A MULTIDIMENSIONAL REALITY

  11. 8 - components of youth ministry JUSTICE & PEACE ADVOCACY ENABLEMENT PRAYER & WORSHIP CATECHESIS COMMUNITY LIFE PASTORAL CARE EVANGELI-ZATION COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF YOUTH MINISTRY

  12. SALESIAN RESPONSE TO YOUTH MINISTRY A DECISIVE CHOICE: YOUNG PEOPLE, THE POOREST THE TASK: EDUCATE BY EVANGELIZING EVANGELIZE BY EDUCATING EXPERIENCE: IN ‘COMMUNITY’ SPECIFIC STYLE: WELCOMING PRESENCE ANIMATING PRESENCE, FRIENDLY PRESENCE, VOCATIONAL PRESENCE

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