Inside out youth Work?

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12 Why bother? Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

What are youth Cells? Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

Values based ministry Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

Value – verb – doing word Belief -Noun – naming word Jesus died in my place Because Jesus died in my place I commit my actions, my thoughts and words to him.. In fact my whole life! A values based ministry is not reliant upon context or place – it is demonstrated and communicated through the integrity of our own lives Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

Values based ministry  Jesus at the centre  A community of loving accountable relationships  Every person using their gifts in ministry  Every person growing  Every person reaching out Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

A suggested Structure  Welcome  Worship  Word  Witness Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

Teacher Instructor Trainer - friend Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

TeachingTraining I am the focusEnable others to be the focus You learn from meWe learn from each other I bring my best to youWe bring out the best in each other I am important to youWe are important to each other I minister to youWe minister to each other Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

TeachingTraining I tellWe discuss from our experiences I do it – you see it I model - then you do – then I give feedback You learn from what I sayI provide the environment where we can learn from each other I teach from my experienceI provide opportunities for you to experience Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

Why wait? ‘ The search for community is a quest for values to heal a fragmented humanity. In leadership, hierarchies are being flattened; the corporation style church, which we are cloning, cannot birth this transformational vision because they have no investment in context or place. We are looking for community. It is a new wineskin. The bottom line is that people want to belong; they want to deal with this unconnectedness’ Phillips and Okholm, Christian Apologetics in a Post-Modern World, (IVP) quoted in, Hickford A, Essential Youth (Carlisle: Spring Harvest Publishing and Authentic Lifestyle, 2003), p107 Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

So… are they too young to be Church? Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester

Questions.. Comments.. observations Inside out youth workv1 February 2012 Diocese of Leicester