SOLID – Youth Ministry by Pedro Perez

What does a S.O.L.I.D Youth Ministry look like?

How do we best “train, equip, and deploy an army of young people”?

How can we better serve local churches in Y/YA/ACM ministries?

CORE CONCEPTS –four (4) main concepts/emphasis in Y/YA Ministry Service – service is defined as activities that help/do nice things for others Outreach – outreach is the evangelistic side of serving; intentionally reaching out to someone and leading them to make a decision about God in their life Life Issues – helping young people find their way through adolescence to make decisions based on a biblically informed/transformed mindset and worldview; young people hear all kinds of voices telling them all kinds of opinions-what does God/Bible have to say about the issues young people face Discipleship – discipleship is modeling/showing young people how to live an authentic Christian life so they experience how Jesus in involved and in control of every area of my life; and then we ask them to find someone else they can help to become a follower of Jesus; we are called to make disciples

Youth Ministries Assessment Tool How to measure whether or not a ministry is … successful, doing well, accomplishing goals … How “healthy” is the ministry? Youth Ministries can be Evaluated by: 1) PHASES - Number of times a ministry meets 2) STAGES - Number of options/programs offered 3) LEVELS - Number of times the CORE CONCEPTS are emphasized/taught

PHASES - How often does a ministry meet? Phases focus on the frequency of meetings. Phase I – Meet once a quarter Phase II – Meet once a month Phase III – Meet twice a month Phase IV – Meet weekly. GOAL: Grow ministries into Phase III or Phase IV. (Example 1 – Your church has a Youth Sabbath School/meet weekly – Phase IV ministry) (Example 2 – Your church has an AY/Vespers program/meets once a month – Phase II ministry)

STAGES - How many different meetings does a ministry have? Stages identify a healthy variety of ministry programs Stage I – Have one meeting for target ministry group Stage II – Have two meetings for target ministry group Stage III – Have three meetings for target ministry group Stage IV – Have four meetings for target ministry group GOAL: Grow ministries to Stage III or Stage IV ministries (conducting three-four meetings for target ministry group) (Example 1 – Your church has a Pathfinder Club meeting/Outreach Sabbath monthly/Camp Outs or Trips – Stage III) (Example 2 – Your church has a Youth Sabbath School – Stage I; if you start an outreach/service component – Stage II)

DESIRED OUTCOME – All Youth Ministries would assess what PHASE/STAGE they are in and pray about how they could grow to the next PHASE/STAGE. This means adding/recruiting new leaders to start new ministries (not same leaders/people doing more). We are setting an ideal for what a dynamic, well-balanced, SOLID Youth Ministries program would look like.

LEVELS - Implementing the four (4) CORE CONCEPTS of Youth Ministries: Service/Outreach/Life Issues/Discipleship Level I – Once a month focus on one of CORE CONCEPTS (S/O/LI/D) Level II – Twice a month focus on one of CORE CONCEPTS (S/O/LI/D) Level III – Three times a month focus on CORE CONCEPTS (S/O/LI/D) Level IV – Four times a month focus on CORE CONCEPTS (S/O/LI/D)

GOAL- every quarter teach on ALL of four (4) CORES (S/O/LI/D) to help young people see what are the basics to living a SOLID Christian experience/life.

SUMMARY: In each category (Phases/Stages/Levels) the important thing is growth; if your ministry is at Phase I, what would it take to get to Phase II; if your ministry is at Stage II, how could you advance to Stage III; if your ministry is not focusing on the Core CONCEPTS, what will we need to gather in terms of resources to begin guiding our young people down this path towards a SOLID youth ministry. Every time a ministry goes to the next ranking, the ministry is potentially getting stronger and reaching out more effectively. It may be helpful to think of the numbers as: basic/intermediate/advanced/excellent Another way to see it is: so-so/good/better/best

Recommendations for … Cluster Coordinators? Need this level

CALENDAR OF EVENTS August 26, 2013 – LI Training in Miami August 30-Sept. 2, 2013 – Young Adult/Campus Ministry – Pine Lake September 15, 2013 – STATE YM Council (Orlando) October 4-6 (Miami) & (Orlando) – Campus Catalyst Training October 10-13, 2013 – High School Bible Retreat – Kulaqua November 8-10, 2013 – Small Group/Discipleship - (PLR) January 24-26, Preacher Training (PLR) February 19-23, JCI 4 – Miami March 15, 2014 – GLOBAL YOUTH DAY March 15-22, 2014 – Y/YA Week of Prayer / Followed by Small Groups June 22-29, 2014 – Tentative IMPACT Miami dates? November 21-23, Outreach Ministries Training – (Preacher Training, CREATION Health Training, Small Group Training, Discipleship Training)

Meet the TEAM South FL Associate YMD - ? South FL Area Administrator Y/YA – D’Wayne Spence Central FL YMD / State – Pedro Perez Central FL Area Administrator Y/YA – Isaac Vallejo North FL Associate YMD – Robert Hines North FL Area Administrator Y/YA – Mike Goetz

Resources (High School Ministry – Adventist site) (College/University Campus Ministry – Adventist site) (Adventist Resources for ministry) - FL Conference Youth Ministries