1. CYM Mini-Module 1 ‘Renewing our vision’
Sunday 21st May 2017

2. CYM Phase 2 – 2016 and beyond! Mini-Module Sessions
CYM Course – continuing the model
Intentional youth ministry – core values, shared goals, vision, open to all!
Resources & needs
Discussion, feedback, review, shared experiences
Plan for afternoon – share a few items with you, some feedback and resources and then engage in discussion, ways of working, action for the future, needs as parishes and as a deanery, this will inform the content for future sessions

3. CYM Review 2013-2017 1 2 3 4 5 Parish Youth Development Teams
Youth Ministry calendar 2
Individual events & activities 3
Working together as a deanery 4
Programme development 5
Working with catechetical programmes – Confirmation, consultations
3. Ability to respond to needs e.g stress free study sessions, Careers fayre

4. Principles of Youth Ministry
If the one falls, the other will help the fallen one. But woe to the solitary person! If that one should fall, there is no other to help – Ecclesiastes 4:10
Principles of Youth Ministry
Collaborative Youth Ministry
BHAG’s – ‘Renewing our vision’ 2017 (original document)
Group dynamics
Developing our parish response:
‘Responding to youth’ Tom East
‘Welcome to Youth Ministry’ – Susan Searle.
BHAG – ‘make it way more than pizza’, Confirmation connection (existing BHAG’s from 2014)
Book resources, old articles from 1st Module guide,

5. SCYS Youth Ministry Conversations 13.5.17 Feedback & Resources
Post-Confirmation – Tom Calouri ‘Life’ See Judge Act (Booklet & leaflets))
Resource to accompany “Mountain top” moments
Vatican II teaching on formation of laity ‘SEE, JUDGE, ACT’
Ages 13-16yrs
Follow-up to parish confirmation catechesis
Adapted for 13+ groups before Confirmation
Stand alone parish programme for groups
“The Church will have to initiate her members - priests, religious and laity – into this ‘art of accompaniment’ which teaches us to remove our sandals before the sacred ground of the other” Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium

6. SCYS Youth Ministry Conversations – 13.5.17 Feedback & Resources
October 2016 – Announcement of Youth Synod ‘Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment’
To be held in October 2018, lasting around 10 days with involvement of YP, YM and Bishops.
Early 2019 Apostolic Exhortation – perhaps the first modern papal document (at this level) on YP and Youth Ministry.
2019 – National, Diocesan and local response – (involvement of SCYS)
Mega Poll for YP aged 16-29(closing 5th June 2017)

7. Reality of youth growing up in today’s world
Sociological reality of religious practice in UK - S. Bruce 2015
Parenting, Technology, Impatience, Environment - Simon Sinek, ‘Millenials’ – December 2016
Lower self-esteem, reliance on/imbalance of social media, lack of coping mechanisms, no Apps for relationships!
Responsibility for adults to address the ‘gaps’
Authenticity (Joseph Heinrich, 2009), ‘Persons of Reference’ – close-by, credible, consistent & honest (Youth Synod 2017)
love, joy, skill development – require patience, long journey (addictive in adolescence (Dopamine), misperception of how people handle life, peer approval), unable to form deep & meaningful relationships,

8. 10 qualities youth ministry doesn’t need
A precise size – no relationship between church size and effectiveness
A trendy location or region
An exact age
A popular denomination…or lack of denomination – God works powerfully through all
An off-the-charts cool quotient – today relational warmth is the new cool
A big, modern building – for teenagers feeling at home transcends any building.
A big budget
A ‘contemporary’ worship service
‘Watered down’ teaching
A hyper-entertaining ministry programme – no need for competition, faith communities offer something different

9. Growing Young – helping young people discover and love the church (Powell, Mulder, Griffin)
Unlock
Unlock keychain leadership
Empathise
Empathise with today’s young people
Jesus
Take Jesus’ message seriously
Fuel
Fuel a warm community
Prioritise
Prioritise young people and families Be
Be the best neighbours

10. Discussion & Feedback
Reactions, Experiences, Best Practice, Challenges & Obstacles
Renewing our Vision
Ideas for future, needs & resources to support you

11. References
Bishops Conference for England & Wales, 2017 ‘Youth, Faith & Vocational Discernment’. Alive Publishing, Stoke-on-Trent.
Bruce, S ‘Late Secularisation and Religion as Alien’, Open Theology Vol 1, pp13-23
Curtin, D & Calouri, T, 2015, ‘LIFE: A post confirmation course for teenagers’ Redemptorist Publications: Hampshire.
East, Tom ‘Responding to Youth’, Celebrate Youth – Parish Resource Manual, Centre for Ministry Development.
Heinrich, J., ‘The evolution of costly displays, cooperation and religion: credibility enhancing displays and their implications for cultural evolution’. Evolution and Human Behavior 30, pp 244–260
Powell, Mulder, Griffin, ‘Growing Young’ Baker Publishing Group: USA.
Searle,S ‘Welcome to Youth Ministry!’,
Sineck, Simon, 2016 ‘The Millenial Question’ YouTub:
Wesley, C ‘Rebuilding Youth Ministry: Ten Practical Strategies for Catholic Parishes, Ave Maria Press: USA.