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School and Youth Ministry
This page is dedicated to providing strategy and resources for working in local schools. Our teens spend a significant amount of their time at school - it is crazy to ignore such a significant part of their lives. At igniteYOUTH we currently have active ministry in three high schools not far from our church. We also have other initiatives that teenagers themselves run, that we provide oversight and encouragement for.
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The Prefects Initiative
Our church has a full-time children’s pastor who works in a primary
school in our community. Each year we have a unique opportunity to
connect with grade 7s (12 year olds) as the children’s pastor helps the
school to identify and develop the prefects. During the first quarter
we provide refreshments for all the prefects in our youth room (just a
30 minute time where they get the feel of a fun and friendly space they
could call their own), then in the second quarter we provide a 2 hour
event training event to help them understand themselves and lead
others. Download the Presentation and Handout.
This initiative has led to significant numbers of 12 and 13 year olds
joining our ministry from that school.
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The Connect Group Initiative
During 2008, as we launched our Faith Journey at igniteYOUTH we started
to encourage teenagers to consider launching a Connect Group or small
group at their school. We concluded that it was going to take us a long
time to get around to working in all the schools represented by the
teens (at least 15) and with limited capacity that would not happen for
quite some time. We also realised that it is a lot easier for teens who
are already in schools to minister in their school than it is for us as
leaders to launch an initiative. Here is a document that we used as a
"how to" for teens:
Starting a Connect Group at Your School
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The Vision Initiative
For
some years we have had an outreach at a high school that is within
walking distance of our church. About three months ago we were asked to
step in and lead the SCA (The Student Christian Association) group that
meets on a Friday at big break. We had just stumbled across a book by
Pete Greig, Red Moon Rising, and were highly impacted by The Vision - a
statement that as written in the context of worship in the 24-7 prayer
movement in the UK. We decided to take the statement and build our year
around it. Here is what we have created so far, over the past months:
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The Service Initiative
At the start of the last school year a group of churches in our community got together and agreed to purchase a stationary pack for each learner. We were allowed to go from class to class to personally hand out the packs and even were allowed to pray for the learners with the teacher's permission. We assured the learners of our care and support in this time of schooling. Not long after that, our children's pastor was given a room to set up a prayer and counselling centre at the school. Here is an article about how the church can impact schools through service: Going Public
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