Building Family by Building Trust with Our Youth
Goals
That the youth will have…
Objectives
Trusting Family – Ensuring a Safe Place
• Encourage a culture of connection between youth and parents
Enablers
A congregation that is willing to engage and invest in our youth
- Ephesians 6:13
- Trusting Family
- Trusting the Church Family
- Trusting the Lord
Goals
That the youth will have…
- Integration into and participation in Sunday services and other church activities
- Increased excitement about being involved in church-wide opportunities
- Visible relationships across the generations in the church body
- Trusting relationships with their parents
- Understanding and application of God’s truth to their lives
- Demonstration of signs of maturing and growing faith through sanctification
Objectives
Trusting Family – Ensuring a Safe Place
• Encourage a culture of connection between youth and parents
- Trusting Church Family – Develop a Network of Support and Guidance
Connect youth with the congregation to provide a trusted support network to weather life’s storms - Trusting God – Building a Real and Live Relationship with God
Develop a firm, basic understanding of key theological tenets, including the personhood
and work of the Father, the Son, and The Holy Spirit, sanctification, worship, sin, salvation, baptism, etc. - Equip youth for the mission, locally and abroad
- Discover spiritual gifts and calling/purpose in the church and community
- Teach and encourage spiritual disciplines such as prayer, meditation on the Word, a proper study of the scriptures, etc.
- Develop a firm sense of worldview through the lens of God’s Word.
Enablers
A congregation that is willing to engage and invest in our youth
- An environment that welcomes youth and provides a space conducive to their season in life
- Age-appropriate teaching – Bible studies with youth applications
- Activities – such as worship and games – that encourage exercising of gifts and talents, relationship building, and teaching teamwork
- Integration with Men’s and Women’s Ministry activities where appropriate
- Prayer, prayer, and more prayer