I. Youth Ministry Introduction
:: Youth ministry in context – dealing with youth culture
and sub-culture and Ministering to this generation (A)
:: Stages of development – dealing with developmental stages
and specific characteristics at each stage (I)
:: The church and youth ministry – looks at creating a climate
in the local church for youth ministry to grow in (A)
II. Developing a Strategy for youth ministry
Part 1: Introduction
:: Setting YM purpose and managing it (A)
:: Models of Youth Ministry (I)
Part 2: Commitment level ministry
:: Commitment Level Models. J-Life Ministries bases its strategy on
the model developed by Sonlife which looks at 4 levels of ministry:
(A)
:: :: Phase 1: Building
:: :: Phase 2: Equipping
:: :: Phase 3: Winning
:: :: Phase 4: Multiplying
Part 3: Programming and Managing at each level.
:: Programming at the Commitment Levels. (I)
III.
Building depth in your Youth
Part 1: The Philosophy of Building Believers in their
Faith
:: The need for building/discipling believers in their faith (I)
:: The definition of Christ-like discipleship (I)
:: Broad principles for effective Christ–like discipleship (I)
:: Common barriers to effective discipleship Discipleship priorities
of Jesus (B)
Part 2: Spiritual Disciplines
:: Introduction to the Disciplines
:: Study on the different disciplines: Bible Intake, Prayer, Worship,
Evangelism, Serving, Stewardship, Fasting, Silence and Solitude, Journaling,
Learning, Simplicity (B)
Part 3: 1-on-1 Mentoring (I)
:: The definition of mentoring
:: The Biblical concept of a mentoring relationship
:: Different models of mentoring
:: The mentor’s role
:: Marks of a mentor
:: Practicalities of mentoring for the mentor
:: Practicalities of mentoring for the mentoree
:: How to set up a mentoring programme
:: The first ‘meeting’ of mentor and mentoree
:: How do Community, Learning, Worship, Service and Prayer fit into
a Mentoring Relationship?
Part 4: Small Groups (A)
:: A philosophy of small groups/Understanding small groups
:: Understanding the importance of small groups from Scripture and
Jesus’ life
:: The importance of Community when understanding small groups
:: Why teenagers need small groups
:: Different approaches to small groups
:: A small group model
:: Leadership within the small group
:: How do you go about leading the time of learning, worship and prayer?
:: The process of multiplication
:: Putting material together
:: What benefits can we gain from small groups?
:: What benefits can be gained specifically for evangelism in this
model that we have looked at?
:: Why do small groups often fail?
Part 5: Communicating God’s word to Youth (A)
:: How to Develop Curriculum
:: How to put together a Talk
:: How to prepare a Bible study
:: Expository vs Topical teaching
:: Communicating the word in a schools set-up
Part 6: Prayer within youth ministry
:: Starting up a prayer movement
:: Leaders and prayer
:: Maintaining a prayer movement
:: Getting youth to pray for others
Part
7: Using Church Services to Build Youth (I)
::
Involve youth in the services
– community and service
::
Communicating the Word –
learning and evangelism at times
::
Planned pre or post services
– community
Part 8: Mobilizing an effective Worship Ministry
for youth (A)
::
Building a worship team
::
Encouraging multi sensory worship
::
Working with a worship team
IV.
Equipping Youth for Ministry
This training is aimed at giving tools to help leaders get youth involved
in ministry. This helps leaders move youth from being hearers of God’s
word to doers.
The training is done in 6 parts:
Part 1: Helping every believer become a Minister
(A)
::
Encouraging youth to minister
::
Ministry in accordance to their
make-up (Spiritual Gifts, Passion, Abilities, Personality, Experience)
::
Running a gifts workshop
::
Placing youth in their gifting
Part 2: Helping youth touch their Community
::
Giving youth opportunity to
minister to others as they serve in Church and in the community
::
Service projects that scratch
where it is itching
::
Putting together a plan to touch
the community
::
Planning and orchestrating a
Service project
::
Recruiting youth to be involved
::
Maintaining momentum
::
Ministering Christ through caring
for people
Part 3: Helping youth to minister to Children (A)
::
How to train youth to effectively
lead children
::
Understanding children
::
The importance of youth Developing
long term relationships with children
::
Using youth to run small groups
with children
::
Training youth to lead children
to Christ
::
Using music and drama with children
::
Youth being involved in a ministry
that teaches children to:
::
:: - Love God’s
word
::
:: - Pray
::
:: - Show God’s
love to the community
Part 4: Equipping Youth to minister through Music
and Drama(A)
Part 5: Short Term Equipping Mission (A)
::
Understanding Missions
::
Purpose of Short Term
Missions
::
Ministry options on a
Short Term Mission
::
Putting together the
programme
::
During and After the
Mission
::
Understanding Cultures
and Ministry (A)
::
Practical implementation
of the theory (7 days mission trip)
Part 6: Holiday Bible Club - (A)
This training is aimed at equipping a few key leaders from the church
to put together a HBC within your church. The training covers all
aspects of a club - from each days programme to what games to play
with the children
::
Using youth as leaders
during a Holiday Bible Club
::
Recruiting Leaders
::
Running a Training Camp
for the Leaders
::
The logistics of a HBC
::
How to develop your own
curriculum or find curriculum
V.
Equipping youth to share their faith
This training aims at mobilizing youth to share their faith with their
peers in lifestyle evangelism.
Part 1: Jesus and Evangelism (I)
::
Jesus’
model of evangelism
::
Process
of Evangelism
::
:: i.
Placing yourself where you can Tell the Truth
::
:: ii.
Making Contact
::
:: iii.
Relationship building
::
:: iv.
Sharing your faith
::
:: v.
Calling for a response
Part 2: Training youth to Share their faith (I)
::
Using
Your Testimony
::
Triple
T (Telling The Truth) Gospel presentation Course
::
Tools
to share our faith – tracts, colours, questionnaire
Part 3: Leaders role (I)
::
Creating
an environment for Youth to share their faith through:
::
:: i.
One on One evangelism - House visitation, Shopping mall evangelism
::
:: ii.
Small Groups - Open airs, Home Groups,
::
:: iii.
Big groups – Youth “rallies”, Schools Ministry
::
:: iv.
Running Camps (I)
::
:: v.
Sports ministry (A)
::
Encouraging
Peer on Peer Evangelism
VI. Training for the Leader/Shepherds
This training equips leaders with…
Part 1: Leadership Skills (A)
::
Leading
with Values
::
Leading
with Vision
::
Leading
with Mission
::
Leading
by Goal setting
::
Leading
by Evaluation
::
Leading
by Empowering the next generation
Part 2: Management Skills (A)
::
Time
Management
::
Conflict
Management
::
Crisis
Management
::
Team
Management
::
Change
Management
::
Event
Management
::
Calendar
Management
::
Ministry
Management.
VII. Other training offered:
::
Emotional
Intelligence (A)
::
Schools
Ministry (A)
World Teach - material
::
Vision
of the leader (A)
::
Teaching
with Style (A)
::
7
Laws of the learner (A)
::
Sharpening
your people skills (DISC) (A)
Sonlife
::
Strategy
(A)
::
Foundations
(A)
