Making disciples of young people

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Making disciples of young people
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Introducing ourselves Name Where from Youth work
experience
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4 As model
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Anecdote Define disciple/discipleship Define
young people What are your worries/concerns/questi
ons around the questions What is the story? So
what is the question we want to answer?
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Analysis We need to understand the social
context cultural context young people and
church See Reaching YP beyond the boundaries of
Church
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• Analysis
• 2 in 3 young people 9-14s come to church because
  of parents
• In 11th year young people are most likely to stop
  coming to church
• Why do young people think they stop coming to
  church?

Source Christian Research
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• Analysis
• How do we currently disciple young people?
• Do we understand the culture they grow up in, the
  visual and music culture and now the technology
  (see more information on Reaching those beyond
  the boundaries of church)
• Maslows Hierarchy

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Analysis Source Wikipedia
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• Analysis
• Academic or Action?
• Consumer or Partner?
• Project vs Community?
• Doing it to them or Living it with them we
  are disciples too

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Application Acts 241-47 42They devoted
themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the
fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to
prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many
wonders and miraculous signs were done by the
apostles. 44All the believers were together and
had everything in common. 45Selling their
possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he
had need. 46Every day they continued to meet
together in the temple courts. They broke bread
in their homes and ate together with glad and
sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the
favor of all the people. And the Lord added to
their number daily those who were being saved.
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Application Peter When he asked, encouraged him
to have a go (Matt 14) Explained teaching to him
(Matt 15) Encourages his forward steps
(Matt16) Challenges his misunderstandings (Matt
16) Includes him in an amazing experience (Matt
17) Shows him how to engage with the world (Matt
17)
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Action So What? Understanding the
question Knowing a little more of the
situation Understanding what Jesus did What will
we do?
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Action So What? If you were to plan a free
sample of church for young people with the aim
of discipleship, what would it look like? (Using
Maslows Hierarchy as a model)
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