The Essentials

This year-long course is designed to equip youth leaders and teams working on estates (and other urban settings) to build a strategic, missional, and effective ministry.

Through our practical workshops, putting your learning into practice, and reflecting with others in similar contexts to you, you will build a sustainable and impactful youth ministry in your local area.

• One training session and one reflection session each month
• Suitable for paid or volunteer leaders
• Biblical application, inspiration, coaching, and tools to equip your team

The course covers:

• God’s Mission and Our Response: Why youth work is an important part of God’s mission and how we apply the Bible in the way we respond.
• Youth Culture & Worldviews: Growing our compassion, understanding, and response to youth culture, poverty and worldviews.
• Growing Relationships like Jesus: How to build relationships from scratch, deepen existing relationships and living in community.
• Enabling Positive Engagement: Helping young people succeed in youth sessions and responding to challenging behaviour.
• Growing Faith: How to share your faith in a culturally appropriate way and tools for developing faith exploration in informal settings.
• Creative Storytelling: How to grow disciples and share the gospel creatively within your context.
• Planning, Delivery, and Evaluation: Tools for planning, skills for achieving your session goals and how evaluation can grow your impact.
• Spiritual Disciplines: Develop new ways to connect with God and strengthen your faith.
• Healthy Boundaries: Setting boundaries in work and at home for sustainable ministry.
• Healthy Team: How to inspire and equip your team to be fruitful and effective.