youth ministry
I have attended Anglican churches for my whole life, taking in a range of churchmanship along the way as well as serving in many areas of church life from refreshments to tech teams to bellringing to children and youth ministry and others in between.
I grew up in a Christian family, but came to a personal faith through youth ministry.
I believe I can bring a valuable perspective to General Synod, as someone involved in youth ministry, in art and heritage, in marginalised communities and as a carer, as well as someone with experience of managing large and complex projects.
I worked in Human Resources for a few years after university, followed by almost ten years serving in full- time Chistian youth ministry in Bedford and then Bolton.
During my time as a parish priest, I saw first-hand how patient presence produces things you couldn’t have planned: a congregation that grew by seventy percent, a children’s and youth ministry that expanded six-fold, and a community that began to believe in itself.
Before ordination, I was Head of Faculty in an inner-city Church of England secondary school, where leadership in worship, youth ministry, and chaplaincy helped shape my call to ordained ministry.
Wherever we have lived, I have sought to become actively involved in the life of the local church and wider community, including serving in church leadership and youth ministry.
YOUTH MINISTRY
house groups and youth ministry.
• Children & Youth Ministry: Nurturing young disciples to build confidence in
I am involved with Children’s & Youth ministry, in which I help run four groups with over 100 different children attending weekly.
In Southsea, I had responsibility for a large, growing and lively congregation with a strong children & youth ministry which included an intern programme, a parish school for which I was a foundation governor, and a PCC-owned Nursery.
I have been privileged to help start and develop ministries including Church Without Walls, The Disciples youth ministry, CAP in Nottingham Central and Mizpah Women, as well as organising community events and creating opportunities for people to connect.
Funds should be used to prevent short-sighted cuts and targeted toward areas of population growth, deprivation and youth ministry.
I met my husband Paul and as we grew our family, I began to serve the local church through youth ministry alongside work at Scripture Union.
We were called into full-time youth ministry, serving in a variety of churches, and I responded to God’s call to ordained ministry in 2011.
My experience spans the full breadth of Church life, from lay leadership in Chatham to rural youth ministry in Bearsted, Kent, alongside time in a tough coastal parish in Bognor Regis and a suburban parish in Dartford.
Drawing on my years as a youth worker and as a father, I want to champion renewed commitment to youth ministry, discipleship, and safe, nurturing spaces for young people to explore faith.
and co-lead Youth ministry.
How do we enable thriving children’s and youth ministry to flourish in every parish?
Head of Children and Youth Ministry, St John's
In practice, children's and youth ministry is often a fixed-term post, a stretched volunteer rota, or the line item that disappears in a deficit budget.
Children & young people A strong supporter of children and youth ministry.
I have been involved with the youth ministry for the past 3 years and leading church services for the past year.
Youth ministry is one of the most critical areas of church and engagement is essential for future leadership and sustainability.
Prior to ordination I was the Director of a youth ministry charity and I bring 7 years of youth work experience with me.
We need to pioneer training for each church to see a new generation reached for Jesus that enables us to be confident and equipped from toddlers groups to detached youth ministry projects, schools partnerships to youth discipleship.
Assistant Chaplain for the Diocesan Youth Ministry
These roles have given me practical experience of leadership, governance, finance, communication, youth ministry, decision-making and working collaboratively across different parts of the Church.
2005 - 2010 I was given the opportunity to serve as an apprentice in Children’s and Youth Ministry in Charleston, South Carolina.
As a young adult I managed pubs for a while before working full time in youth ministry which was a very rewarding season of life.
I discovered my love for chaplaincy while studying my undergraduate degree in Theology and Youth Ministry at Regents Theological College (where I completed chaplaincy placements at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and at a local secondary school).
Before this job change I had served on the PCC and volunteered on the youth ministry team.
I believe that the voices of younger Christians need not simply to be heard when we discuss youth ministry, but to be part of the conversation about the Church's worship, mission, finances, structures and future as a whole.
I was part of a project group for Growing Younger which explored transitions between years 6 and 7 for church children and youth ministry.
For many years, I served in a variety of roles within the Church of England as a volunteer, including youth ministry, women's ministry, church warden, and PCC (Parochial Church
Having served in children’s and youth ministry, I know both the joys and the practical realities.
This should involve ensuring good provision and resources for children’s and youth ministry and good training pathways for those who will minister to them.
Youth and Children’s Ministry – My own ministry began whilst I was a teenager and for many years I served in paid and volunteer roles in youth ministry, and it continues to be a passion of mine.
I was ordained in 2018, and my ministry is centered around, community, children and youth ministry, and discipleship.
increasing our resourcing for churches supporting adult and child mental health & inclusion for disabilities (visible and invisible) & youth ministry
Intercultural and ecumenical insights shape how we approach formation, youth ministry, and the renewal of parish life across the Church of England.
Our large number of Church of England schools (compared with other dioceses) is a real gift in this area and, together with the plans the diocese is already putting in place to grow children’s and youth ministry, it should be possible, under God, to make real headway in this area.
I have been involved in children and youth ministry since I was a teenager and now support youth work in our benefice.
We served together in children’s and youth ministry while teaching in primary schools, and it was during those years that God called me into ordained ministry.
Having worked in children’s and youth ministry for over a decade, it breaks my heart that the average Church of England church has just one person under 18.
At St Mary Magdalene we have seen what can happen when children's and youth ministry is central to the mission of the whole church.
At parish level, this work includes supporting children’s and youth ministry, additional needs provision, a social enterprise and a food bank.
Each week I have the privilege of serving around 117 children from approximately 80 families through our children's and youth ministry.
Ignite (Children’s and Youth Ministry)
One is a market town church that is busy and growing with a children’s and youth ministry that attracts 70 children each week.