youth vanguard » Jesus http://www.youthvanguard.com rock out Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Evangelism Strategy Part 1 http://www.youthvanguard.com/2007/09/10/evangelism-strategy-part-1/ http://www.youthvanguard.com/2007/09/10/evangelism-strategy-part-1/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:07:00 +0000 davemiers http://www.youthvanguard.com/2007/09/10/evangelism-strategy-part-1/ CCECYOUTH has a 5 pronged evangelism strategy. I’m currently re-working some of our strategy material. But at the moment, here’s a quick sketch of the gear:
  • 1) FRIENDSHIP EVANGELISM – We want our teenagers to know the gospel, seek to live the gospel and share the gospel with their friends in whatever way they can. We equip them in at least 3 ways: Two Ways to Live, The Jesus Bridge, Telling your Jesus Story. The first two tools are more about understanding the gospel than how to share the gospel. The 3rd is about giving your testimony.
  • 2) FRIDAY’S ARE FRIENDLY – We want any week of youth group to be a good week to bring a friend. We recognise that outsiders are present each week – we want to present the good news of Jesus every week. We also don’t want to use insider language and jokes all the time – we want to speak about Jesus often and clearly and in a way that’s not boring. Friday’s should be fun!
  • 3) DOUBLE UP ONCE A TERM – While any week is a good week to bring a friend – one night a term we have a night where the talk is specifically geared toward someone who doesn’t know Jesus. The aim is to double our numbers on this night. We haven’t yet done that, but this year there have been many non-Christian teens come on those nights.
  • 4) FOLLOW-UP SMALL GROUP – We’ve got 2 follow-up courses called simplyJESUS. The junior youth material is similar to Tim Hawkin’s Discovering Jesus (God, Man, Jesus, Jesus’ death, Our response). The senior youth material is based around the two ways to live structure.
  • 5) WEEK LONG MISSION – Currently we run a week long program in January – this is a heightened period of bringing friends along to events that we put on for juniors and seniors. The juniors program runs closely with our family mission in the mornings. Seniors runs a bit more independently in the evenings at a local hip youth centre (very cool space!).

What do you think? Would love to hear some feedback as I rework all this stuff.

In the end – we want our teenagers captured by Jesus. That honours him. And they are going to be far more effective at evangelising their peers than I can be by handing out flyers in the local high schools. (Note to self – get rid of Christian school so there are more Christians in gov’t schools!)

If you don’t know what I mean by the gospel… check out this.

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You don’t have to be from the Central Coast to attend! If you’re planning on coming – come! If you’re bringing a group that needs somewhere to sleep on the Friday (and Saturday if need be) contact ccecyouth@gmail.com and we’ll organise billets.

]]> http://www.youthvanguard.com/2007/09/04/invitation/feed/ 0 The Gospel and Teenage Culture http://www.youthvanguard.com/2007/08/27/the-gospel-and-teenage-culture/ http://www.youthvanguard.com/2007/08/27/the-gospel-and-teenage-culture/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:35:00 +0000 davemiers http://www.youthvanguard.com/2007/08/27/the-gospel-and-teenage-culture/ I gave a talk to a bunch of leaders at a mission training day a couple of weeks ago. The aim was to think through how we reach teenage culture without compromising on the timeless gospel of Jesus’ death for our sins.

The Gospel and Teenage Culture (mp3)

How do you preach the unchanging gospel in your context?

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1) To see that Jesus came to seek and save the lost
2) To see that without Jesus you are lost
3) To see that only through the death of Jesus can you be found

I’m writing a series of talks and studies on Lost and Found. These aren’t talks or studies… just some of my thinking in preparation. Stay tuned for the talks on talkcast.ccecyouth.com

In #1 we see that Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. Throughout #2-9 we meet a whole bunch of different people – both real and fictional – who were lost. Some realised it. Others didn’t. If you aren’t a follower of Jesus and you’ve stumbled onto my blog (or you’re a regular reader) – let me encourage you to see yourself clearly: you are lost… and see Jesus clearly: he died and rose so that you could be forgive and have life eternal.

Shout out to James and the peeps at Central Espresso – the Best Coffee in Gosford – it kept me going with all my early starts (6am in Gosford is very early for a night owl!) over the last couple of weeks.

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What do you think?

]]> http://www.youthvanguard.com/2007/03/22/j-walk-magazine/feed/ 2 How to Get Teens Excited About God – time.com http://www.youthvanguard.com/2006/11/02/how-to-get-teens-excited-about-god-time-com/ http://www.youthvanguard.com/2006/11/02/how-to-get-teens-excited-about-god-time-com/#comments Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:44:00 +0000 davemiers http://www.youthvanguard.com/2006/11/02/how-to-get-teens-excited-about-god-time-com/ It looks like Time magazine is becoming a youth ministry magazine… two articles in the last week!! This article is based on some Barna research.

Our context in Australia is significantly different from the USA… but…

What gets your teens excited about God?

Maybe the more foundational question is:
ARE your teens excited about God?

What are the drop-off rates of teenagers from your church/ministry?

(The picture is from the website – they always get these photos when people are in odd-looking poses…)

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