finding god among the young “it is enough for me to know that you are young for me to love you”...

FINDING GOD AMONG THE YOUNG

“IT IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE YOUNG FOR ME TO LOVE YOU”

- DON BOSCO

PEOPLE ……………………… NOT PROGRAMS

RELATIONSHIPS ………….. NOT RELIGION

CHRIST ……………………… NOT CREEDS

A NEW RADICAL LIFE-CHANGING PERSONAL

FAITH

NOT A TIRED OLD

GUTLESS RELIGIOUS TRADITION

YOUTH ARE LOOKING FOR A CHOICE, NOT A COMPROMISE

YOUTH PSYCHOLOGYHOLISTIC

GIFTEDNESSPERSON-ORIENTED

COMMUNITY BASEDCHURCH MINISTRY

PRESENCEMISSION

RELATIONSHIPS SYNERGY SELF-GENERATIVE

CHILDHOOD ADULTHOOD

15 – 24 YRS

15 – 29 YRS

5 – 35 YRS

POLITICALLY : 40 YRS BELOW

15 –35 YRS

70 % BELOW 35 YEARS

9 MILLION BETWEEN 15-30 YEARS

PRIMARY SCHOOL: 5.5 MILLION

SECONDARY SCHOOL: 650,000

UNIVERSITY/ COLLEGE : 50,000

TECHNICAL/ POLYTECHNIC: 31,000

OUT-OF-SCHOOL : 3 MILLION - EMPLOYED/ INFORMAL SECTOR

UNEMPLOYMENT / UNDER-EMPLOYMENT

POVERTY – 10 MILLION LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

HEALTH RELATED ISSUES: HIV/AIDS 30% YOUTH

CRIME & DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR: DRUGS… ALCOHOL … RAPE

ABUSE: PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL …

STREET-KIDS, STREET-ADULTS, STREET-FAMILIES

EDUCATION : MONOPOLY OF THE RICH !!!

FAMILY BREAKDOWN: TRADITIONS, CULTURE…

LIMITED & POOR HOUSING FACILITIES

LIMITED SPORTS & RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

SATANIC WORSHIP

POLITICAL INSTABILITY

SUNDAY ‘RELIGIOUS TOURISM’

POOR ‘ROLE MODELS’ & ADULT COMPANIONS

POOR ‘CULTURE OF SERVICE’/ VOLUNTEERISM

WEAK CHURCH SUPPORT

INFLUENCE OF MEDIA: ‘CULTURE OF MANIPULATED TRUTH’

TOTAL ‘PERSONAL’ & ‘SPIRITUAL’ GROWTH

CULTURE OF PARTICIPATION

ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & AGENTS OF TRANSFORMATION

HUNGER FOR MEANING & PURPOSE IN LIFE

HUNGER FOR CONNECTION

HUNGER FOR RECOGNITION

HUNGER FOR JUSTICE

HUNGER FOR THE HOLY

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF YOUTH MINISTRY

ADVOCACY

CATECHESIS

COMMUNITY LIFE

EVANGELI-ZATION

JUSTICE & PEACE

ENABLEMENT

PASTORAL CARE

PRAYER & WORSHIP

A DECISIVE CHOICE: YOUNG PEOPLE, THE POOREST

THE TASK: EDUCATE BY EVANGELIZING EVANGELIZE BY EDUCATING

EXPERIENCE: IN ‘COMMUNITY’

SPECIFIC STYLE: WELCOMING PRESENCE ANIMATING PRESENCE, FRIENDLY PRESENCE, VOCATIONAL PRESENCE