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Children’s & Youth: Life Changing Encounters with Jesus. Overall picture. Over 140 years in Tonbridge 450+ children and young people from the Tonbridge area 160 volunteer youth and children’s workers. Inspiring. The Values. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Children’s & Youth: Life Changing Encounters with Jesus

Children’s & Youth @ TBC

Children’s & Youth:Life Changing

Encounters with Jesus

Page 2: Children’s & Youth: Life Changing Encounters with Jesus

Children’s & Youth @ TBC

Overall picture

• Over 140 years in Tonbridge

• 450+ children and young people from the Tonbridge area

• 160 volunteer youth and children’s workers

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

Life-ChangingEncounters

withJesus

Inspiring•Leading children and young people into an enduring relationship with Jesus•Cultivating an environment of expectant faith

Integrated•Children and young

people taking their part in the church and the whole church owning the children’s and youth work•Partnering with parents and carers

Holistic•Children and young people growing mentally, physically, emotionally and socially as well as spiritually•Becoming responsible global citizens

Supportive•Supporting, guiding and equipping our fantastic team of leaders

Inclusive•All children and young people welcomed and included•Welcoming local families into the church

Relevant•Presenting timeless

truths in up-to-date ways•Relating faith to life in the real world

The Values

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

The Journey

•Vision statement

•YLT & CLT

•Critical thinking

•Godly dreaming

•Youth – 10 year plan

•Children – 3 year plan

•Elders

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

Young peoples’ faith journey

•Serve and Engage

•Transform

•Grow

•Release

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

Key individuals and organisations

•Leaders

•Parents

•The wider church

•Outside organisations

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

• All young people in the ward to come into contact with tbcYouth (approx. 450 young people).

• Open a Youth Community Centre open 3.30-12.00pm Mon-Fri, all day Sat.

• Develop schools contacts across all age groups• Developing other “points of contact”, e.g.

Toddler Time, after-school clubs, detached work

Engage & Serve

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

• All young people in the ward to hear a clear gospel presentation (approx. 450 young people).

• Alternative worship opportunities.• Expanding and developing an integrated

approach to our existing groups.• Capitalising on evangelistic opportunities.

Transform

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

• Every young person knows who their ‘pastor’ is.• All young people who attend on a Sunday to be

involved in a cell with 2 cell leaders.• Developing All-Age Worship.• Agreed curriculum across groups.• More time and space for the Holy Spirit.

Grow

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

• Every young person who attends on a Sunday is serving in a ministry (either inside or outside of ‘church’)

• Mission for all year groups, i.e. yr. 7-9 regional; yr. 10-11 national; yr. 12+ international

• Seeing young people become key volunteers in their church, church staff and missionaries.

• Develop a “serving mindset” amongst our children so they come to church expecting to participate and to give as well as to receive.

Release

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

• Recruit a Children’s Team Leader!• Supporting the spiritual life of our volunteers.• Every youth volunteer able to access regular,

relevant training and resources.• Developing sustainable growth: formal mentoring

and modelling to younger leaders to take up key roles.

• Celebrating and encouraging our volunteers in their crucial role.

Leaders

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

• Improve communication in both directions.

• Supporting parents through courses and groups, e.g. parenting, drugs and alcohol, internet safety.

Parents

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

Annual “Children’s & Youth Work Sunday” where vision is cast and work explained.

Partnering with other local churches through TCYC.

Input into Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council long term children’s and youth plans.

Key leader in Tonbridge Local Children’s Strategic Partnership Board.

Church & Outside Organisations

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Children’s & Youth @ TBC

What next …

•Meetings with parents

•Publicising the vision with the wider church

•Recruiting Children’s Team Leader