2021-JAN-05 Meeting Notes

Agenda:

1. Prayer
2. Wrap-up conversation around Need#3 - Counselling mentality.
3. Start discussion for need #4.
4. Wrap-up

NEED #4 - Need to be empowered by Faith that makes a difference

1. Disciple young people. Practices of discipleship:
1. They are grounded in concrete actions of turning toward and following Jesus rather than ideas or theories about Him;
2. They offer guidance and direction where there was uncertainty and hesitation; and most of all.
3. They offer an experience of God rather than facts about God;
2. Pray together. Not teach how to pray, actually do it.
3. Delegation. Older generation need to offer opportunities to the new generation.
4. Ask these questions:
1. What tasks can we put in the hands of our younger generation.
2. What concrete guidance can we give them them so they can fulfill those tasks or responsibilities?
3. What support and encouragement can we give them along the way?

How to foster a spirit of discipleship?

(Nelly)

• Missionary trips. Building poor communities (schools, churches, homes). Help them fell they can make a difference. Helping out in the bigger community.
• Servants need to have the discipleship mentality as well (not only the kids).
• Build relationship by finding out more about your kids. Ask them about their lives in the class.

(Steve)

• Hungry for hope service empowered the feeling of discipleship. Younger youth may have hesitation to perform these services on their own and need a more senior service to help break the ice for them then have them involve in leadership.
• Social activities can be a good start to foster a relationship of comfort between the servants and children which can then lead to discipleship.
• Don't make only about teaching.
• Mandate youth multi-day retreats to help foster the relationships.
• If you remove the administrative planning burden from the servants, you will give more bandwidth to focus on learning more about their kids.

(Nancy)

• Discipleship starts centered around the word of God.
• Curriculum aimed at discipleship. Bible study can be a way of starting his.
• Example program from Halifax.
• Discipleship meeting for grades 11-12 and younger youth. Gave them basis from the bible and church.
• Mandate that class servant have one-on-one communication with kids in their groups (phone calls, face meeting) weekly.

(Hossam)

• The person has to taste something first before they give it.
• How do they stay the course?
• Need to curriculum for the teaching.
• The church needs to be a healthy environment.
  • Prayer meetings? Invites the glory of God.
  • Servants need to be closer to each other.
  • Deeper bible studies.
• Need to consider all services together, not just the SS.
• Grow the missionary mentality and out reach.
• Kids get attracted more to the servant to play with them.
• Elkeraza through sports.

(Marian)

• Sharing experiences with kids about what God did in our lives.

(Holy)

• Building relationship can start by 1 servants with child + a friend to help get closer and remove the awkwardness of the one-on-one.

Action Items:

1. Emphasize the relationship building aspects of our ministry to the servants.
2. Build relationship by finding out more about your kids. Ask them about their lives in the class.
3. Ask class servants to come up with a list of things they can delegate to the kids in their class to help them feel engaged.
4. Select champions within the servant community who can do more and then share with the group.
5. Build and organize sport activities to help bring the servants and youth together.
6. Mandate youth multi-day retreats to help foster the relationships.
7. Mandate that class servant have one-on-one communication with kids in their groups (phone calls, face meeting) weekly.
8. Bible study groups for those interested.
9. Need to have a strong family ministry because the home is the first place children learn. Strong curriculum. Important values. How do we reach out to the families to be part of the program.