The Future Can Be a Scary Thing
Imagine you could look onto the future and see your young people at the end, on the last day. With that day in mind, are you confident about the kind of input you are providing in preparing them for the future?
Sadly, research suggests that around 70% of peoples faith in Jesus doesn't survive the days and years beyond youth group. We ourselves know that the real world beyond youth group can bring challenges that may eventually consume our youth and they will walk away from their relationship with God, sometimes forever. This is a great tragedy.
Wouldn’t you just love to have the ability to make your kids future proof? What if you could reinforce their faith to stand the test of time so they stay strong for Jesus to THE END?
At PYLC 2009 we are going to focus on helping you lead a youth ministry through which you can confidently release young people into God’s care, knowing even when you are long gone, their faith will weather the storm of life.
Speakers
Steve Jeffrey
Steve became a Christian at 23 and started to head towards fulltime Christian service about 6 months later. After 14 years of ministry in a local church he is now the Director of Youthsurge Australia; a youth ministry organisation that encourages and resources Bible focussed, Christ centred youth ministry in the local church.
Not getting enough of all things youth ministry related with Youthsurge Steve is also Chairman of KYCK convention which sees over 4500 teenagers gather in Katoomba each year for a weekend of bible teaching and fellowship.
Steve is really passionate that teenagers do not waste their life building up treasure on earth but to give up everything to live for Jesus; he therefore takes every opportunity to open the bible with teens and point them to Jesus and what it means to follow him.
He is married to the wonderful Natalie and they have been very blessed with baby Isabelle.
Whenever he can Steve loves to go shooting and watch movies with guns, bombs and that sort of stuff in them.
Steve will be leading us in three talks from the Old Testament book of Ezekiel
Allan Chapple
Allan has pastored churches in WA and England, taught in an inter-denominational theological college in Malaysia, and served as Perth staff worker for the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (AFES). He was the founding director of the Perth Centre for Applied Christian Studies (PCACS), before becoming the Principal of Trinity Theological College. He is married to Alison and they have three children.
Allan will be leading us in four talks of the New Testament book of Revelation
Workshops
Monday 19th January 2009
1st Year- Foundations (Theological Foundations of Youth Ministry)-Jon Thorpe:
2nd Year- Sex Proofing Your Youth Group-Karnishka Raffel
3rd/4th Year- Culture Proofing
Tuesday 20th January 2009
1st Year- Foundations-(Main Meetings)-Jon Thorpe
2nd Year- Discipleship-Bradley Young
3rd/4th Year- Going the Distance- Steve Jeffrey
Wednesday 21st January 2009
1st Year- Foundations (Main Meetings-Demonstration workshop)-Jon Thorpe
2nd Year- Spiritual Life of the Youth Leader-Clare Deeves
3rd/4th Year- Post Youth Group
Strands, Timetable -See brochure download.