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Education Officer Tatiana Wilson
Education OfficerPenny Burnside
Education Officer Richard
Maudsley
Governors Admissions
Christina Mabin
Children’s Work Adviser Katherine
Lyddon
Adviser to FE/HE Chaplaincies (p/t)
Cate Edmonds Youth Church Adviser
(p/t) James Grier
Youth Work Adviser Martin
Thompson
C.C.Y.P. Council for work with Children and Young People
Director of Education, Youth and Children’s Work Alyson Sheldrake
Chair of C.C.Y.P. Bishop John
CYP Team Objectives (from CYP Team Strategy 2009)
• The development of a culture where children and young people are seen as valued members of the Christian community and are encouraged and empowered to fulfil their potential as active disciples of Christ
CYP Team Objectives (cont…)
• The delivery of well-informed advice and appropriate support, training and encouragement• Greater collaboration between Diocesan Councils and other partners (Ecumenical and Secular)• The ability to respond to fresh opportunities as they arise
How can we support you?
•Support• Training• Advice • Resources
Meeting children and young people on their turf…• ‘Go and make disciples’ • Missio Dei – God’s mission that we’re
invited to be participants in…• God is already at work in our
communities…How do we spot him and join in?
• Listening…
The Next Generation
Partnership in building the kingdom…• Benefits of Collaboration
– Pooling resources/ideas/time/energy– Focusing on natural gathering points– Schools/local learning communities– Mobile provision– Think ‘holistic’…
• Building His Kingdom, not our own empires
Vitally Important
Aim LowerThink Smaller
Give UpGo have a cup of coffee
Reaching out: working together…•Creativity
•Thinking ‘outside the box’•Embracing the gifts God has given the community…
– Sports/knitting/gaming/reading…•Releasing young people into ministry and taking seriously their right to participate in the decision making processes of their churches and the Diocese
Reaching out: 4 key questions…•What?•Where?•Who else?•How?
Reaching out: 4 key questions…1. What…?
•are the key issues facing children, young people and families in your community?
•What can the church do to help?
Reaching out: 4 key questions…2. Where…?
•are children, young people and families in your community?
•How can you meet them ‘on their turf’?
•Creative thinking? Chaplaincy?
Reaching out: 4 key questions…3. Who else…?
•is already working with children, young people and families in your community?
•How can your Mission Community partner in this work?
Reaching out: 4 key questions…4. How…?
•big are your dreams?•What is God calling you to do, and how can we help you achieve that?
How can we keep in touch?•Sign up for STAR and SHOUT e-newsletters
www.exeterccyp.org
How can we keep in touch?•Sign up for STAR and SHOUT e-newsletters
•www.exeterccyp.org •Email: [email protected]
[email protected]•Call: 01392 294937 (KL) 01392 294932 (MT)•Come in for a coffee!: The Old Deanery, Exeter