Background

3 year plan

Original Strategy Document: Diocese of St Albans Youth Service Strategy 2012 - 2015

Going Deeper into God • Transforming Communities • Making New Disciples To increase diverse opportunities for

young people; DYS to facilitate, enable or signpost.

•!• Baptism & Confirmation •!• Youth Groups •!• Youth Services & Participation •!• Events •!• Pilgrimages •!• Soul Survivor •!• Onelife •!• Residentials •!• National/International Experience

•!• Lent/ Advent/Emmaus/ Alpha Courses

·:· Ecumenical Experiences.

•!• Map above activities in appropriate 'HUB' areas

•!• Identify relevant persons to work alongside DYS in the above areas connected either to HUB or centrally

•!• Work with DVO, DDO and youth workers in developing younger vocations

•!• Encourage young people to be part of small group to deepen faith (cells, alpha, youth)

•!• Identify lay and clergy spiritual guides, locally and in HUBS.

To signpost/offer mission, justice and evangelism experiences for young people.

•!• Opportunities and Internships identified

•!• Partnership with mission agencies (local, national, international)

•!• Fairtrade Justice •!• Christian Aid, Tear Fund •!• Hope Projects •!• Entrepreneurial Opportunities •!• Fundraising •!• Gap Years •!• Issues around employment in

current climate.

•!• Map the above activities connected to appropriate 'HUB' areas

•!• Identify relevant persons to work alongside DYS in the above areas connected either to HUB or centrally

•!• Work with Director of Mission and Social Responsibility Officer for joined up development

•!• Encourage every young person to have signposted/access to opportunities to do mission.

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To identify areas of best practice and encourage participation. Seen in

conjunction with 'Going Deeper into God'

•!• The work of the cafe models (i.e. The More Cafe's run by 2:67 project and The Fountain project Bedford)

•!• Soul Survivor Weeks (Offers opportunity of commitment to Christ.

•!• Possible FUEL Mission in Harpenden for 2013.

NB: These are what I am aware of at the moment but will need more work.

•!• Map the above activities to the appropriate 'HUB' areas

•!• Identify relevant persons to work in the area of discipleship/post confirmation with young people connected either to a hub or centrally

•!• Work with significant persons who accompany young people in faith development (Youth Workers, Clergy, Readers, Parents etc)

•!• Look at markers of faith development and growth.

1 year actions SMART

Resource Implications

Original Strategy Document: Diocese of St Albans Youth Service Strategy 2012- 2015

Going Deeper into God • Transforming Communities • Making New Disciples

•!• Identify and establish 2-3 Hubs •!• Deliver 'Lock-In' Abbey Event •:• 3 Retreat times for parish youth

workers - PAUSE events, Lent, Ordinary, Advent

•!• Develop conversations about creating Young Servers Guild.

•:• Realign current budget appropriately for establishment and sustaining hubs (review annually)

•!• Establish budget basis for a HUB •!• Identify commitment levels for

persons who support to achieve objectives.

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•!• Identify and establish opportunities via 'HUBS', centrally or other e.g. key events like Olympics and Jubilee and other appropriate local events (HOPE) or other issues (Change.org around on-line petitions)

•!• Initiate discussions to integrate youth participation with existing structures

•:• Develop Youth Participatory streams beyond the synodical process . Both institutional and organic.

•!• Realign current budget appropriately with annual review of existing budget

•!• Identify appropriate human resources

•:• Develop, refresh and renew resources for on-line availability and appropriate signposting

•!• Strengthen partnership relationships with other agencies in the Diocesan area and beyond, where appropriate.

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•!• Identify and resource leadership to accomplish above tasks

•:• Meet with Senior Leadership on a regular basis, making sure they are aware of key youth work and ministry issues

•:• Annual meeting with parish youth workers and volunteers

•!• Encourage good management and supervision training that helps in strengthening the above through recruitment, selection and retention (CME/IME or other training).

•!• Realign current budget appropriately with annual review of existing budget

•!• Identify appropriate human resources

•:• Develop appropriate signposting both locally, diocesan and nationally (internationally) where appropriate.

New 1 year actions SMART

New SMART actions for 2013/14: Diocese of St Albans Youth Service Strategy to 2015

Going Deeper into God • Transforming Communities • Making New Disciples

•!• Establish two more HUBs •!• Deliver another Abbey event •!• Hold one major retreat for church

Youth and Families workers.

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•!• Evaluate Harpenden mission •:• Conflict Resolution work- autumn

2014, centenary of WWI •!• Carry forward work with existing

structures.

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•!• Facilitate a training day on Safeguarding

•!• Ongoing actions from original strategy doc 2012-2015.