FINDING GOD AMONG THE YOUNG

“IT IS ENOUGH FOR ME TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE YOUNG FOR ME TO LOVE YOU”

- DON BOSCO

PEOPLE ……………………… NOT PROGRAMS

RELATIONSHIPS ………….. NOT RELIGION

CHRIST ……………………… NOT CREEDS

A NEW RADICAL LIFE-CHANGING PERSONAL

FAITH

NOT A TIRED OLD

GUTLESS RELIGIOUS TRADITION

YOUTH ARE LOOKING FOR A CHOICE, NOT A COMPROMISE

YOUTH PSYCHOLOGYHOLISTIC

GIFTEDNESSPERSON-ORIENTED

COMMUNITY BASEDCHURCH MINISTRY

PRESENCEMISSION

RELATIONSHIPS SYNERGY SELF-GENERATIVE

CHILDHOOD ADULTHOOD

15 – 24 YRS

15 – 29 YRS

5 – 35 YRS

POLITICALLY : 40 YRS BELOW

15 –35 YRS

70 % BELOW 35 YEARS

9 MILLION BETWEEN 15-30 YEARS

PRIMARY SCHOOL: 5.5 MILLION

SECONDARY SCHOOL: 650,000

UNIVERSITY/ COLLEGE : 50,000

TECHNICAL/ POLYTECHNIC: 31,000

OUT-OF-SCHOOL : 3 MILLION - EMPLOYED/ INFORMAL SECTOR

UNEMPLOYMENT / UNDER-EMPLOYMENT

POVERTY – 10 MILLION LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE

HEALTH RELATED ISSUES: HIV/AIDS 30% YOUTH

CRIME & DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR: DRUGS… ALCOHOL … RAPE

ABUSE: PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL …

STREET-KIDS, STREET-ADULTS, STREET-FAMILIES

EDUCATION : MONOPOLY OF THE RICH !!!

FAMILY BREAKDOWN: TRADITIONS, CULTURE…

LIMITED & POOR HOUSING FACILITIES

LIMITED SPORTS & RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

SATANIC WORSHIP

POLITICAL INSTABILITY

SUNDAY ‘RELIGIOUS TOURISM’

POOR ‘ROLE MODELS’ & ADULT COMPANIONS

POOR ‘CULTURE OF SERVICE’/ VOLUNTEERISM

WEAK CHURCH SUPPORT

INFLUENCE OF MEDIA: ‘CULTURE OF MANIPULATED TRUTH’

TOTAL ‘PERSONAL’ & ‘SPIRITUAL’ GROWTH

CULTURE OF PARTICIPATION

ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP & AGENTS OF TRANSFORMATION

HUNGER FOR MEANING & PURPOSE IN LIFE

HUNGER FOR CONNECTION

HUNGER FOR RECOGNITION

HUNGER FOR JUSTICE

HUNGER FOR THE HOLY

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF YOUTH MINISTRY

ADVOCACY

CATECHESIS

COMMUNITY LIFE

EVANGELI-ZATION

JUSTICE & PEACE

ENABLEMENT

PASTORAL CARE

PRAYER & WORSHIP

A DECISIVE CHOICE: YOUNG PEOPLE, THE POOREST

THE TASK: EDUCATE BY EVANGELIZING EVANGELIZE BY EDUCATING

EXPERIENCE: IN ‘COMMUNITY’

SPECIFIC STYLE: WELCOMING PRESENCE ANIMATING PRESENCE, FRIENDLY PRESENCE, VOCATIONAL PRESENCE