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Adults Fellowship (YAF).
Young Adults
Fellowship-Reflections on 2002 and Ministry plans for 2003
Purpose of
Ministry:
To be a fellowship for young adults where lives are centered on Christ.
This is done through laying solid spiritual foundations, providing an
environment for spiritual and social growth to take place and Discipleship-life
impacting life.
Our target group ranges
from those 20 years and above till they are married.
1. Reflections
on 2002
Our theme for 2002
was Personal Revival through the Word, Worship, Service and Fellowship.
We wanted to return to the source of all purpose and life-Jesus Christ.
The bible studies we had reflected this. We did a bible study on the “Calling
of a Disciple”(Book of Luke), on Worship, and on “The Assurance
of Salvation” (1 John).
To ground us in the essentials of our Faith we had several talks on Christian
Doctrine: Scripture, Sin and Salvation. To cap the year’s programme,
our retreat’s theme was “Remaining in Jesus” (John 15).
We were reminded of God’s love in His redemption of us and were
challenged to remain in Jesus by loving Him and one another. This was
good preparation for our 2003 ministry.
2. Ministry plans for 2003
We saw that there
was a need among the young adults (20-23 years) for deeper fellowship
beyond that of Sunday Service and Sunday School. Without this it is likely
they would leave the church or remain stagnant in their spiritual lives.
Thus we decided that the Fellowship should concentrate on:
- capturing the
young adults in Church
- laying a solid
spiritual foundation (eg assurance of salvation)
- giving them opportunities
to grow spiritually and socially.
We plan to do this
by:
- publicizing the
YAF and it’s role in all three services
- touching on issues
relevant to Young Adults (eg. work satisfaction, BGR)
- training and giving
opportunities for younger leaders to serve
- building into
their lives the importance of the Word of God
3. Resources
required
A bigger budget is
proposed in view of the objective of capturing the young adults’
interest and bringing them into the fellowship. More talks and fellowship
outings are planned. The budget will also have to accommodate leadership
training and a mid-year retreat for the leaders. There will also be a
year-end retreat for all members of the Fellowship.
We would also require
help in the following areas:
- Prayer from the
Congregation and Leadership
- Adult sponsors
and helpers. We need mentoring from those who are one step ahead of
us in life. Those who can help us by providing material support are
also most welcome.
- Speakers at Seminars.
Those with knowledge and/or experiences to share on pertinent topics
like work satisfaction or BGR etc.
Prepared
by Nat. Committee member, YAF
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