St Budeaux Community Youth Project
We launched it on Monday evening!
A good turn out of local councillors and the area manager for youth work. People signing up for the steering group and voluntary youth work, offers of training for volunteers, and lots of questions asked and comments taken!
This is new territory for many of those involved. How do we find the balance between being a church initiated project and a community run project? How much power do we give the community when some of the partners have a specific idea of what should and shouldn't be looked at and covered? How do we as churches over come the stigma that over Zealous Christian Groups have established for us with the statutory sector?
Knowing that it's God's project, and that he is within everyone who is involved, not just the Christians, I guess we sit back, work with everyone who comes along, and trust that the image of God in everyone will shine come through.
A good turn out of local councillors and the area manager for youth work. People signing up for the steering group and voluntary youth work, offers of training for volunteers, and lots of questions asked and comments taken!
This is new territory for many of those involved. How do we find the balance between being a church initiated project and a community run project? How much power do we give the community when some of the partners have a specific idea of what should and shouldn't be looked at and covered? How do we as churches over come the stigma that over Zealous Christian Groups have established for us with the statutory sector?
Knowing that it's God's project, and that he is within everyone who is involved, not just the Christians, I guess we sit back, work with everyone who comes along, and trust that the image of God in everyone will shine come through.
posted by Nikki @ 9:20 am
1 Comments:
At 12:32 am,
Rainbow dreams said…
Good luck, hope it all goes well, it sounds as if it's off to a good start with people communicating.
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