Last year at the Oxygen AGM we launched the plan of going deeper with the young people we work with. We want our relationships with young people to take us and them on a journey of discovering and following Jesus. What was important in this journey was the partnership with local churches. Seeking to connect the work we did in the community back into the local faith community.
To achieve this connection we set the challenge of establishing five new going deeper communities. Working with churches in specific location to appoint external youthworkers who can work on the fringes of the church and reach out to bring young people back.
One year on we have two going workers in place and we are working with St Johns Kingston Vale to appoint a third. Following a successful diocesan grant application St Johns are looking to appoint a Youth worker to take on the coordination and development of the church’s outreach and discipling youthwork. The appointed person will be given the challenge of building on the mission links already being established between local young people and the church. The aim will be to encourage those young people in the community who have started to make connections with the church to take these further and involve their friends.
Please do pray for this work and in particular this post, we are finding it hard to appoint someone. We are looking for God to bring the right person to us, and us to the right person. The post is offered at 10 hours per week during term time and so would suit someone seeking flexible working conditions. Deadline for applications is the 2nd April 2009.
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