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Welcome! 8:30 a.m. Registration and Hospitality 9:00 Introductions Overview of Workshop 9:05 Session 1 Following Christ - Mini-Retreat 10:45 Break 11:00 Session 2 Calling Youth to Missionary Discipleship 12:15 p.m. Lunch 1:00

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Welcome!

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8:30 a.m. Registration and Hospitality 9:00 Introductions – Overview of Workshop 9:05 Session 1 – Following Christ - Mini-Retreat 10:45 Break 11:00 Session 2 –Calling Youth to Missionary Discipleship 12:15 p.m. Lunch 1:00 Session 3 – Becoming a Disciple Building Parish 2:15 Session 4 – Disciple Building Action Plan 2:45 Closing Prayer

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Following Christ

SESSION 1

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What is a time and place that you experienced an encounter with Christ’s presence?

REFLECTION

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Personal Encounter With Jesus In invite all Christians, everywhere, at this very moment, to a renewed personal encounter with Jesus Christ, or at least an

  • penness to letting him encounter them…

Evangelii Gaudium, #3

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The Journey Of Discipleship

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This “Is What Jesus Wants T

  • day: Missionary

Disciples!”

Pope Francis, September 13, 2014

  • “The Church is herself a

missionary disciple” (#40).

  • “In virtue of their baptism, all the members of the People
  • f God have become missionary disciples (cf. Mt 28:19).

All the baptized, whatever their position in the Church or their level of instruction in the faith, are agents of evangelization" (#120).

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Evangelii Gaudium

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Disciple = Learner

comes from the Greek word, mathetes, and literally means “learner.” “No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher” (Luke 6:40). Discipleship is the life-long learning process of becoming like Jesus.

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“He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.” C.S. Lewis ~

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“Only someone who has encountered mercy, who has been caressed by the tenderness of mercy, is happy and comfortable with the Lord. …I dare to say that the privileged locus of the encounter is the caress of the mercy

  • f Jesus Christ on my sin.”

Cardinal Bergoglio – Pope Francis. The Encounter with Christ, Traces Magazine, 2001.

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DROPPING YOUR NETS

Discipleship – Following Christ humbly, obediently, and with an open heart.

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MISSIONARY

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Our life of faith is service AND

  • witness. As disciples we are engaged

in justice AND evangelization. This kind of life flows from an encounter with Christ’s presence that draws into deep relationship with the community gathered in his name.

Tom East, “Disciple Building Youth Ministry”, YouthMinistryAccess.org, 2015

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By using the term missionary with discipleship, Pope Francis challenges us to move from a missionary approach where a

  • nly a few people participate to a place

where everyone is involved; from supporting missions once a year on “Missionary Sunday” to being missionaries every hour of every day; from something that happens in remote parts of the world to something that happens everywhere. In other words, everyone, every day, and everywhere! (Page 5) Frank Mercadante, “Forming Missionary Disciples”, YouthMinistryAccess.org, 2016.

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The main focus of missionary discipleship is to build healthy and holy relationships. At times, this may call us into conflict or situations that make us uncomfortable. We must remember that those are the “risks” that come with “walking the talk.” We must remember that we are not alone and God calls us to not be afraid on this journey because we are doing his will.

  • Dr. Ansel Augustine, “Living as Missionary Disciples”,

YouthMinistryAccess.org, 2015, page 5. Page 4

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MISSIONARY = WITNESS / SERVICE

E=MC² MD=E³

Missionary Discipleship= Everyone, Evangelizing, Everywhere

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TO GROW AS A DISCIPLE

Encounters that engage Relationships that deepen Practices that form Mission that energizes

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Personal Reflection

Feeding Our Discipleship

  • Where are the places and occasions of encounter?
  • Who are the people and communities that deepen

my relationship with Christ?

  • What are the practices that form me?
  • What is the mission that energizes me?
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Prayer Response: Strengthen us as Your Disciples.

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PRAYER FOR DISCIPLESHIP

BY KURT STRUCKMEYER

Empower us to respond to the call of Jesus– to deny ourselves, to take up

  • ur crosses, and to follow.

Make us your disciples. Amen Transform our lives, so that we may accomplish your purpose.

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Calling Youth to Missionary Discipleship

SESSION 2

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HOPE

What is a hope you have for young disciples?

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DISCIPLESHIP DIANA BUTLER BASS

Belong Behave Believe

Believe Behave Belong

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RESEARCH

How do youth continue to practice their Catholic faith as young adults?

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MANY YOUTH DON’T CONTINUE

“Taking a break from religion” is, in the view of many, a normal part of emerging adult life. Now that they have jumped through all the major “hoops” of Catholic faith, they can settle back and put off further religious practices until marriage and having children bring it to the fore

  • f their lives again.
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COMMITTED AND PRACTICING EMERGING ADULTS WERE

  • well formed in Catholic faith and practice as children,
  • whose faith became personally meaningful and practiced as

teenagers

  • whose parents (reinforced by other supportive Catholic adults) were

the primary agents cultivating that lifelong formation.

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EMERGING ADULT FAITH PRACTICE

  • First, teens must have strong bonds to religiously committed and

supportive family and friends.

  • Believing in divine miracles as a teen and having personal religious

experiences.

  • The third and final set of influential factors is regular religious

behaviors and practices. (personal and communal)

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FOUR FACTORS

 Supportive adults – Parents / Family / Mentors  Internalized Faith (personal)  Religious Practices (communal)  Personal religious experience

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TWO PRIMARY PATHWAYS

Supportive Adults Internalized Faith

Supportive Adults Practices

  • f Faith
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SOME CATHOLIC YOUTH CONTINUE

Personal Religious Experience Religious Practice Personal Religious Experience Internalized Faith

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RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND DESIRE REINFORCEMENT

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DRIVE FOR IDENTITY CONTINUITY

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CONSERVE ACCUMULATED “RELIGIOUS CAPITAL.”

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PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT…

…Catholic youth who become more adept at being Catholic like attending Mass or Sunday school more will continue to engage in these behaviors during the transition to emerging adulthood.

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TO GROW AS A DISCIPLE

Encounters that engage Relationships that deepen Practices that form Mission that energizes

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STORY OF JONAH

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TO GROW AS A DISCIPLE

Encounters that engage Relationships that deepen Practices that form Mission that energizes

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ENGAGE YOUTH IN THE CULTURE OF ENCOUNTER

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ENCOUNTER CHRIST AND THOSE THAT CHRIST LOVES.

"He wants bishops to be part of this culture of encounter — encountering Christ and therefore encountering those that Christ loves. Once you have the relationship, then the ideas make

  • sense. Otherwise, it's a debating society. So you

don't start with the idea. You start with a person and relationship."

Cardinal George, The Chicago Tribune , Interview on December 19, 2013 Page 11

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ENCOUNTER WITH…

God’s love

mercy, forgiveness, reconciliation affirmation, love, encouragement challenge, conviction, call, awareness of gift, awareness of strength beauty, tenderness, awe

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CREATE MEETING PLACES

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RELATIONSHIPS THAT DEEPEN

  • Parents / Family
  • Relationships in the Parish
  • Communities of Accountability
  • Peer Relationships
  • Mentor Relationships
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Cross Fit

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COMMUNITIES OF ACCOUNTABILITY

  • What community helped form you as a disciple?
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BISHOP ROBERT BARRON Lead with Beauty…

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SEEING YOUTH MINISTRY IN NEW WAYS STICKY FAITH IS…

STICKY FAITH – FULLER INSTITUTE

  • Internal

AND

  • External

Both

  • Personal

AND

  • Communal

Both

  • Mature

AND

  • Maturing

Both

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StickyFaith Research

  • Dr. Kara E. Powell, Brad M. Griffin & Dr. Cheryl A.

Crawford

  • 80% of youth intend to stick with their faith after high

school

  • 40 to 50% of

Youth connected to youth group in high school fail to stick with their faith in college

  • Internal faith rather participation in activities seemed to be

the highest predictor of continued faith practice and belief

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PRACTICES OF DISCIPLES

Pray Participate in Mass, Eucharist, Reconciliation Belong to Community Grow in Faith Live the Faith Read the Bible Engage in Mission, Witness, Serve

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HELPING YOUTH TO FIND THEIR MISSION

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Youth’s Gifts Passion Witness, Service, Ministry, and Leadership

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TO GROW AS A DISCIPLE

Encounters that engage Relationships that deepen Practices that form Mission that energizes

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BRAINSTORM

Group 1: What are some ways that we can provide an opportunity for youth to encounter Christ’s presence? Group 2: What are some ways we can build relationships between youth and disciples in the community? How can we help youth belong to communities of accountability? Group 3: What are some ways we can form youth in the practices of discipleship? Group 4: What are some ways we can engage youth in a mission that energizes them?

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Check this out

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Becoming a Disciple Building Parish

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THE FUTURE OF YOUTH MINISTRY

“Our promotions are performance-driven—tied to the number of bodies that show up for our

  • events. …we default to

techniques that are beholden to numerical growth more than spiritual growth…”

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FUTURE OF YOUTH MINISTRY Move from this To this

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  • Youth Minister and helpers
  • Youth focused on group – sometimes disengaged from

parish

  • Lots of youth don’t want to join the group
  • Too much similarity in offerings
  • Catechesis from fear
  • Focus on Sacramental preparation with strict

requirements

ANALYSIS

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See with New Eyes!

  • Yourself /

Your Mission

  • Your ministry
  • Youth /

Young Adults

  • Parents and families
  • The Parish Community
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FORMING INTENTIONAL DISCIPLES

BY SHERRY WEDDELL

  • “The presence of a significant number of

disciples changes everything…” (page 80.)

  • “The Holy Spirit is planting charisms and

vocations of amazing diversity in the hearts

  • f all his people. Like the graces of the

sacraments, they are real, but they are not magic.” (page 81.)

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(Pre-Discipleship) Step 1: Initial trust Step 2: Spiritual curiosity Step 3: Spiritual openness Step 4: Spiritual seeking Step 5: Intentional discipleship

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Create a Description of the Young Person Assigned to Your Group What are some quotes or posts that he/she would be likely to say/share? How would you connect him/ her to the parish? How would you support him/her in growing as a disciple?

PROCESS

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WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?

  • Develop targeted ministries
  • Engage families and see parents in new ways
  • Engage lots of adult disciples
  • Focus on spiritual growth
  • Help youth do what disciples do – and get good at it!
  • Touch their hearts – make it personal
  • Provide multiple contact points
  • Listen and include
  • Go where youth are – including technology
  • Engage youth in mission!

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Discipleship Building Action Plan

SESSION 4

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Try y Thi his! ! 100 DAYS TO JUMPSTART DISCIPLESHIP

What would you want to put into each cell? – Prayer – Joy – Scripture – Healing / Reconciliation – Mercy – Service – Ministry

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Eucharist

  • Participate in Liturgy of the Eucharist
  • Pray before the Eucharist – Participate

in Adoration

  • Live Eucharist through service and

solidarity.

Tr Try y Th This is! !

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10 Words a Day

  • I love you Jesus.
  • Thank you God.
  • Come Holy Spirit.

Tr Try y Th This is! !

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Connect Youth to Scripture – Three Times a Week or More

  • Match scripture with feeling
  • r need
  • Readings of the day
  • Reading Plan - Thematic or

Bible Study

  • Support Families Reading

together

Tr Try y Th This is! !

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  • Create a Retreat Plan
  • Provide regular Service
  • pportunities and Mission trips
  • Identify Disciple Mentors
  • Gather Parents and Provide support

for Families

  • Identify Gifts – Match

Youth with Ministry and Leadership Roles

  • Support

Young Disciples through Social Media Presence

Tr Try y Th This is! !

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CREATING YOUR PLAN

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Ephesians 3:14-19

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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Ephesians 3:20-21

Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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Thank You