If you could describe or define Youth as it pertains to Youth Ministry - who are we talking about? Are there clear criteria which defines the Youth? Do you have suggestions?
I have been amazed at the various opinions and perceptions of who the youth are and what they represent. One of the interesting observations is that some think that because you are not married, you would still qualify as "youth" (regardless of your age) and would be entitled to attend "normal" youth meetings and ministries.
Is age (or age groups) a defining criteria for describing youth or "categories" of youth? Are there any other criteria?
What do you say?
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When children are taught what their purpose in life is we will have youth who will be an asset to the community.
On behalf of all the young people in the diocese of Johannesburg, I would like to wish Bianca God’s blessings as she embarks on a Gap Year mission to Turkey on the 9th April 2008. We will be praying for you.
Blessings,
I am a youth worker in the DIocese of George, in my experience on parochial as welll as diocesan level, you find that the definaition of youth can be divided upaccording to the cultral background. The “white and coloured” parish see youth ranging from primary school till matric. Whereas in the xhosa parishes, youth is open to all those who regard themseves as young, so this can go upto people in their mid thirties.
Another aspect to consider is the governments idea of youth. According to the National Youth Act of 1996, youth in South Africa are defined as persons in the age group 14 to 35 years.
At the parish i work for we have being grouping youth according to their school grades. Grade R to Grade 7 falls under Junior Church (Sunday School), Grade 8 till Grade 12 is youth and then from the first year out of shcool till the age of about 35 falls under the grouping of young adults.
This has being working well so far. I don’t know if this helps, but i hope it does.
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