2. Why am I doing Youth or
Children’s Ministry?
Why do you and
your volunteer
teams do what you
do?
3. - Sense of calling
- Giving something back to the Church
- Other volunteers had a big impact on my life
- Guilt-trip: Because no-one else would do it
- Seeing Children and Young People develop and grow
- Job – paid / contracted to do it
- When we get space to stand back, reflect and see what God is doing
- Wanting to provide somewhere in church for our own children
- Our history / background / story might motivate us to work with Children
or Young People from a certain background
Motivations
4. God calling…In pairs, think of Biblical examples of people being called
Moses
Noah
Gideon
Samuel
David
Disciples
Paul
2 Sam 16: 7b: The Lord does not
look at the things people look at.
People look at the outward
appearance, but the Lord looks at
the heart.”
How did they know
what they were
called to do? Were
they all called in the
same way?
5. Are you called?
•Are you called to Children’s or Youth ministry?
•Should you do anything you’re not called to?
•You may have a number of callings.
•You may be acting out of obedience.
•Are our responsibilities our callings?
•Are you investing as much in your calling to your
family and friends as you are to your work?
6. Who am i?
List your values, skills,
interests, passions,
experiences, knowledge,
personality, character and
attributes around the person-
outline
Psalm 139
Lord, you have examined me
and know all about me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I get up.
You know my thoughts before I think them.
3 You know where I go and where I lie down.
You know everything I do.
7. Some questions to ask
yourself…
• Who has God made me to be?
• How has God led me to my current ministry?
• What can I offer young people?
• Which of my values match the values of
youth ministry?
Journey… calling… vocation
8. Jeremiah 18
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Go down to the
potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to
the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was
shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into
another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me. 6 He said,
“Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?
declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter,
so are you in my hand, Israel.
God wants to use us, shape us,
mend us…
Pray together.
9. Isaiah 30:21
Jeremiah 1:5
Romans 12:2
Luke 9:1-2
Micah 6:8
Matthew 6:33
2 Peter 1:10-11
Verses about calling and vocation
Ephesians 4:1
Luke 4:18
1 Corinthians 7:17
1 Samuel 3:10
Matthew 16:24
Mark 10: 43-45
Matthew 28: 19-20
All listed in the portal
10. You may wish to explore, either on your own or with
someone you trust:
What skills, experience, values, knowledge have you
picked up and from where?
How have you developed? Track your growth.
How could you continue to grow and develop both as a
youth worker and as a individual beyond Aurora?
Editor's Notes
Each person has to share either a highlight or a reason for doing youth work from someone else in their group.
Has anyone got a story they’re willing to share about how they felt God call them, either into youth work or something else? ‘Feed my sheep...’
Point 4 – picture from someone about standing in a river against the current, and was simply standing in obedience.
Encourage you to make the most of each other this year. Support each other outside of the Aurora sessions. Meet up where you can. Offer to pray for and with each other.
