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Motivations

In pairs, share one highlight of your youth work practice from

the past 12 months

Motivations

Outline

-Motivations of Jesus

-Our mixed motivations

-Self reflection on our values and sense of vocation or calling

Motivations

1) Jesus the boy @ the temple: Luke 2: 41-50

2) Temptation of Jesus – Luke 4:1-13

3) Gethsemane – Matthew 26:36-46

Why did Jesus do Youth Work? What kept him going when the

going got tough?

Motivations

Our motivations might include:- Sense of calling- Giving something back to the Church- Christian youth workers had a big impact on my life- Guilt-trip: Because no-one else would do it- The macho stories / war wounds- Seeing 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 children and their friends-Our history / background / story might motivate us to work with a certain group of young people

Motivations

What are your motivations for

doing youth work?

Self Reflection on personal development

God calling…In pairs, think of Biblical examples of people being called

MosesNoahGideonSamuelDavidDisciplesPaul

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?

Self Reflection on personal development

Are you called?•Are you called to 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 youth work?

Self Reflection on personal development

Who am i?List your values, skills, interests, passions, experiences, knowledge, personality, character and attributes around the person-outline

Psalm 139Lord, 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.

Self Reflection on personal development

Some questions to ask yourself…

•Who has God made me to be?•How has God led me to youth

ministry?•What can I offer young people?•Which of my values match the

values of youth ministry?

Journey… calling… vocation

Jeremiah 18This 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.

Self Reflection on personal development

God wants to use us, shape us, mend us…

Isaiah 30:21Jeremiah 1:5Romans 12:2Luke 9:1-2Micah 6:8Matthew 6:332 Peter 1:10-11

Self Reflection on personal development

Verses about calling and vocation

Ephesians 4:1Luke 4:181 Corinthians 7:171 Samuel 3:10Matthew 16:24Mark 10: 43-45Matthew 28: 19-20

All listed in the portal

Self Reflection on personal development

You may wish to explore, either on your own or with your mentor:

What skills, experience, values, knowledge have you picked up and how?

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?