SEIZE THE DAY!

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Welcome to this edition of Youth forChrist’s newspaper. As you readabout our plans for the summer,lives that have been changedthrough our work and our manyexciting local initiatives, I hope youare blessed and encouraged bywhat God is doing.

Young people have so muchpotential and need others tobelieve in and support them. Someof the ways we are doing thisinclude schemes to help youngpeople back into employment,drama groups counteractingnegative stereotypes and awardshonouring young heroes who arehelping their community.

As a ministry though we longto not only see young people growand develop but for them to meetJesus Christ and find real, full andeternal significance as they cometo Him. That’s why in this specialOlympic year, we are runningvaried, relevant evangelisticmissions all across Britain.

As people take the Gospel toothers on the streets, at events, inchurches, in youth clubs and inschools please pray that the Lord ofthe harvest will give us much fruit.

Welcome!

Every blessing,Gavin CalverYFC National Director

P.S. For more information aboutour work go to www.yfc.co.uk

At a time when many peopleare finding life hard, it’salways worth lifting our

spirits and celebrating good things. We have the best news in the world,which does not change withcircumstances, so let’s get together inour families, churches andcommunities across Britain and workout what we are going to do to reachout to people with the life-transformingnews that Jesus brings. There are somany things we can do, and plenty ofpeople and resources to help us take

the initiative and get things going asyou will read inside. The Torch relay forexample, will be a great opportunity toget out on the streets and give out freedrinks and food or provide an areawhere people can sit down and have abreak. If you aren’t already doing so,why not organise specific times ofprayer for your area and talk to otherchurches so you can combineresources and share vision?

Great excitement

At Youth for Christ, we are running lots of exciting events, alongside other organisations and churchesthroughout Britain and helping toproduce resources for people to useduring the Olympic Games. We areworking closely with More Than Goldwho enable churches in Britain toengage with the 2012 Games and areorganising regional ‘Get Set’ trainingdays for people to see the range of activities that can be achieved this year.

Our DNA is working with youngpeople – we love them – so our localCentres around Britain are setting upevents this summer that are as variedas their ongoing youth work. We arealso organising two youth missions inLondon (pages 2 and 3). The YFCCentre Directors in those areas have

works of service provided by localcouncils. As our plans come togetherwe pray that God will use us by HisSpirit, as His church moves out from thebuildings and onto the streets of Britain.We are praying for transformation, inthe lives of young people as they comeface to face with Jesus in theircommunities and also in the lives ofthose taking part in mission, whetherthey are British or have travelled halfway across the world to join us in thissignificant year.

2012 is going to be remembered for many reasons – including the Queen’s 60th Jubilee and London hosting the Summer Olympic Games. The eyes of the world are going to be on Britain this year, so let’s get ready.

We are praying fortransformation, in the

lives of young people asthey come face to face

with Jesus

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met with churches and youth leadersand are ready to receive internationaland national teams of young peoplewho will work alongside local youngpeople in drop-in cafés , children’sclubs, sports activities and tournamentsplus big screen events and practical

If you need information onbringing a team to help with the

London youth missions, please contact Judy Lloyd on

judy.lloyd@yfc.co.uk and visit our website

www.yfc.co.uk/olympicoutreachfor other ways to help . If you

would like to attend a More ThanGold training day or use some of

their excellent resources, visitwww.morethangold.org

Spring / Summer 2012

Josh RotherhamA Real Heroawarded

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London’s Calling YFC’s response to the

London 2012Games

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Inside2. A Lasting Legacy for

Newham YouthLove E7 Mission

3. Brazilian Creative Arts Group

4. yfc one’s Katie Woods on disability and God

5. A New Season for Fort Rocky

6. Facing a Future with no RE

7. Studio D’s PositiveMessage

8. Join the Race

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Launching a brand new local Centre isalways a special moment as a new YFCministry is birthed but the opening ofNewham YFC recently in East Londonwas especially exciting. Newham hasBritain’s highest youth population andis one of the 20 most deprivedcommunities in England and Wales butthis summer Newham will be home toboth the Olympic Stadium and OlympicVillage. YFC’s latest local ministry isperfectly placed to impact many younglives during the Games through itsLove E7 Mission and beyond; leaving alasting legacy of Christ-centred, qualityyouth work in the area.

Right from the start, God’s handwas clearly on the development of theCentre. In only 6 months the teamwent from the initial interest meetingto the official Newham YFC launch,which took place at WoodgrangeBaptist Church; the site of the Centre’soffices and a partner church of theproject. Richard Shaw; Scripture UnionTeam Leader for the South East andChair of Newham YFC’s trustees,hosted what was a truly inspiring

Heartland YFC are heading up a steeringgroup of around 10 churches planningto run an Olympic café in the localshopping area called Run the Racecafé. Showing the Olympics on bigscreens, offering free drinks and cakes,running kids crafts and activities, sportsevents, prayer corners, hot potatoevents and more, it will run for the twoweeks of the Olympics.

Street360 are going to be running a 12week Olympic course, providing thecoaching for a charity working withyoung people with additional needs. Sotherefore the team will be focusing onthe upcoming Paralympics too,although the course will be runningfrom April to July.

AVYFC are doing lots in Aylesbury Valetogether with More Than Gold. The Centre are actually running anofficial LOCOG live festival/funday forBuckingham on the 1st Sept becausethey are building on AVYFC’s existingevent. Touring around about 40 youthgroups in Buckinghamshire, the teamwill be organising a competition on theNintendo Wii and also with the sportscage.

Using the Scripture Union, ‘The Games’resource, Wirral YFC, working alongsidea local sports ministry, are looking toencourage local churches to puttogether a small team of volunteers togo into their local school for a daywhere the children will learn about theOlympics but also about being part ofJesus’ team. Working in partnershipwith the local church and otherministries it is hoped this will be a steptowards a long-lasting and sustainablepresence in local Primary Schools.

Quinton YFC are working in partnershipwith the local churches and youth workproviders to put on 2 weeks’ worth ofOlympic themed activities from a bikerally course round the area to bigscreens set up to watch the games incommunity. We’re excited by theopportunity to get creative in mission.

As a sports ministry Nomad excel inrelevantly engaging young people withthe Good News. Sport breaks downbarriers, crosses cultural divides andbrings together individuals andcommunities in a way that little elsecan. Cage football brings with itexcitement, challenge and theopportunity to share faith. As Olympicfever grips the nation this year, thepioneering ministry of Nomad standspoised at the forefront of sports ministryto meet young people where they are, inschools, youth clubs, sports pitches,youth cafés and on the streets.

To find out about more about theseCentre projects and your nearest YFCCentre visit www.yfc.co.uk/centres

Newham youth get lasting Olympiclegacy and Love E7 Mission

evening. Over a hundred attendeessaw YFC National Director Gavin Calvercommission the Centre and speak onthe importance of Micah 6:8, urgingthe Centre to love mercy, act justly andwalk humbly with God. NewhamDirector Jimmy Dale also outlined hisvision to see every local churchequipped to grow their youth work andextend their reach amongst the youngpeople of Newham.

At such a decisive moment for thearea and its continued development,Stephen Timms, Labour MP for EastHam, was“delighted” to join the

team for the launchevent and share hisexcitement at thepotential of the newYFC Centre. MrTimms commendedthe many Christiansin Newham who are passionate abouttheir local communitybefore adding, “It ismy hope that,through the work ofNewham YFC, moreand more of theborough’s youngpeople will havetheir values formedand shaped by thechurches’ words,work and worship.”

Jimmy and theteam are liaisingwith local churches

and working with other organisationssuch as More Than Gold in order to setup projects which will not only reachout to the community during theOlympics but also result in new growthlasting well into the future. ‘Love E7’ isan exciting youth mission Newham arerunning from 24th July to 3rd Augustwhich aims to give young people a life-changing taste of selfless service,equip the Church to extend its welcomeand witness to the local community andbless the area with an outpouring ofkindness, opening eyes to the goodnessof God. Around 130 young people frominternational, national and local teamswill work side by side with the churcheson projects ranging from childrens’clubs to youth drop-in centres, sportsactivities to Big Screen events andcommunity projects supplied by thelocal council. Teams will be sleeping onchurch floors, connecting throughtraining and worship times and goingout on a daily basis to meet localchildren and young people.

In an expectant borough hostingthe 2012 Olympic games we arethrilled to have launched thispioneering and dynamic YFC Centrewho will share the Good Newsrelevantly right at the heart of theaction and help young people win theprize of eternal value both during theGames and beyond. Why not comeand be a part of ‘Love E7’ thissummer?

www.lovee7.org

Reaching Britain’syouth locally…At this special time, our diverse local ministries are responding to the OlympicGames in a wide variety of ways; each meeting the needs of it’s communitywhile reaching out to young people through sport during the 2012 games. Our 72 Centres are the backbone of our movement, dotted the length andbreadth of Britain working with and meeting young people where they are.Here is just a taste of the amazing things going on locally this summer…

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More Than Gold is the ChristianCommunity’s jointstrategic responseto the London 2012Games, and Youthfor Christ have hadthe privilege of

being involved from the start. In my role asSports Advisor for YFC, I’ve been part of theSports Ministries UK network for the last 8years and am delighted to see so manysports ministries organisations workingtogether as part of a bigger Christianresponse to the mission opportunitiespresented by the Olympic Games. My role,within the bigger picture, has beenspecifically to focus on how the church canuse sport to connect with young people inand out of school settings. I am veryexcited to present 3 of the options we arekeen to see delivered through YFC Centresand local churches.

Decathlon is a set of 10 session plansto introduce young people, particularlythose outside of church settings to the

Good News of the Gospel messagethrough sports activities in varioussettings such as school assemblies,RE/PSHE lessons, holiday clubs orother youth groups. Through physicalactivity and Bible teaching youngpeople are able to relate Christianmessages to an Olympic andParalympic event and furthermore totheir own lives. www.yfc.co.uk/shop

The Games is a one day in-schoolactivity day, which uses sport andcompetition in a way that enablesyoung people to hear the Christianmessage. Aimed predominantly at Keystage 2, this resource turns a schoolday into an opportunity to experienceglobal competition whilst enjoying thechallenge of playing sport, beingcreative, learning with your ownclassmates and understanding Biblestudies in a relevant manner.www.scriptureunion.org.uk

For those of you who have seenthe church excel in relating to youngpeople in drop-in cafés, then Café 2012will inspire and encourage you to knowthat this is a model you can adoptyourself. This free downloadable packis a ‘how to’ guide for the initiation,set-up and delivery of a youth drop incafé to be promoted with Olympicthemes. Imagine a café culture whereyoung people can come and watch 6,10 or even 24 screens showing variousaspects of the Games, compete withother local or national cafés on Wii andX-box Olympic console games; for thelocal church to be able to connect withyoung people of the area; and forcommunity to gather as they watchhighlights of the world’s most viewedphenomenon. www.cafe2012.info

All of these resources are createdas a feature of a longer-term strategyto connect with and engage youngpeople through local church. When theGames are all finished, the hype hasdied down and More Than Gold hasplayed its part, it will be the localchurch and those committed tomission to young people who will beleft to keep the discipleship processgoing and keep up the momentumthroughout 2013.

The Gold StandardLondon’s Calling:Greenwich, the Olympicsand New Premises…

As one of the 4 host boroughs of the Olympics, 2012 is a big year forGreenwich. For more than two years, Greenwich Youth For Christ havebeen meeting with church leaders from across the borough to developthe church’s response to the Olympics and Paralympics. Ideas andplans include a sanctuary space at St Alfrege’s, a sports quiz atCharlton Athletic, a lent devotional programme and hostinginternational mission teams. Greenwich YFC have more than 20churches involved, with the Greenwich Borough Deans inviting theCentre to co-ordinate the youth section of their outreach work thissummer.

Hugh Ridsdill-Smith the Director of Greenwich YFC, has beenworking with Jimmy Dale and Judy Lloyd, to provide missionopportunities to engage with local young people. This will enable thechurches to expand their existing programmes or start new ones andcreate plenty to build on for the future “We are working with 3 clustersof churches who are going to have a team of overseas volunteershelping them this summer”, Hugh explains. “It’s great to havevolunteers coming from around the world. They’ll be helping run dropin clubs and youth cafés plus other community work which will impactthe area long term. We are especially pleased to have a broad mix ofchurch denominations working together. There’s a strong sense ofshared mission and a determination to give to the local communities.”

Space for Diversity

Greenwich YFC are also looking forward to the launch of a new Youthand Community Centre called “One Space” in June. Working closelywith, and supported by, Greenwich Council and the developersBerkeley Homes, it will be run by the charity Kidbrooke Focus whoGreenwich YFC are a major partner of. OneSpace will meet the needsof a diverse and changing community as the old Ferrier estate makesway for the new Kidbrooke Village development, which includes 4,500new homes.

With the Olympics on the horizon, OneSpace is intended as animaginative and creative space where local projects can gather in onepurpose designed venue with both indoor and outdoor facilities. It willbe a vibrant and welcoming facility serving the local community witha particular focus on children, young people and their families.

Hugh says “being involved in one of the most ambitiousregeneration schemes in London is one of the riskiest ventures GYFChas ever been involved with but along with others will enable us tobring together our projects in one purpose built space, with fabulousfacilities. We are privileged to be working in such creativepartnerships locally and are standing at a very exciting yet challengingpoint in our work right now.”

For more visit www.greenwichyfc.org.uk

Barry Mason on Olympic Resources

One of the international teams coming to Britain to do mission this summer are the Kumabiá, a Brazilian evangelistic creativearts group. The group use dance, theatre and sports to take the Gospel to the streets and in over 18 years they have visitedmany countries around the world including China, Australia, and America.

The Olympics in London present a unique and unmissable opportunity for the team as DJ Junior, the team’s leader, isonly too keen to acknowledge. “I’m looking forward to the Olympics” he enthuses, “In addition to being a momentous sportingevent, the Olympic Games provide a great way to share theGospel with young people which is what really excites us!”

For DJ it is seeing lives changed as people surrender tothe love of Christ that motivates them to action. “Sport hasbeen a brilliant tool for spreading the Gospel in our owncountry and continues to be throughout the world so wecan’t wait to be part of what God is doing in Britain thissummer.”

Since August 2011, the team have been workingtirelessly to raise the funds to enable them to come. “Wehave the support of our church back home who arecontributing towards the project and praying for us”, saysDJ full of thanks. With teams like the Kumabiá; full ofenergy, creativity and passion to reach young peopleconverging on London during the summer who knowshow many lives will be transformed as people encounterthe Gospel through creative arts and sport?

Brazilian creative arts group comes to Britain

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“God got me through”

“Since birth I’ve had a lot of healthproblems” Katie explains as she sipshot chocolate in a coffee shop in thecentre of Cambridge on a cold, wetwinter’s afternoon. The shop is heavingand due to the amount of people insideand numerous hot coffees they aregladly drinking, it’s aglow withwarmth. Born with Ehlers Danlossyndrome, Katie describes how herfeet were turned in and upside downbefore an operation at three weeks oldenabled her to walk normally as shegrew. Then, when only 14, she suffereda stroke which paralysed her down herright side and within a year another lefther numb from her arms to her waist,causing her to be admitted to GreatOrmond Street Hospital.

“To go through so much traumaand medical treatment in your teenageyears must have been difficult”, Isuggest sympathetically. She nods, “Itwas hard as I wasn’t able to do thethings that normal people can. At highschool I was bullied a lot because I hadto have a wheel chair following the firststroke. I found it all very difficult to dealwith but it was two other school pupilsthat rescued me from that really.”Gazing upwards she recalls how, “At avery dark time in my life, I started tohang around with two girls who wereChristians and we soon became close

friends. When they invited me to theiryouth group and then young people’sBible study, I heard the Gospel for thefirst time and surrendered my life toChrist.”

Though Katie has had periods ofrelative stability, her health hascontinued to be an issue and in 2009she had to have an emergencyoperation after falling seriously illagain. What difference, I wonder, hasbeing a Christian made? “Thingschanged because I realised God has aplan for my life so no matter whatcomes my way, God will get methrough. Before I knew God, I worried alot more and lived in fear of death allthe time”, Katie says openly. “Butaren’t the bad days still unbearablenow?” I ask. She smiles knowingly, “Alot of people ask how I cope but it givesme a chance to glorify God as He is theone who brings me through – none of

it is down to me. It’s all by His grace.I’ve had times when things have feltimpossible to deal with and I’vewondered why I‘m here but God’s justreached down, pulled me up andshowed me all the people who loveme, no matter how I look or who I am.”

Impressed by such deep trust inGod, I ask Katie how she wouldrespond to those who say faith is acrutch for weak-minded people? With

honesty and refreshing candour shereplies, “After becoming a Christian mylife felt harder not easier actually,because I thought ‘how am I to live thislife?’ I am so grateful for my family andfriends who have supported me butJesus asks me to follow Him in thegood times and the bad. He never saysthis life is going to be easy. I didn’tcome to Him to feel better or have anice life, but because I realised I was asinner that needed forgiveness. Aftersaving me and making me clean, Iknow I can trust Him to bring methrough the hard times.”

Remarkably despite the difficultiesshe’s faced, Katie is a young womandriven to help others. She brieflystudied to be a pediatric nursefollowing school but God had otherplans. “Growing up in my youth group Iwent from being a young person tobeing a youth leader”, she declares,“but I never thought that I would be ayouth worker.” Curious, I interrupt toask why not? “I thought it was good fora Friday or Tuesday night but I didn’tknow that I was called to it at thetime”, she says openly. “But I soonfound myself getting more and moreattached to the young people and asmy passion for them grew I was struckby the seriousness of their need tohear the Good News.”

Katie now works with ChristianUnions in Cambridge Secondary Schoolsand helps lead the young people at herplacement church in Histon. “I believethat everyone has a purpose, that Godhas a plan for all of us, so I aim to helpyoung people realise that by knowingGod and knowing His Word.” Shedescribes Cambridge as “a great placeto be“ and while she’s found the youngpeople to be more intellectuallyminded than back home, they are justas open to the Gospel. “When we havediscussions those who areacademically gifted still ask the bigquestions that all others do”, shedeclares.

Katie Woods from Ipswich is a quirky, funny and bubbly 21 year old who loves to laugh, spend time with friends and encourage others.Having faced difficulties in her life which most would shrink from in despair, she has chosen instead to step out in faith and do a yearout with YFC on the yfc one programme. Tim Adams caught up with her recently to discuss life, trusting God and the significance ofpurpose.

I soon found myself getting more and

more attached to theyoung people and asmy passion for them

grew I was struck by theseriousness of their

need to hear the Good News

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Eager to learn more about thisfascinating character, I ask what herpassions are? “I love to sing and act.”She says quick as a flash, her eyeslighting up with excitement. “I didperforming arts at school and reallylike working in a group, bouncing ideasoff others and improvising scenes aswe act them out. In my work here inCambridge, I’ve been given theopportunity to head up a youth dramaclub at church and it’s great to see theyoung people enjoying it and impactingothers.” Katie, it seems to me, is a bitof an enigma. She enjoys working withyoung people one on one but isenthusiastic about performing herselfwhen part of a group. “I like meetingnew people even though it can bedaunting at times” she admits, “butwhen I encourage someone I don’t feelany awkwardness at all.” As arelational person who cares abouthelping individuals whilst personallythriving on collaboration, yfc one hasproved a perfect fit for Katie as shereadily acknowledges. “yfc one hasgiven me the chance to do bothbecause on a gap year with yfc you arepart of a team but you get to know,

help and tell individuals about Jesuswhich is brilliant.”

With our time nearly up I realisethe shop is quieter now and a littlecolder as the rush hour has died downand some have ventured back out intothe picturesque but rain-soakedstreets of the City. In closing, I askKatie what she hopes to do after heryear with YFC? “I want to takesomething back to Ipswich, and startsome outreach there as there’s not alot of outreach going on. I’d also liketo do something further with drama. I may do another gap year specificallyon that but I have learned to look towhat God wants for me and to stayopen to whatever He calls me to.” Forany that feel called to get involved inmission and want God to use thembut suffer from adversity, Katie’sadvice is, “step out”. “You havenothing to fear as He will providewhat you need and though it may bechallenging at times you will learnand do new things and God will growyou in ways you didn’t even thinkpossible.” If you would like to followin Katie’s steps contact us atwww.yfcone.com or yfcone@yfc.co.uk

In September 2012 the yfc one discipleship and mission programmewill be getting even better! Regional training hubs will enable all of the17-25 year old volunteers to pray, worship and receive trainingtogether regularly as well as provide each other with friendship andsupport. On top of this, the training curriculum will be extended andnew qualifications offered. As though all this wasn’t enough, we arealso making it even easier to join the scheme by reducing our fees.

In this tough financial climate, a university degree is becoming outof reach for many, but we want to ensure that any young adult whowants to be discipled, serve God and obtain a qualification in youth-work can do so at Youth for Christ.Applications are flooding in for the September 2012 intake, withwonderful guys and girls eager to spend at least one year serving Godand being transformed. We can’t wait to work with them!

2012 sees the launch of a ground-breaking new outreach team called ‘Stance’. This touring team willuse the medium of street dance to reach young people throughout Britain with the Good News. Throughstreet dance workshops, classes, performances and lessons, the team will engage with young people,present the Gospel and provide opportunities for young people to respond.

The team will be made up of 4 volunteers and a team leader and will debut in September. Theirministry will take them all over Britain, reaching young people in schools, church youth groups, local YFCCentres and evangelistic events. The street dance team will complement YFC’s existing missions portfolio,including Nomad (the cage football project) and rapper Guvna B.

Nathan Iles, YFC’s Mission Teams Manager, spoke to YFC News about the vision behind the street dance team:‘We want to take the Gospel to young people in a fresh and relevant way, to offer something creative and inventive.We’re really excited about the possibilities the street dance team offers. It’s a really innovative way to reach out toyoung people.’

For more information or to make a booking please contact joan.thompson@yfc.co.uk

A New Stance

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The Fort Rocky team are building on a fantastic 2011 season. Looking back, itis clear to see how God was at work in both the young people and the leaderswho were a part of each weekend. One particular story illustrates this verypowerfully:

On the Sunday morning of a Fort Rocky in Perthshire, Amanda, aged 14,chose to sit opposite the then Fort Rocky leader, Andy Hancock. Amanda wasa Fort Rocky veteran, having been to a weekend every year for the past 3years. She chatted with Andy and shared what God had done in her life. Herstory was hugely powerful so Andy invited her to give her testimony in themorning’s roadshow. Later that morning, Amanda shared how God had beenwith her in the most difficult circumstances imaginable: the death of her mum.She explained how her youth leader had been there for her and how God hadbeen her rock in a dark and heart-breaking experience. By the end, there wasnot a dry eye in the room!

After the weekend, the Fort Rocky team got an email from Amanda’s youthleader. She was delighted with what God had done amongst her young peopleand told the team:

‘I can't begin to tell you what a difference a weekend away makes torelationships and trust with the group.’

We are really excited about what God is going to do at Fort Rocky in 2012!We have 9 weekends, in 6 different locations, all graced with a new lower price!

CARROTY WOOD, Kent7 – 9 September

LIDDINGTON PGL, Swindon19 – 21 October

PIONEER CENTRE, Kidderminster25 – 27 May5 – 7 October

At Fort Rocky, for a reduced costof just £99 per person, you and youryoung people will find fantasticaccommodation, food, activities,interactive roadshows and theGospel message communicated innew, creative and engaging ways.We have also introduced an evenmore affordable weekend for just£50 per person!

To find out more about FortRocky, or to make a booking, pleasecontact the Fort Rocky desk viaemail at fortrocky@yfc.co.uk orphone on 0121 502 9637

A New Season for Fort RockyThe new season of Fort Rocky begins in May, and it promises to be exceptional, with guaranteed energy,creativity and spiritual purpose!

WHITEMOOR LAKES, Lichfield 11 - 13 May13 - 15 July

WHITHAUGH PARK, Scottish Borders21 – 23 Sept

A more affordable weekend away!SMALLWOOD MANOR, Stafford 8 – 10 June14 – 16 September

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An American’s TaleMike Taylor has been Centre Director at Tees Valley YFC since September2011 when his family moved to the UK from Houston, Texas. Mike spoke toCatherine Green about his excitement serving the young people of Teesideand the challenges of a UK/USA partnership.

“I’m not actually from Texas” Mike begins “My father served in the US AirForce so we moved coast to coast across the USA and then settled inArkansas where I attended secondary school and University. I became aYouth Pastor in 1981 and have spent the last 30 years buildingrelationships with young people and learning that relationship is a keyfactor to seeing lasting spiritual growth in their lives.”

There had been a Texas-Teeside alliance since 2000 formed throughlocal churches on both sides of the Atlantic and Mike first came over in2005 on a discovery trip in preparation for bringing young people from theUS on short-term missions.

Struck by Unbelief

Mike says “When I first came to theUK I was struck by the unbeliefspiritually, it seemed as if sociallyseveral generations haddisconnected with God and thechurch. It had a dramatic impact onme personally and really began theprocess of shaping me to move out ofmy comfort zone and consider doing ministry to young people in a foreigncountry. I was also introduced to some amazing men and women whohave served God faithfully over here for years and thought if the youngpeople of Teeside could catch a glimpse of how great God is and how bigHis plans are for them, then that would be amazing.”

Mike started bringing young Americans over and it was on these tripsthat the local church put him in touch with YFC to get involved in ouroutreach projects.

I ask how he came to be the director of Tees Valley YFC? “That’s aninteresting question” Mike says as he smiles. “We’d been over on severaloccasions and the Lord begin to burden my heart for England and TeesValley specifically. My family and I began to pray about what God wouldhave us do. We prayed through the autumn of 2010 and that Christmaswe made the decision to step away from our local church position andbegin the process of pursuing the call to the UK. We began a conversationwith Tees Valley YFC last spring and they asked me to take over the roleas director in May 2011. It served as a great confirmation that the Lordwas in this move and it provided a great base of operations as we linkedup with YFC to reach the young people of Teeside!”

As part of their move, Mike and his family set up UK/USA Ministries.They operate using four P’s encouraging churches in the USA to pray forthe UK and think about getting involved in UK mission. USA churches canbecome a partner and participate by sending teams to do short termmission work in the UK; ultimately leading to them planting a youthworker who will remain connected with the school and community thatthey have been engaged with. In the States they often have a pastoralworker on campus, which is something Mike feels young people in the UKcould really benefit from.

Multiple Choice

One of the greatest challenges Mikeis facing is transitioning to workingwith multiple churches and ministriesacross the region. Another challenge,Mike explains, is that there is somuch need in his Teeside communitythat focusing on a few things is acontinuous challenge and he has toremind himself to slow down and not over reach. “I tend to be a dreamer”Mike says, “last year when we felt the call to come here we wanted othersin the States to spiritually come with us. It’s our dream to see churches inthe United States partnering with schools, communities and churcheshere in the UK. Through being here we want to create a long term crosscultural ministry as we endeavour to reach and impact young people onboth sides of the pond!”

There is a general excitement and enthusiasm right now about whatGod is up to in the North East. Mike shares that he is really sensing somemomentum in the café churches they have started. His hope is that YFCwill serve as a catalyst to help churches work together to reach the youngpeople of the Tees Valley. They have started three café churches since lastNovember and Mike really believes such projects are a blossoming way toreach and engage youth.

Looking towards the next 12 months Mike is optimistic about thework that has already started and is praying that there will be a realawakening among the young people they are working with. He hopes thatthey will encounter Jesus and go on a life long journey with Him.Ultimately Mike says, “We want them to realise that they have hope anda future and that God makes all things possible”.

With so many great volunteers and staff joining the YFC team, it would beeasy to miss the incredible long-standing workers who have played a hugepart in the ministry over the years and continue to do so. YFC Boardmember, David Stillman has been involved with YFC now for over 50 years,seeing YFC go through many changes and developing in his Christian walkthrough his work with Youth for Christ.

David’s initial involvement with Youth for Christ saw him help out at large monthly evangelistic meetings that Reading YFCwere running in Reading town hall in January 1959. Known as ‘rallies’, they were one of the major ministries of YFC at the time.In 1964 he joined the National Board of YFC and then in 1975 National Director Clive Calver asked David to join the National YFCstaff team as Regional Director for the South East of England; a role he served in until financial difficulties meant an end to manystaff positions. When Lowell Shepherd became National Director David was once again asked to join YFC’s Board. More recently,Dave has served on the European YFC Leadership Team when Jean Jacques Weiler was the European Director.

YFC provided David with the chance to get involved in evangelism and explore and develop his gifts which is somethinghe will never forget. “I think it’s true to say that I would not have been in full-time evangelistic ministry without the influenceof YFC in the early days of my Christian experience.”

We are so proud to have Board members like David who have spent many years working within YFC and remaincommitted to reaching every young person in Britain with the Good News. After more than 50 years, David has not lost thepassion he had in Reading at the start. “I am really excited about the wide range of opportunities that YFC continue to offerto young people today to get involved in evangelism. It is so important and can play a crucial role in a young Christian’sdevelopment, as I know first-hand.”

Still Excited after 50 Years!

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Bath Youth for Christ have recently launcheda Young Leader Scheme (YLS), working withtwelve young people. The scheme startedwhen the Bath team made a decision tocreate an accredited programme for juniorleaders already supporting Bath YFCprojects. The programme follows a 6 monthcourse where young people are assigned a

mentor and get together as a group to reflect on their progress. This reinforcesBath YFC’s commitment to do more to help young people access employmentand training which was spurred on by their work with Connexions Careers;advertising jobs for Connexions on their Facebook page.

James Vaughton, Centre Director at Bath YFC says, “Young people aren’t allconfident leaders and many are NEET (not in education, employment ortraining) which limits their experience of dealing with people and theirdevelopment. We have young leaders involved in Bath YFC projects and saw theimportance of recognising the contribution they are making so we decided topilot a programme between October 2011 and April 2012 to invest in them.”

Current participants include Sam who has been helping out at SouthdownFootball Project. Sam has been part of the group for several years and despitenone of his peers taking up the challenge Sam decided to join YLS to develophis confidence and leadership skills. Sam only became a Christian last summerbut has already been sharing his story with others in the group. He has gotinvolved in refereeing matches, picking teams and helping out after matches.Recently Sam applied for his first part-time job and was successful, which wasa great encouragement to him as he leaves school in the summer of 2012.

Amy and Kim are two other young leaders who lead at the Bath YFC YouthCafé in Twerton. They have been involved in running games for the 11-14s

Facing a future without RE?

Deep Impact, Scotland’s leadingConference for Christian YouthWorkers took place betweenJanuary 20th and 22nd with 350youth workers travelling to theMcDonald Highland Resort,Aviemore. Originally started byHighlands and Islands YFC as abiennial training weekend for youthleaders it was then handed over tothe Scottish Christian Youth WorkForum six years ago to run alongwith significant YFC involvement.

YFC’s National Director, GavinCalver, was invited as this year’smain speaker looking at the theme‘To Boldy Go.’ Sandra Blair YFCFieldworker for North and WestScotland said “As a conferenceorganising body we are incrediblyaware that most of our delegatesdon’t always get a rest on Sundaysas they’re usually the ones engagingwith young people. Giving YouthWorkers a chance to receive is anessential element for us.”

To Boldly Go

This year’s theme was missionalleadership and seminar sessionscovered included Youth Justice(engaging with young offenders),Olympics and CommonwealthGames 2014 preparation, BasicCounselling Skills, looking at howyou use your giftings to be a goodleader, as well as looking at otherbig issues that Youth Workers mayface such as dealing with alcoholaddiction, autism and the mentoringof young people. In addition this yearthere was also a Children’s workstream lead by Dr Rebecca Nye andWendy Strachan.

Youth workers came from allover Scotland including the Isle ofLewis. There was a real awarenessof God at work as differentdenominations came together toremember that Jesus Christ unitesus all. Worship was led by a Glasgowchurch based worship band“Re:Hope” and the conference had areal community buzz with peoplebuilding friendships and networking;aiming to help each otherthroughout the rest of the year.

Those involved in making theweekend a success among manyothers were YFC Field Worker, AlanGray who headed up the stewardingteam, Bethan Lawler, ResidentialsAssistant who led a seminar onEvangelistic Leadership and RachelGardner who heads up the RomanceAcademy initiative.

The feedback from youthworkers from the weekend washugely encouraging with manysaying that God had spoken to themabout their work with young people.One Youth Worker said that DeepImpact had “reignited my passionfor Jesus and to tell young peopleabout Him.” We’re already lookingforward to what stories we’ll hear atnext year’s conference.

group and serving refreshments during the café session. Both are really enjoyingthe opportunity and they have been encouraged by the enthusiasm and energy ofthe young people and the way they are responding to Amy and Kim’s leadership.

As well as offering practical experience the Bath team are running threesessions that will give their young people the opportunity to reflect on theirexperiences and to explore who they are and their goals in life. “Being a voice forlocal young people has really helped us to create opportunities that act as achallenge to the local authority and community to get involved and do more”James declares. “Once the young people who are on YLS have completed theirtraining we’ll look at gap years and apprenticeships to help them think about howthey want to develop in the future.”

Bath YFC invest in Young Leaders

The vast majority of the workundertaken by Youth for Christacross the country takes place inschools – over 70% of our staff’stime is spent in institutions rangingfrom primary schools to colleges offurther education. If you went on toanalyse the nature of that work youwould discover a variety of forms ofministry ranging from classroomsupport through mentoring and

counselling and including lessons,assemblies and chaplaincy. But themost significant input to schools atpresent comes from staff leading ortaking part in RE lessons. This hasbeen the case for many years butwill it still be the case in the yearsahead?

Religious Education is facing adifficult future. There has been muchcoverage in both the daily press andthe educational journals about its noninclusion in the so called EnglishBaccalaureate; the coalitiongovernment’s preferred way forwardfor measuring success at GCSE. Aschools performance will be judged byhow well it does in Maths, English,Science, a language and History orGeography. Despite pressure to includeRE within this narrow group of subjectsthe Department for Education hasremained firm. The result has beenthat fewer and fewer schools will offera subject which they consider to be lessvaluable to them in terms of enhancingits position in the league tables.According to a recent survey in theTimes last year 25% fewer schoolsmade the subject available. This isdespite the fact that in those schoolswhich did offer the subject the numberstaking it up were on the increase.

So is this the end? Probably not, butit is fair to expect that the openings wehave enjoyed up ‘till now will diminish tosome extent. It is wise, therefore, toconsider the most effective ways inwhich organisations like YFC can ensuretheir continued relationship with thenation’s schools.

One possible area of developmentrelates to well-being which continuesto have a high profile at all levels ofgovernment and was emphasized inthe recently revised OFSTEDguidelines. Schools will be judged “byhow well they provide: positiveexperiences for all pupils by promotingspiritual, moral, social and culturaldevelopment through planned andcoherent opportunities in thecurriculum and through interactionswith teachers and other adults.”

Despite the difficulties relating towhat the term ‘spiritual development’actually means, the option forChristians to offer to support thisaspect of educational policy andpractice cannot be ignored. There arefew organisations better placed tooffer opportunities for students tobecome aware of and develop theirspiritual side in school and out ofschool. Already Durham YFC havetaken up the challenge by creating andpiloting a Christian based happinesscourse. This is an area of work that canonly grow.

Over 70% of our staff’s time isspent in institutions

ranging from primaryschools to colleges

of further education

“

”And there are many others,

including Chaplaincy whichcontinues to be important to schoolsand YFC Centres such as HeartlandYFC who have established aninnovative approach in their local FEcollege that has grown beyond theirexpectations in recent years.

There are so many ways inwhich YFC can engage withschools that the question is nowbeing asked – which is the mosteffective? What makes an effectiveChristian schools worker?Research is now being undertakento assess a variety of approachesto schools work which will seehow well they affect a youngperson’s understanding of theChristian faith, engagement withthe church and ultimately theirown personal response. A pilotstudy relating to RE is currentlyunderway and a wider researchproject is planned for the comingmonths. The results should helpinform how we best respond to thechanging landscape that iseducation.

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Reflex Woking share“Curly’s Story”Newly appointed Senior Managerfor Reflex Woking, Clare Strongheads up a fast growing new youthproject that began when her job asa church youth worker led her outinto the community to meet theneeds of the most deprived youngpeople who were getting intotrouble with the law:

“We had been running amentoring programme and drop inservice for 4 years and in August2011 we wanted to expand theservice we offer to include educationand prison work. We found thesupport we were looking for in Reflex;YFC’s ministry for marginalised youngpeople and so we became ReflexWoking”, she says.

The role of a Reflex Outreachworker is threefold: to be a positivepresence and role-model, tosupport and encourage the youngpeople we work with, increasingtheir self-esteem and aspirations,and help youth access theeducation, training and servicesthey need.

Over the past 5 years Clare hasbeen working with a young ladknown as “Curly“. “I have alwaysthought the young people I workwith really need a place to belongand someone who is willing to walkwith them for the long haul, whocan support them through the toughtimes and celebrate theirachievements. Curly was one suchyoung person.

When he turned up for the firstmeeting with me he felt angry andlet down by adults and verymisunderstood. I was grateful towork with him as a young teenagerin a youth club setting and althoughit wasn’t an easy journey, he beganto face his issues. He is now settledin a supported housing project veryclose to our main centre and wecontinue to mentor and encouragehim. He is now in college and lookingforward to a great future. I am soproud of him and his achievements.”

Curly also shares hisexperience of working with Clare: “Ialways used to get in trouble withthe police and became involved indrug and alcohol abuse. Thingschanged when I met Clare, shereally cared and was easy to talk to.I couldn’t really talk to my Mumabout things. Now everything haschanged, I have a flat, go to collegeand have new friends. It is true thatcrime doesn’t pay.”

Reflex Outreach workers areserving young people in prisonsacross the North West and the NorthEast. According to Darren Richards,the Head of Reflex, “3 out of 4young offenders reoffend within ayear of release. That’s staggeringand it’s got to change. We’redetermined to change the statisticsand turn the tide by placing afulltime Reflex Outreach worker – aChristian youth worker – in EVERYyouth prison in the country, bypartnering with Christian charitiesand local churches. We also want togive every young person leavingprison the prospect of a volunteermentor.”

Please pray for Curly as he goesforward, that he would come toChrist and for the Reflex team asthey focus on setting Reflexworkers up in prisons across theWest Midlands and South Eastregions.

A Message from Studio DWhen Jen Paton, of Inverclyde YFC told the Studio D drama group that shetutored after school at Port Glasgow High School that only 12 per cent of crimein the UK was committed by teens, they decided to write a play to send out apositive message to society about their age group. They asked people whatthey thought the percentage of crime committed by teenagers was and wereshocked to discover that people thought it was as high as 80 per cent.

The result was a series of mini sketches entitled “Mirror Mirror on theWall” looking at issues such as low self esteem, lack of confidence and bodyimage. The piece was devised by the young people and designed to challengepeople’s perceptions. Jen talked with the group about young people in theBible like Samuel and David and what God did through them. No one but Godrealised their potential or how great they would go on to be.

The play was so popular that they were awarded the arts prize at theirschool prize giving. They even featured in an article run by the GreenockTelegraph last November.

Jen said “I am so proud of the group and that their head teacher awardedthem the school arts prize. We showed how it takes 10 positive commentsabout you to counteract one negative one. We all know how negativecomments make us feel and often they will be the things that we rememberand they tend to push positive thoughts out of our head. When we get fixatedon negative comments either that others have spoken to us or that we thinkto ourselves it affects our whole attitude towards ourselves and others.”

Jen loves drama and first got involved running drama groups…The Studio D Project is actually run in 3 high schools where Jen is based

in Inverclyde and is designed to help young people learn performing arts skills

Last summer, while the UK was beingtorn apart by riots, looting andmindless vandalism, the Wirral YFCteam were working with a team ofyoung heroes who had given up theirsummer to take Good News to childrenin the slums of central India.

When Martin Dickson, CentreDirector at Wirral, saw the pictures ofthe riots in the Indian press he asked alocal to translate the native Telaguscript and was told “Sir, the young ofGreat Britain are revolting”. The play

on words was entirely unintended andyet it struck a chord.

As Martin writes, “The riotsshowed us that there are some realproblems for Britain’s young peoplebut the Wirral young people workingwith us in India showed that with theright encouragement young people canbe real heroes”

Wirral YFC’s response was to setabout publicly thanking and affirminspirational young people by holdingthe first ever Youth Heroes Awards.

On Friday the 24thFebruary Wirral YFC held aprestigious awards ceremony atthe Wirral’s swankest hotel andinvited actor Andrew Lancel, who iscurrently starring in Coronation Street,to be their presenter for the evening.Over 300 members of the publicattended with representatives from thebusiness and civic communities and anumber of VIP guests including EsterMcVey MP, Frank Field MP, Cllr MoiraMcLaughlin (Mayor of Wirral), Rt RevdKeith Sinclair (Bishop of Birkenhead),Chief Superintendent John Martin fromMerseyside Police, Peter Johnson theChair of Tranmere Rovers and starsfrom TV and radio.

The event, and all 9 awardscategories, were sponsored by localbusinesses. It was a spectacular event,but ultimately it was the inspirationalyoung finalists themselves who willremain deep rooted in the minds of allwho attended.

After over one hundred and thirtynominations, twenty four finalists wereinvited to attend on the night with theirfamilies, friends, youth workers andteachers. The overall winner of the

night andWirral Youth

Hero of 2012 wasJosh Rotherham who

also won the award forInspirational Volunteering.

Josh was a young person at riskand was heavily involved with gangsbut with the support of those aroundhim Josh escaped the gang cultureand began volunteering with the WirralYouth Theatre. He now supports otheryoung people with disabilities, self-esteem issues and low confidence.

Martin Dickson, Centre Director atWirral YFC said “I am absolutelydelighted with the whole event and myteam at Wirral YFC are overjoyed by theincredible feedback we have received.The room looked stunning, the venuewas packed and the ceremony itselfwas inspirational. For me though, thebest part of the night was meeting theyoung people whose incredible storiesI had read with the judging panel a fewweeks earlier. Every story was deeplymoving just on paper and so to meetthese young heroes on the night was ahuge privilege.”

to build their confidence, explore faith and life issues in a fun way and developmeaningful and positive relationships with their peers.

The Port Glasgow group are now working on their next project… spurredon by the positive response they have had. They have even raised funds for anorganisation called “To Write Love on her Arm” dedicated to presenting hopeand finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self injury andsuicide.

The Studio D Project is now so popular with young people that Jen hasrecently set up another drama group at Clydevale Academy where she hopesto see similar success.

Young People can be Real Heroes

In brief

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“In my experience there is nothing more transformative,nothing more redemptive, nothing more able to turn lifearound than the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

YFC President, The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu

Long before the athletes shoot out of the starting blocks, beginning the races thatmake our nation proud to host the 2012 Olympics, so many races have alreadybegun. With stadiums being built, people coming together, areas being cleared andcleaned and buildings made ready to receive thousands of visitors – the race tobe ready for the opening ceremony is in full flow. However, we have startedanother race, that we deem more important than them all: the race to be ready toreveal Jesus before, during and after the Olympic Games. As Youth for Christ weare passionate about taking this once in a lifetime opportunity to use sport inmission to a greater extent than ever before.

You have heard the stories of how we are recruiting people from all over theworld to be involved in sharing the Good News of Jesus over the summer –particularly in areas like Newham and Greenwich. You have read how we arepartnering with ‘More than Gold’ to capitalise on this moment – using sport toshare the truth of Christ. We are so excited about Café in a Box, The Torch events,The Games and many other batons in our hand in the lead up to the Olympics,because they are all ways that we can pass on the truth of Christ to young peoplein schools and communities. YFC Centres all over the nation are itching to connectwith churches and use resources and manpower to share the Gospel and engageyoung people through sport.

This is such an incredible year and such an awesome opportunity to reachmore young people for Christ but we don’t want to be ‘one hit wonders.’ We areracing now to be ready for the Olympics but the everyday journey with youngpeople remains at the centre of our work and will enable us to impact more younglives in the years to come.

The Olympics is such a positive event, good for Great Britain in so many ways,but we want it to be good for young people’s souls too. We long that there isn’t justan event buzz that fades away, but an internal buzz that lasts, because hearts havebeen transformed by the love of Jesus. We hope that we have such a frameworkin place in Britain that young people can find a spiritual home wherever they areand continue to grow in their walk with Jesus.

Please join us this year. Right now is such a fantastic time to partner with thework of Youth for Christ in what will be such an unforgettable year, so that we canreach more young people for Jesus and for His glory alone.

How? You might ask. There may well be something specific that you have readin this newspaper that has grabbed you. Or God might be putting his finger on aspecific way that you can get involved practically or financially. Maybe you feelcompelled to pray. We know that we need as much prayer backing as we canpossibly get because the power of prayer changes lives and it has to workalongside the action that is being taken. We are also aware of the costs involvedin serving young people and whilst good stewardship is essential, we still needyour support. Maybe you are interested in getting involved with the work we aredoing or you would like to book a team for your area? If either appeals to youcheck out our website www.yfc.co.uk

Yes the race towards the Olympics has begun but it is our prayer thatwherever we are in the nation, our work with young people would be filled withthe same energy and passion. As we obey His leading and step out in faith for Himwe look forward to the great things He will do in this historic summer.

Gavin CalverYFC National Director

NEW CENTRES In line with our strategy wecontinue to pioneer new localministries across Britain and Godis truly blessing us as we reach outto new areas. Street 360 (CrawleyYFC) launched on 2nd December2011. The launch event was wellattended and Centre DirectorSarah Davis has been workinghard building relationships in thearea. A Nomad mission was runlast Autumn and Sarah and theteam are excited to have beeninvited back to lead a veryinnovative venue at Soul Survivorthis summer.

The Phase Trust is anestablished project based at ZionChristian Centre in Halesowen.After a few months of talking withYFC they became a chartered YFCCentre in January 2012. The PhaseTrust connect with over 3,000children and young people everyyear throughout the DudleyBorough with various projectsincluding their Urban CultureProgramme, ”The Basement”recording Studio and “The Hub”youth facility on Friday nights.

YFC EXPLORES THE JOURNEY ATANNUAL CONFERENCEIn January Bodelwyddan Castle inNorth Wales hosted around 400people for YFC Conference 2012. It was a fantastic week wheredelegates enjoyed inspiringworship, great fellowship andinsightful Bible teaching fromDanielle Strickland, a SalvationArmy officer from Edmonton,Canada, who is a speaker,advocate, writer, church-planter,wife, mother and friend of God. Thetheme for the week was ‘Journey’and God spoke mightily toindividuals, Centres and YFC as awhole. After such an exciting,prophetic and challenging con-ference, people left with renewedenergy and hope for the year.

OVER TO YOU…We would love to hear what youthink about YFC News. Over thenext few months we will bereviewing the paper in itscurrent form and consideringhow best to move forward andimprove the publication. In orderto effectively do this, we needyour feedback. Please go tosvy.mk/yfcfeedback and fill inthe short online form to help usdevelop the publication andbetter communicate the greatthings that God is doing through YFC.

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