1. Catherine Anderson
Coordinator of Youth Ministry
2014 Synod Assembly
YOUTH MINISTRY REPORT

2. Would you tell me
please, which way I
ought to go from here?
That depends a good deal on where you
want to get to.
I don’t much care where –
Then it doesn’t matter
which way you go.

3. LIFE
MINISTRY

4. Cultural Understanding of Faith
• God is in the background
• Be nice
• Be good
• Be happy
• God is a Cosmic Genie
• If you’re good you go to Heaven

5. The NONE’s
20%
And growing

6. What
are we
teaching?
– God is benign and Sits in the Background -
- The Central Goal of Life is to Be Happy -
-DoGood-GoodPeopletoHeaven-
-GodisaCosmicGenie–BeNice-

7. How does that work for you?
How does your faith frame your life?

8. FAITH? FAITH?OR

9. MUSIC
SPORTS
FAMILY
SCHOOL
FAITH

10. MUSIC
SPORTS
FAMILY
SCHOOL
FRIENDS
FUN
WORK
FAITH

11. FAITH FAITH
We Need a Bigger Frame…

12. Leadership
Development
MINISTRY THEORY
HOW
PRACTICALSKILLS
LUTHERANTHEOLOGY

13. Faith
Formation
Following Jesus as a Way of Life
WHAT
Encourage–Invite-Study
Pray–Serve–Worship-Give

15. DISCIPLESHIP CHALLENGE
Leadership Development
(Practice Discipleship)
Online Webinars
Local Trainings
Train the Trainer
Faith Formation
Monthly Faith Practice
Videos
Discussion Guides
www.nemnsynod.org/Discipleship

16. MUSIC
SPORTS
FAMILY
SCHOOL
FRIENDS
FUN
WORK
FAITH