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18-30’s
Largely under-resourced but
over-whelmed, this multi faceted generation has been dubbed the 'IPOD
GENERATION', Insecure, Pressurized, Over-taxed and Debt-ridden.
Reform 2005
Analysis of the results of a survey
carried out by Care for the Family in the autumn of 2006 amongst 758
20's and 30's reveals that their four top areas of concern are career,
finance, self-image and building and maintaining friendships.
In response to this we have developed a
vision that we hope will give a sense of community, the various elements
of which are listed below:
Discipleship Group
The 18-30’s Discipleship Group
meet on a Wednesday night and alternates between group
meetings in Oakley (which cover the traditional elements of a
discipleship group - prayer, praise, bible study and time together) and
either the Corporate Prayer Meeting, Church Meeting or single sex
accountability groups at different locations.
For more information, please contact Rachel Hatto or Lee Fellows.
Accountability Groups
These are small groups or pairs (same sex) of people who want to be
mutually accountable with each other. The accountability questions
asked of each other consider three essential elements to our character -
our relationship with God (UP), how we are within ourselves (IN) and how
we are interacting with others (OUT). All three should be in
balance with each other. The questions are designed to be read
through asking the Holy Spirit to highlight the issues he wants to
address within us. A copy of the questions used can be found if
you click here.
For more information, please contact Sarah Fellows.
Links with those at University
We are actively keeping links with our young people
at university and have created two notice boards in the
Welcome Area with details and prayer requests of all
students who have links to BBC. Every student has a link to a Discipleship Group
which acts as a prayer focal point for individual students; we are also
organising social events when the students return from university in the
holiday times.
For more information, please contact Rachel Hatto or Lee Fellows.
Social Events
Building relationships is fundamental for the 18-30’s
vision, and therefore providing social opportunities for people to get
to know one another is key. Look out for adverts and let us know if you
are prepared to organise anything!
Bible Discussion
Meetings
A monthly informal discussion group, talking through issues which
come from that sessions study. We are looking to study the Bible
using the Inductive Method of study. Further details can be found
if you click here.
For more information, please contact Lee Fellows.
Young Mum's Prayer
A new thing with the aim of meeting regularly as young mothers to pray
and support each other.
For more information, please contact Sarah Fellows.
Investigating New Expressions of Church
This group is looking to develop our understanding of
church; trying out different format and styles of church, whilst still
holding dearly to the fundamentally essential nature of church
community.
For more information, please contact Lee Fellows.
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