GLOBAL YOUTH MINISTRY, INC.
CHATSWORTH, GA

Student book is given to each participant, features helpful information for every student to follow God into a life of adventure! will help your youth group gain VISION for what God desires to accomplish through them…together! This weekend will be: The primary goal is to help every youth group member get a vision of God’s purpose for the whole group! So the students spend a lot of time together... separated only at night into homes. Momentum The Gospels are about Jesus equipping His disciples to be on mission in this world. A youth group that is healthy has a strong relationship with Jesus Christ. He alone energizes the youth to serve Him. We strengthen our relationship to Christ through Scripture and prayer. , but it is much more than a “fun weekend.” Think of it as a kind of "self-diagnostic tool for youth groups.” We help youth discover what God could do with a fully devoted youth group! With this goal in mind, every hour and each component of the weekend moves sequentially. Momentum is not a lock-in or "all-nighter." Properly prepared, students will come with a sense of anticipation for what God is going to do while we are together! We will have fun, we will laugh, we will play. But everything we do will point students to God's best for their lives and for their group. will provide relevant training just for adults! Designed by Roger Glidewell--Global Youth Ministry's Director--a veteran Youth Minister and Professor of Youth Ministry at Union University--this training will be invaluable as your leaders go home to help lead fired-up students! : There will be numerous opportunities for adult leaders to help make the weekend a success. Some adults may be enlisted to assist with the teams. Others may help with recreation or assist with meal preparation or the finale. We want the adult leadership to be part of what is happening, so we do our best to involve them. We value the Great Commission to grip the globe with the gospel! Action: Everyone is a missionary, first to his own Jerusalem, then to the uttermost parts of the earth. Integrity: We are accountable to an untrusting world; we meet our financial obligations as agreed. We do what is right. We are consistent. We are trustworthy, and keep our word. Excellence: We are committed to quality. We value effectiveness over efficiency. We learn from failure. For over 15 years Global Youth Ministry has actively ministered among the world’s youth through youth-oriented mission projects, leadership training events and youth camps worldwide on almost every continent. But the need among the world’s youth is critical, and cooperative action is essential. Who will reach these young people? We believe your youth group can help in a significant way! You may not be able to reach 2.1 billion youth, but you can help reach youth in just one community somewhere else on the planet! Young people comprise the “12/24 Window” (people between the ages of 12 and 24) of missions! We know that people who do not receive Christ by their 18th birthday are far less likely to ever respond to Him in faith. Who best to reach youth than the youth in your group? We should use the resources God has given to us to reach the world’s youth while they are still young, searching and open to the claims of Christ! The future is in the hands of the young, but equipping of the young to live responsibly is in our hands now! Global Youth Ministry provides leadership resources and training through curriculum, leadership conferences, camps, cross-cultural missions, overseas mentoring and the Institute for Global Youth Studies. There is much we can do to lead the way in reaching the youth of the nations. Let’s act now—together—to bring hope to the young...now! When your group becomes a Global Youth Partner, we will enable your group to partner with a youth ministry mission point in another country. Only $37 a year allows your group to connect with youth in your partner mission site through: · “Global Mission Moments,” online videos sent to you monthly by your ministry youth partner abroad, will focus your teens upon the prayer needs of teens in your partner youth group abroad. · Global Bible studies offer “on-sight” Bible Studies from places like Jerusalem, Nairobi, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, etc, taught by Global Youth Ministry mentors. sacrificially to help develop effective ministry with that youth group! Your group may choose to raise the bar by giving sacrificially to help your partner youth group carry on effective youth ministry in their country. You may do this through Pledge Partners (individual youth and church members who pledge to give at least $12 per year ($1 per month). SHORT-TERM MISSIONS Why not VISIT your mission partners to help with a mission project on-sight with them in their country? When your group is ready to visit their partner youth ministry overseas, we will help you accomplish that by taking care of all the arrangements for your group to serve: the travel, lodging, meals, and program! Remember our distinctive is that we offer mission projects that are ... Many great mission organizations reach adults around the globe through construction, ESL and other great programs. But Global focuses upon the 1/3 of the world’s population that is youth age! Global’s mission focus is ! Help your youth experience a life of meaning and significance through giving of themselves in service to other youth! Is it conceivable that God is even now calling one of your youth group members to serve abroad with your mission partners for a semester or even longer? Our hope is that short term trips will open the door to long term missions among the world’s youth. The key ingredient to reach the world’s youth is leadership training! Global Youth Ministry trains college level youth to serve at least a semester or more with a youth ministry abroad. Some even serve for 2 or 3 years or more!