Aurora

1. Welcome to

2. Empowering

3. Empowering

4. Empowering

5. Empowering
JB Definition….
Enabling young people to
become the people whom
God created them to
become.
Jeremiah 29:11 Ephesians 2:10 1 Timothy 4:14

6. Empowerment
• Kerry Young: ‘For empowerment lies not only
in the establishment of power-sharing
structures or processes but importantly in the
reclaiming of oneself as fully intelligent, fully
powerful and fully human.’ (The Art of Youth Work p4)

7. ‘Fully intelligent, powerful & human’
• Made in the image of God – Gen 1:27
• Given authority and power to reign over
creation – Gen 1:28-31; John 19:11
• Having appropriate boundaries & structures
Gen 2:15-17

8. ‘Fully intelligent, powerful & human’
• Made in the image of God – Gen 1:27
What impact does this have on how we view young people in
our communities?
• Given authority and power to reign over creation – Gen
1:28-31; John 19:11
Where and how can we give young people power and
authority within our local Churches? (‘Everywhere’ might be
true, but isn’t an acceptable answer at this Aurora session…)
• Having appropriate boundaries & structures Gen 2:15-
17
What does this look like in your context?

9. 1) Create opportunities for young
people to speak of their
theological ideas concerning
worship and other areas of
Christian life and to give their
voices power.
2) Providing them with the
language and experience from
which they are enabled to speak.
But how?
Steven Emery-Wright Empowering Young People in Church
www.grovebooks.co.uk

10. Empowering YP in practice…
Emma is a 15 year old female in your Church youth group. She
attends the local Amateur Dramatics Society and has played
the lead role before.
Brian is a really shy 12 year old in your youth group, although he
spends a lot of his free time gaming with his friends (many of
whom are located all over the world).
Abi is a committed Christian whose wanting to get baptised
(which has been postponed due to Covid), but is the only
teenager who attends the weekly Church Zoom meeting.
As a group, brainstorm ways of how you could empower Emma,
Brian or Abi – or someone else within your context – over the
next 6-12 months.

11. http://primetimebradford.com/activities/young-leaders-
network/
Empowerment
https://www.archbishopofyorkyouthtrust.co.uk
/young-leaders-award/