TORU Modules 2008
January 7, 2008 | 11 Comments
TORU are offering five modules (short courses) in 2008. These modules teach practical knowledge and skills for Anglican youth ministry. Participants will get the opportunity to learn alongside young leaders from other cultures and Tikanga, as well as being able to draw on the knowledge and experience of expert tutors.
Modules will be offered at different venues throughout Aotearoa-New Zealand and Polynesia. Fees for each module are $25.00 per person. Places are limited, so young leaders who are interested in attending these events are encouraged to get in touch with their local Diocesan Youth Coordinator or Manu Kokiri.
Te Ara Hauhake: Introduction to Sustainable Ministry
"Te Ara Hauhake: Introduction to Sustainable Ministry" is an evening seminar for young leaders looking to improve their practical leadership and organisational skills.
Participants will learn important skills in the areas of Time and Project Management, Risk Management, Communication, and Funding.
Participants will also be offered strategies for self-care including safe practice, personal development, and making use of mentoring support and supervision.
Venues and Dates
- AUCKLAND
21-22 June 2008
Manu Rui: Introduction to Anglican Youth Worship
"Manu Rui: Introduction to Anglican Youth Worship" is a 3-day module offering training in how to build dynamic and creative Anglican worship services for young people.
Participants will learn how worship has been understood and how people have worshiped, both in the bible and through church history. They will also learn the basics of Anglican liturgical worship and how that is expressed in each Tikanga. They will also experience and analyse different ways people worship today, both in an Anglican context and other contexts.
Participants will also learn how to prepare and lead an Anglican worship service for young people, including tools to help build dynamic worship services, and ways to get creative using music, drama, and/or art.
Venues and Date
- DUNEDIN
9-11 August 2008
Te Purapura Pai: Introduction to Reading and Sharing the Bible
"Te Purapura Pai: Intro to Reading and Sharing the Bible" is a 3-day module offering training in the basics of preparing and leading bible studies for small groups.
Participants in this module will learn about the history and stories of the Bible, ways to read the Bible effectively, how to find and use important scriptures for personal growth and ministry, and how to make use of Bible Tools like study bibles and online resources to help build bible studies for their own tikanga context.
Participants will also learn helpful tips in leading small group discussions, putting together questions and answers for study groups, and ways to make their bible studies creative and dynamic.
Venues and Dates
- NELSON
6-8 June 2008 - HAMILTON
29-31 August 2008 - St Johns College, SUVA
25-28 October 2008
Raukura: Introduction to Strategic Leadership
"Raukura: Introduction to Strategic Leadership" is a 3-day module for young Anglicans involved in leadership on a Diocesan, Amorangi, and/or Tikanga level, who wish to deepen their understanding of Mission, Ministry, Leadership, and Church Structure.
Participants will learn important practical skills to enhance their ministry in Church and Community, as well as exploring their role in the "Big Picture" of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa-New Zealand and Polynesia.
Participants will also be offered to opportunity to gain insight from keynote presenters involved in leadership within the Anglican Church both nationally and internationally.
Venues and Dates
- St Johns College, AUCKLAND
9-11 December 2008
Anglican Youth Ministry Studies
The Anglican Youth Ministry Studies module is being offered in conjunction with the Anglican Studies Programme at St Johns College, Auckland. There are twelve 1.5hr sessions in all, covering a range of Youth Ministry topics. Participants will gain insight into contemporary Anglican Youth Ministry, including the latest academic research, ministry models and practices, and contextual perspectives, that are being employed by the Church today.
To enrol in this course, or to attend individual sessions, contact us for more information.
Venues and Dates
- St Johns College, AUCKLAND
23 July 2008
30 July 2008
6 August 2008
13 August 2008
20 August 2008
27 August 2008
17 August 2008
24 August 2008
1 October 2008
8 October 2008
15 October 2008
22 October 2008
Raukura 2007: A Manifesto for Strategic Leadership
December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
This is part of a series of posts using reflections produced by staff and participants at the Raukura: Intro to Strategic Leadership Module held at St Johns College, Auckland, in December 2007.
These reflections have been compiled as a Study Guide, and are available in printed form for below cost at $10.00 a copy including postage and handling (contact us for more details). Alternatively, you can download a PDF version here.
What is Strategic Leadership?
For our purposes, Strategic Leadership is applied here to the context of our ministry to the “under 40s” - youth, young adults, and young families – with several meanings and applications: It is a mix of inspired vision, communication, planning, management, and pastoral care. It is thinking, praying, teaching, preaching, guidance, and servanthood.
Strategic Leadership means having a plan. Strategic Leaders know where they are going, and how they are going to get there.
Strategic Leadership is more than being the front and centre of a group of people. It’s about being a builder, a provider, a networker, a planner, and a guide. Strategic Leadership, therefore, can take dreams and visions, and finds ways to make them reality. Strategic Leadership is able to do what is required – to prepare, to plant, to nurture, to wait, to do and re-do, to harvest at the right time, and to start the process again.
What makes a Strategic Leader?
A Strategic Leader has all the attributes of a leader in Christ: They offer grace, humility, compassion, courage, and servant-hood. A Strategic Leader is a role-model: listened to, watched, and followed.
A Strategic Leader has vision. They know the importance of the little things, and how they add up to the big picture.
A Strategic Leader understands people. They know how to serve them, motivate them, care for them, and put them first. They know how to bring them together to achieve goals safely and successfully.
A Strategic Leader is willing to risk failure, and risk disappointment.
Why do we need Strategic Leadership?
Strategic Leadership is leadership on the move. It gets people from where they are, to where they need to be.
Strategic Leadership engages our people. It understands scripture, faith, worship, language, culture, and context.
Strategic Leadership engages our reality. It is forced to deal with our actual problems, and not just ideas about those problems, to produce actual solutions.
Strategic Leadership stays small and agile. It avoids empire-building, gate-keeping, and a culture of compliance. It nurtures, facilitates, and frees.
Strategic Leadership understands iterations – trialling, measuring, growing, and improving.
Strategic Leadership delivers what our people need, and puts aside what they don’t need.
How do we become Strategic Leaders?
We become Strategic Leaders when we follow Christ. We strive to live and minister as Christ did.
We become Strategic Leaders when we accept our calling to make disciples. We are prepared to teach, share, and to journey.
We become Strategic Leaders when we choose to be deliberate about our calling, our ministry, and our lives. This means we think, we pray, and we act with purpose.
We become Strategic Leaders by growing ourselves, and growing others.
We become Strategic Leaders by supporting dreams, building vision, and contributing real solutions. When we take the lead in providing needed ministry and mission, we are offering Strategic Leadership.
Upcoming Event - Raukura: St Johns College, Auckland
September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Date
4-6 Dec 2007
Venue
St Johns College, Meadowbank, Auckland (See map below)
“Raukura: Introduction to Strategic Leadership” is a 3-day module for young Anglicans involved in leadership on a Diocesan, Amorangi, and/or Tikanga level, who wish to deepen their understanding of Mission, Ministry, Leadership, and Church Structure.
Participants will learn important practical skills to enhance their ministry in Church and Community, as well as exploring their role in the “Big Picture” of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa-New Zealand and Polynesia.
Participants will also be offered to opportunity to gain insight from keynote presenters involved in leadership within the Anglican Church both nationally and internationally.
HINT: click on the map above to search for the venue.
Site Update Underway
September 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment
This site is currently being updated. We’re using a new platform for the site, and will be uploading all the content from the old site, as well as some other stuff we’ve had on the shelf for the last few months.
You may notice some random changes to content and layout over the next few days - please bear with us as we put all our content back online.
Thanks for your patience.
Upcoming Event - Te Ara Hauhake: Manurewa, 12-14 October
September 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Date
12-14 October 2007
Venue
Manurewa Marae, Manurewa, Auckland (See map below)
“Te Ara Hauhake: Introduction to Sustainable Ministry” is a 3-day module for young leaders looking to improve their practical leadership and organisational skills.
Participants will learn important skills in the areas of Time and Project Management, Risk Management, Communication, and Funding.
Participants will also be offered strategies for self-care including safe practice, personal development, and making use of mentoring support and supervision.
You can download the flyer for this event here
HINT: click on the map above to search for the venue.
Take a peek at Godtube
September 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Looking to jump in on the success of wildly popular “web 2.0″ sites like Myspace, Facebook, and Youtube, is a new Christian video sharing website called Godtube.
Owned by a company called Big Jump Media, Godtube is focused on Christian content and allows users to upload, search, watch, and comment on more than 20,000 videos - the number of which is growing at an amazing rate. With an average of 1.7 million unique visitors since it’s launch in August, Godtube’s traffic has grown 973%, placing it in the top 1,000 most visited websites on the net today.
The site itself has all the things you’d expect - quick search, channels and groups arranged by topic, user areas for upload and commenting, as well as video messaging and chat for those with webcams.
First time visitors to the homepage will notice screenclips of the most recently added videos set against a light blue background. Moving your mouse cursor over these clips allows you to “float” your way through the images. See one you like? Click on it, and the video will load right there.
Navigate further through the site, and you’ll find a large number of music videos (which may or may not be breaking copyright), as well as skits, sermons, testimonials, videos of church gatherings, etc.
There’s huge potential here for learning, ideas, and resource building. If you’re willing to pick your way through the rubbish to find the gems, Godtube could become a handy resource for youth ministry.
Head on over to Godtube to see for yourself.
Upcoming Event - Te Purapura Pai: Gisborne, 24-26 August.
June 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Date
24-26 August 2007
Venue
Whirikoka Campus, 630 Gisborne (See map below)
“Te Purapura Pai: Intro to Reading and Sharing the Bible” is a 3-day module offering training in the basics of preparing and leading bible studies for small groups.
Participants in this module will learn about the history and stories of the Bible, ways to read the Bible effectively, how to find and use important scriptures for personal growth and ministry, and how to make use of Bible Tools like study bibles and online resources to help build bible studies for their own tikanga context.
Participants will also learn helpful tips in leading small group discussions, putting together questions and answers for study groups, and ways to make their bible studies creative and dynamic.
You can download the flyer for this event here
HINT: click on the map above to search for the venue.
Upcoming Event - Manu Rui: Christchurch, 25-27 May
April 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Date
25-27 May 2007
Venue
The Waipounamu Centre, Christchurch (See map below)
“Manu Rui: Introduction to Anglican Youth Worship” is a 3-day module offering training in how to build dynamic and creative Anglican worship services for young people.
Participants will learn how worship has been understood and how people have worshiped, both in the bible and through church history. They will also learn the basics of Anglican liturgical worship and how that is expressed in each Tikanga. They will also experience and analyse different ways people worship today, both in an Anglican context and other contexts.
Participants will also learn how to prepare and lead an Anglican worship service for young people, including tools to help build dynamic worship services, and ways to get creative using music, drama, and/or art.
You can download the flyer for this event here
HINT: click on the map above to search for the venue.
Upcoming Event - Manu Rui: Holdens Bay, Rotorua
March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Date
4-6 May 2007
Venue
TMOTW Taapapa, Holdens Bay, Rotorua (See map below)
“Manu Rui: Introduction to Anglican Youth Worship” is a 3-day module offering training in how to build dynamic and creative Anglican worship services for young people.
Participants will learn how worship has been understood and how people have worshiped, both in the bible and through church history. They will also learn the basics of Anglican liturgical worship and how that is expressed in each Tikanga. They will also experience and analyse different ways people worship today, both in an Anglican context and other contexts.
Participants will also learn how to prepare and lead an Anglican worship service for young people, including tools to help build dynamic worship services, and ways to get creative using music, drama, and/or art.
You can download the flyer for this event here
HINT: click on the map above to search for the venue.
Advent Sunday - 3 December 2006
November 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment
This collect is part of a series produced for Anglican Youth Yeah! - Advent 2005 to Advent 2006. You can read the others that have been produced online, or alternatively download the full compilation.
Readings
First Reading Jeremiah 33:14-16
Second Reading 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Gospel Luke 21:25-36
Theme
Our young people: The Church of tomorrow, today.
Sentence
“Then he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees; as soon as they sprout leaves you can see for yourselves and know that summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near”
Luke 21:29-31
Anglican Youth Yeah Collect
God of our journey,
You call us to travel to a new place.
When storms threaten,
May we trust in your grace.
When peace reigns,
May we speak in your praise.
Unite us, both young and old,
That our light might so shine,
And bring glory to you
In your holy and precious name we pray,
Amen.
Contributed by
TORU Anglican Centre for Youth Ministry Studies