Category: Young Adult Ministry

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Episode 93: Voice + Vision: Evaluating the Dialogue

In this episode, Chris shares his experience at the 1st annual Voice and Vision Dialogue: A National Summit for Ministries with Youth and Young Adults. This event was inspired by Pope Francis’ post synod document called “Christ is Alive” (Christus Vivit).

Chris shares what went well, what went flat, and shares his excitement and energy for the future of this event and others like it.

Resources:

In this episode, we refer to quite a few previous episodes as well as a Pre-Conference document that was developed for the dialogue. All those links can be found below:

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Episode 76: Christ Is Alive – A Review of Pope Francis’ Post-Synodal Exhortation to Young People and to the Entire People of God

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In response to the 2018 synod on Young People, Faith, and Discernment, Pope Francis released a document on March 25, 2019, called “Christus Vivit” (Christ is Alive).

In this episode, Chris and John break down the main themes of the document and talk about the practical applications this document has for those of us in church leadership.

To find the document in its entirety, click here.
We also reference Episode 54 on this podcast, when we interviewed Paul Jarzembowski and Katie Prejean McGrady as they were part of the synod conversations in Rome. Check it out here.

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Episode 54: Synod on Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment

In today’s episode, Chris and John are joined by Paul Jarzembowski and Katie Prejean McGrady to discuss their experience and involvement in the October 2018 Synod on Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment. Join us as we explore what the Synod means for us as Church and how we, as leaders in ministry, can begin to implement some of the ideas put forth.

You can find a link to the Synod document HERE.

Find out more about Paul and Katie by visiting them on Twitter:

@PJarzembowski

@KatiePrejean


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Episode 15: Engaging Young Adults in the Life of Faith

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Young adults are mysterious. They sometimes come to church and sometimes they don’t. They have reasons. They don’t have reasons. As church, we need an intentional strategy for engaging them in the life of faith.
In this episode, we define what we mean by “young adults” and share some ideas for connecting with them in ministry, church, and faith.

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