The Youth Ministry & Spirituality Project

We will never win the Olympics of humanity,
racing for perfection,
Covenant Community

but we can walk together in hope,
celebrating that we are loved in our brokenness,
helping each other, growing in trust,
living in thanksgiving, learning to forgive,
opening up to others, welcoming them,
and striving to bring peace and hope to our world.
So it is that we come to put down roots in community –
not because it is perfect and wonderful,
but because we believe tht Jesus has called us together.
It is where we belong,
and are called to grow and serve.
JEAN VANIER
THE BROOKEN BODY:
JOURNEY TO WHOLENESS, P. 99
A contemplative approach to youth ministry is practiced within a covenant community of Christian disciples. Just as Jesus called and ministered with others in a community of spiritual companions (Mt 10:1-4), we also encourage, support and practice small covenant groups who sense a common call to spiritual growth through Christian living and ministry to young people. These groups offer prophetic witness to a way of life that is creatively resistant to the seductions of the market culture and the dullness that can inhabit Christian institutions. Companions of the Project commit to meeting regularly in covenant communities for sharing, prayer, scripture study and discernment in the service of their ministry to young people.

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