The Youth Ministry & Spirituality Project

Awareness Examen over Youth Ministry

This practice is done with others and involves praying over a ministry event or encounter with youth and listening/looking for moments that God seems to raise up/hold out for prayerful reflection. Participants then were asked to journal this prayer.

Find a place of quiet and peace. Allow yourself to simply rest in God's presence. In your own way, ask God to be with you during this time of prayer and discernment.

Slowly review the unfolding experience of the meeting. As you do this, ask the Spirit to enlighten your mind and heart and bring you a response to the following four questions. Journal your responses in the spaces provided below:

For what moments was I most grateful?

For what moments was I least grateful?

What is your felt sense of how the Spirit is calling the group?

What is your felt sense of how the Spirit is calling you?

List any other insights, wonderings or "whispers" that you might have experienced.