Youth and Children’s events in 2012
The Down and Dromore Youth and Children’s Department is holding a host of events to enhance your parish ministry in these areas. Read on for more details…
OCN Training for Youth Work
A Level 1 course in youth leadership is going to be offered to those aged from 15 to 17 years in the North Down area. More details will be available in the New Year.
Confirmation Weekend
Held from 16 – 18 March 2012 in Castlewellan Castle, this is a residential programme for young people who are preparing for confirmation during the coming season. It gives them and their leaders a chance to join together for a weekend of indoor and outdoor activities and to learn more about confirmation.
Have Faith in Relationship Tour
Down and Dromore works alongside various other faith groups and the Health Trusts in the area of relationships and sexual health. In February we will be working together to promote an evening of training and information in the area of teenage relationships –for parents, teachers and youth leaders. Each workshop will be exactly the same although held in different venues around Belfast.
Contact Andrew
for details. The dates are:
Wednesday 1st February
Thursday 2nd February
Monday 6th February
Tuesday 7th February
Children’s Praise Party
An event that is going to be run in May for children of Sunday school age and their families. There will be more information to follow in the New Year.
CIYD Youth Leader Support
The Church of Ireland Youth department runs ‘Connect,’ a programme which aims to support and train those in youth and children’s work. We also work alongside CIYD to provide a residential aimed mainly at those involved in voluntary youth leadership. This will be held in the Kilbroney Centre over the weekend of 24 – 26 February. Places for Down and Dromore parishes will be subsidised. Please
contact Andrew
for more details.
Holiday Bible Clubs
Julie is hoping to partner with 2–4 parishes that may want to run a club for the first time in the summer of 2012. The aim is to recruit a team of young people and train this team alongside a team from your own parish. If this applies to you, or if you haven’t run a Holiday Bible Club for a long time, please
contact Julie
for details.
Summer Madness
Each year around 20 parishes in the diocese send young people to this event. There is help available from our department in how to organize a group and even to work with other parishes to take a mixed group there. The dates are Friday 29 June to Tuesday 3 July 2012. Summer Madness now has a new venue in the Glenarm Castle grounds. Please contact Andrew for more information.