Chris Collins currently doing a gap year with Nomad has this to say,

“This year so far I’ve had amazing experiences, and moving around the country on the Nomad team has really broadened my perspective on life. Doing a post-uni gap year was the perfect thing for me, and I’ve now learned things that no amount of University life can teach you - about God, myself, and other people. As a result, I now feel equipped for the rest of life in a way that I certainly didn’t before my degree. I’ve found myself being used by God in contexts I never thought possible, and have had the privilege of seeing young people turn to put their trust in God. I have learned to depend on God and to be prepared for surprises, and also to draw close to God as he leads and guides me into my future.”

Whatever your interests and giftings, yfcone’s year out programme offers exciting opportunites to work with young people. Join now for 3,6 or 11 months and take up the challenge!

yfcone is made up of a number of fantastic christian gap year opportunities for young people between the ages of 17-25.

Our mission is to take the good news relevantly to every young person in Britain through mission and evangelism.  We’ve seen it work time and time again, someone who is willing to surrender to God and give a year or more to serve Him.  Not only do many young people hear the life transforming news about Jesus through people like you, but God does incredible things in your life along the way!  

There are 7.2 million teenagers in Britain.  Half of 16-19 year olds experiment with at least one illegal drug.  60% of teens consider taking their own life.  1000 young people abandon church every week.  The mission of Jesus is great.  That’s why we need YOU!

Do you have a heart to seek and serve lost and broken young people? Are you looking to take a year out? Are you ready for a challenge? Do you want God to use you in ways you never thought possible? do you have 3, 6 or 11 months to spare? if the answer is yes then look no further, check out our gap year opportunities and join this incredible mission.

Come and join all the yfcone team at the yfcone BIG DAY on Saturday 15^th March at Youth for Christ head office in Halesowen, West Midlands .

The day is set to be a fantastic day of fun, entertainment, spiritual input and provides a great opportunity to explore what yfcone is all about.

Do you have a heart to make a difference in the world we live in? Do you have a heart for young people? Do you want to take a year out and serve God in a new way? Are you up for stepping out of your comfort zone? Not sure what to do with your life, but you know God is calling you to do something different for him in the UK or overseas? Are you up for seeing God stretch and change you? Do you love meeting new people and being part of a team? Do you have 3, 6 or 11 months to spare?…………….

If you answered yes to any of the above, I would encourage you to come along a join us for part or all of the day to see what yfcone is all about and see if there might be a place for YOU!

Who is the day for?

Anybody who is between the ages of 15- 25 years of age and interested in taking a year out, doing a long or short term mission in the UK or overseas, either this coming year or in the next few years.  Family and friends of people interested in applying are also very welcome to join us for the day.  tragaperra internetcasinos descargas internetpremios pagina internetnet casinosvideo poker webcasino costa bravaruleta europea paginas internetla ruleta rusaapuestas onlinejuego online ruletafruit slotscasino slots downloadonline gewinn spielcasino net pokercasino spiele kostenlos spielen,casino spiele spielen,casino spielenroulette gewinnecasino no deposit bonusechtes kasinospielerfolgreich roulette spielen,roulette online spielen,roulette spielenbeste casino onlinenew casino onlineonline casino playinternet spielbankcasino club netdeutsche online casinoadvanced video pokeronline slots,eve online rig slots,online video slotseve online rig slotskeno downloadrealistisches internet casinoswiss casino onlineunbegrenztes freispielslotmaschine online spielenblack jack online spielencasino bonus codecasino on linebestes online casinoparty casino bonusfunny games roulette,games roulette,games roulette online spielenkasino spiele mit echtem geldspiel rauminternet roulettevirtual casinolasseters online casinofaires spielenroulette gamegames roulette spielestrip roulettecasino online texasbeste online kasinos Youth groups and churches who have people who might be interested in finding out more are also very welcome.   

What will the day look like?

The day will run from 10.30am – 4.30pm (with additional time for interviews)

The day will be made up of various exciting workshops with inspirational bands, DJ’s, drama companies and sports coaches. Tournaments, performances, spiritual input from a number of acclaimed speakers, opportunities to chat with members of the staff team and other volunteers who are on yfcone this year about the exciting opportunities we have available.  We will also be holding interviews towards the end of the day for people who are particularly interested and have submitted an application for a team within yfcone.  Interviews provide a fantastic opportunity for us to get to know you, and for you to ask and questions you may have about the teams, etc, and explore things at a deeper level.  If you are particularly interested and feel you would like to join us for an interview on the day please contact Beckie Allport (on contact details below) for an application form.

It would be great if you can let us know you’re coming as we would love to provide refreshments for you all.

Please contact Beckie Allport on 0121-502-9624 or on beckie.allport@yfc.co.uk , to register your interest/approx numbers or for more info.

Who: 15- 25 years. Family and friends.  Youth groups/churches.

Focus: mission in the UK/overseas, this year or near future. 

Location: YfC head office, Coombswood Way, Halesowen, West Midlands B62 8BH.

When: March 15th. 10.30am-3.30pm.

More: www.yfcone.com

NOMAD @ FESTIVAL IN THE PARK

BURGESS HILL

The NOMAD team joined the Mid-Sussex Christian Centre (MSCC) on their annual event ‘FESTIVAL IN THE PARK’. The festival is free to the public and open to everyone in the community.

Team NOMAD arrived in Burgess Hill on the Friday afternoon, pretty much as soon as we got there we were set too work. One of our first tasks was setting up a gazebo; this was a mission in its self! But through some great practical & logical thinking from two members of the NOMAD team, the gazebo was set up very nicely and the fun did not end there. No sooner had this been accomplished; team NOMAD were off too set up the CAGE.

Gaf was particularly impressed with how Prince, Ref and Flops handled the Friday because it was MANIC. Gaf was rushed around doing things elsewhere and had to leave the other three members of team NOMAD to finish setting the CAGE and keep it operating that evening. From the time the CAGE was set till when we closed, it was busy, young people lined up and played many times.

That evening Gaf experimented with the flood lights on the CAGE, it eventually looked amazing. LATENIGHT NOMAD CAGE football – Oh Yeh!

That same evening we met up with Pastor Christy Smith of the MSCC and his wife Linda at a local Public Building and chatted and got to know them a bit better. Christy told us a bit about the Alpha course they have launched and that on this particular Friday they had just held their ‘Alpha Meal’ and idea to tell people about Alpha and get into the community.

On the Saturday team NOMAD met up early and set-up the CAGE and then had a brief NOMAD church before meeting with the rest of the Festival staff for prayer and briefing. Then the party started…

3 bouncy castles, a main-stage; a couple of bands performed, a very exiting kids entertainment group from MSCC performed for a while, puppeteering as well; the gazebo team NOMAD erected the previous day was used for fun challenges like splat-the-rat and knocking over cans for prizes. The main tent was used for the coffee and fresh homemade baking to be distributed, and a place where people could sit.

All day Saturday the NOMAD team were busy, the sun was blaring down on the Festival and people were getting outside to enjoy it. Although Gaf wasn’t feeling to well, Ref wasn’t bearing up in the heat; we all managed to get through the day very successfully. MSCC provided us with a bag of 50 wristbands. The wristbands come from

salvationcode.com, the band bears six colours; black – ‘I was lost in the darkness of my sin’, Romans 3:10; red – ‘Jesus died and shed His blood for me’, 1 John1:7; white – ‘now I am clean and my sins have been forgiven’, 1 John 1:9; blue – ‘I repent and am baptised’, Matthew 28:19; green – ‘I am growing in my relationship with GOD.’, Acts 2:42; yellow – ‘I have the promise of eternal life, a treasure waiting for those who believe.’, Revelation 21:4.

We handed one out to every young person that came to play in the CAGE; we had no wristbands left after lunch break. Through-out the day some of team NOMAD had some really good chats with some of the young people hanging around in the CAGE. Chris spent some time explaining what the wristbands are about and what they mean. Sarah got chatting to a young lad at the cage who ended up out with us for most of the afternoon.

In the late afternoon on Saturday team NOMAD, Christy and Tom (a lad from MSCC) came together and we played 6v6 football against the winning 5-a-side team, Christy maintained his depth in defence the first-half, helping Chris to keep a clean sheet. Staying up the pitch, in a very attacking position, Gaf missed a couple of what can only be described as sitters. At the change of ends, Christy exactly where he was on the pitch (now in attack), Gaf was a wanderer, but obviously scarred by her poor performance in the first half, kept a reasonably low profile. Ref the ever wayward goal keeper in the second half was helped greatly by Chris and Tom in defence, both of whom scored incredible goals in the second half. Ross however, never really got into the game, he made a few mistakes and his lack of skill in dribbling narrowed his effectiveness in the team.

The Saturday evening team NOMAD, Christy, Linda, Shell (Christy’s P.A), Dave (youth & worship leader), Dave and Rachel (kids workers at MSCC); all went to Royal Spice for an amazing curry courtesy of Christy and Linda. It was great to get and hangout with the people in Burgess Hill and socialise with them, hear about where all the ‘in-jokes’ came from and some fantastic stories and memories (some are hilarious about Sarah) from different people.

Sunday morning the MSCC had a family service in the main tent at the festival location. It was a great service and loads of fun, the kids worship leaders really put a lot into it, it was obvious that the MSCC are really passionate about the young people in Burgess Hill and about the need of really stimulating experiences in church. In the afternoon we opened the cage for a short while, but we went for lunch with Christy, Linda, Shell and Dave (youth & worship leader), again generously provided by Christy and Linda.

Sunday afternoon we open the CAGE for an hour and some kids turned up to play. A while later, Away from the CAGE Chris was chilling out, having a break and some young people came over and asked him why the CAGE wasn’t open and what he was doing. Chris told them that we were all having a break and it would be open in a while, also that he was relaxing and taking the time to have some prayer time with GOD. Chris was slouched in a chair with his feet up on another chair, hands behind his head. The young people said that they thought to be praying, you had to be on your knees, they were trying to make jokes, Chris kept it cool, he explained briefly about prayer and the young people were amazed by what he told them. They got the impression that being a Christian was cool

Sunday evening church was in the tent again, this was a healing and community service, it was well put together and very encouraging. Team NOMAD went for healing prayer, as we had injuries spawn right through the team at that time.  We felt very encouraged by the words of the Pastor James (Elim Crawley Pastor) who prayed with us.

After the service everything had to be packed up and taken away from the park we where the festival took place. Team NOMAD got right in there and helped with a bit of the heavy work, transporting, donkey work and odd jobs. Afterward our usual social crowd from MSCC gathered at a local public building to chill out after a long weekend and socialise some more.

To some up this, Team NOMAD’s  first mission, we arrived as people who at met each other, not all spent loads of time together, don’t really know each other; but we left Burgess Hill a well knit together team. We had worked hard together; we supported and encouraged each other. Team NOMAD left Burgess Hill having been servants to the MSCC, but more than that, we served Burgess Hill that weekend.

Team NOMAD are incredibly exited about the year ahead. Is it something you could be interested in???

The move will see Four Kornerz become Youth For Christ’s main band to assist in promoting the Christian charity’s work which dates back to 1946 when originally founded by US preacher Billy Graham. Previously, Youth For Christ have worked with in-house created music groups to spearhead schools, community and prison initiatives. But this is the first time  in recent years the organisation has actively outsourced such a key role to an already existing outfit, in this instance Four Kornerz.

Embarking on this new phase, Four Kornerz lead singer Deji comments: “This adds a new depth to what we do as band. Four Kornerz and Youth For Christ have a shared passion and vision to positively impact youth culture in a relevant way. And we are very excited about this alliance.”  

The band’s first official Youth For Christ engagement will be on Sat 13 October where they will take part in “Showcase Day” at Coventry Central Hall. Over 800 workers and youth from all over the Youth For Christ UK network are expected to attend and Four Kornerz will not only bring their exhilarating brand of live music but also take part in the official Commissioning Service to formal welcome the band as an official Associate Ministry of Youth For Christ.

Director of National Ministries Dave Newton expresses with great enthusiasm, “Youth for Christ are very excited to be partnering with such a vibrant, talented band. The boy’s energy, professionalism and commitment to mission is unquestionable. As a result of this partnership, we will be working to deliver a number of evangelistic events and create opportunities for Four Kornerz to work in schools and young offenders institutes. We are anticipating many exciting opportunities which will extend our influence and ultimately reach more young people with the Good News of Jesus.”

The major scale of the partnership will take full force in 2008 when the band makes its debut at the annual Youth For Christ staff conference and take on a key city tour alongside the Christian organisation.

Four Kornerz with Dave Newton & Ken Wright from Youth for Christ

Some of the exciting teaching will include; an indepth look at the Kingdom of God, Giving your testimony, Up front speaking, how to plan a Youth Programme, Being a Church Youthworker, Spiritual Disciplines, Perserverance, Integrity & various other exciting topics.

We have opened the training to volunteers outside of yfcone, so if you believe you may know somebody who maybe interested in attend part or all of our fantastic conference, please do get in touch with Dee Buchanan on dee.buchanan@yfc.co.uk or on 0121-550-8055.

People from across Newbury have been planning for 18 months for a 2 week mission that will see yfcone teams TVB, Activate, Skate, Nomad, Kick and 3 evangelists converge on Newbury to join the local people in an amazing opportunity!

Over the fortnight the teams will be working in 3 schools running 3 evening events and two weekend road shows in the local park on an open top truck.

To find out how you can be part of this team check out the website and click on ‘apply here’