Diocese of Davenport

Diocese of Davenport Vision 2020 Convocation - Ministering to Teens Today and a Paradigm Shift 6-7-2019


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Ministering to Teens Today and a Paradigm Shift
Pat Millea
A phrase familiar to us in Iowa has applied to youth ministry in the Church for years: “If you build it, they will come.” Event-based youth ministry was successful in many ways for decades. But cultural shifts have demanded that we adopt a new paradigm for ministering to teens. That paradigm requires that all youth ministry be faithful, relational, and vocational. Parishes and diocesan organizations must seek out young people who are in need of salvation (i.e. all of them!) and invite them into the life of the Church in attractive ways. Jesus truly wants to be a friend to every young person, and we have been given the honorable duty of introducing our teens to Christ Jesus and his saving love.
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