Friday Fanatics Cup is our traditionally timed Fanatics cup. The last couple of years have been basketball, as is this year, for the final time!
Gather your teams of 5 and sign up your church and how many teams and see you at 6.30 at Synergy Sports on the 13th June.
As youth leaders, you pour out your hearts and energies caring for, hanging with and inspiring our young people in their lives and in their faith.
So, it’s also important that you get supported, cared for and energised for this work. What better way than with others who have the same heart?
This year we have Rev Richard Bonifant coming to talk about life in ministry with mental health challenges, and Rev Sarah Park is coming to help us explore pastoral care with young people, and knowing when to seek it ourselves. We will also have time to have some fun, to be still, share kai and yarns and maybe even head to the hot pools!
Talk to Steph with any questions or needs
This is another opportunity for youth leaders, but in a different way. This is our National Youth leader and young adult gathering. Year 12 & 13’s, Youth Leaders & Young Adults are warmly invited.
Held at El Rancho in Wellington, this National youth conference is organised by our National Youth Facilitator and her team, drawing on the wisdom and knowledge of the country. You can find out more about the conference and register on the link below.
Naturally getting to Wellington is to be considered. Talk to your church about flights or join the crew heading down on the AYM van.
The van leaves at 8am on Friday 22nd and returns lateish Sunday evening 24th August
Cost – Koha (towards fuel, food for the trip at your own cost)
For more info talk to Steph, O’Love or Sami
Click the link below to check out our 2025 calendar
This is a full and complete calendar, so it holds Youth events – Purple, Youth leader opportunities (for communities of learning, events and connection ) – Aqua, National opportunities and events – Pink, Children, Youth and Families connection points, and finally, but importantly Lay leadership opportunities – Red
Youth Events – Purple
Throughout the year we are running combined events for youth groups to gather together, to worship, play sports and work out conundrums. This year we will be running our worship and sports events on Friday night and Sunday afternoon/evening to allow for those youth groups who may struggle to get to Friday night events due to other commitments. We are also looking outward with opportunities to fundraise for the Auckland City Mission in March, and purchase toys for those families who are struggling who ATWC connect with, in November.
Youth Leaders – Aqua – Leaders Connect & Leaders Connect The Hub
We have opportunities to connect in person and online this year, we have Efest leaders meetings in February, Leaders Retreat in July, Youth leaders Connect in September, The Abbey in August, and the Hubs throughout the year.
The Hub – 4 throughout the year, 1 each term –
Purpose: to offer opportunities for continual reflection on youthwork practice – This years subjects are… Youth 101, Youth protection, Starting a youth ministry, Finding and adapting resources. Steph & O’Love will be our leaders and we will be connecting with other leaders from throughout the Diocese over lunch and our starting reflection. Links for signing up through the year will be posted here and through our usual channels, ensure you sign up to the youth stream and these will be free of charge to youth leaders. The Hub is for Lay Leaders from throughout the Diocese in all sorts of fields, so its a great opportunity to meet other leaders over lunch and in our combined session. Then we divide out into our different topics.
There is also an opportunity to explore a silent retreat, in the middle of the year. This is not an entire day of silence, rather an exploration of what it’s all about, and then a testing of the waters journey. Another tool in our kite of caring for our personal faith, in the midst of giving out constantly through our ministries.
National events – Pink
Largely covers The Priory block course, and Steph being away a couple of times, and of course our highly anticipated trip to The Abbey in Waikanae each year, our national youth leaders gathering.
CYF – Red
Finally, some of you cover not only youth, but children and families, and while this is pretty unique, it’s great, to be connecting both with each other, and all those involved in children & families ministries, and in youth ministry as people leading significant lay ministries across our Diocese. So, there is an opportunity to connect in person and online throughout the year.