By the time Christian youth leave school we hope they have a firm foundation for their faith, and a Christlike influence, both personally and publicly.
Such maturity involves a personal relationship with Jesus, and a growth pathway of teaching, tools, and practices with local support. Boost works with local groups to help offer these.
Boost is a half-day intensive per term over 2 years. These involve interactive input & workshops, offering the skills and resources to grow in faith.
Such maturity involves a personal relationship with Jesus, and a growth pathway of teaching, tools, and practices with local support. Boost works with local groups to help offer these.
Boost is a half-day intensive per term over 2 years. These involve interactive input & workshops, offering the skills and resources to grow in faith.
- Boost includes practice between intensives, which local small groups facilitate.
- Boost is a pathway from believer to disciple to discipler to leader of a new group. Boost can be used as a framework for youth groups, or just to encourage within existing frameworks.
- A community of praying, learning, peers who can become supportive friends. One teen said, "it's real people wrestling with real issues who need real answers for the real world.”
- Pitched for senior youth (school years 9-12), yet it is also for youth leaders, parents, etc. Anyone can attend.
- Pitched for Christians, yet also non-believers can also benefit from a proper understanding of Christians.
- To be used in step with the Spirit. This isn't just some man-powered 'system,' it simply offers select tools which Geoff has tried and refined (as a youth pastor, camp speaker, and in community at Cheers) which Jesus has used to equip young people at various stages of their development to maturity. It is Jesus who brings the growth.
- Core Stuff (or similar) is a prerequisite for Boost. So we can offer a Core Stuff intensive per year as well.
Outline
First Year Prerequisite: Core Stuff (or the like, at a camp or series previously)
# 1 Commit: Keep Moving Forward Core foundations review. Pathway of discipleship. Simple Prayer bookmark. Plan your practice.
# 2 Grow: Build on the Cornerstone Small group Bible study Bookmark. Group prayer. Cornerstones: contrasts & common ground. Answering questions Biblically. Plan practice.
# 3 [Core Stuff: God. Bible. Problem. Christmas, teachings, cross, risen, Spirit. Follow.]
# 4 Train to be sent: Share Life and Faith Skills for sharing life & faith. Gospel-sharing tools. Plan your influence.
Summer Influence in summer camps (Worldview Australia Youth Leadership Camp, or others)
Second Year Prerequisite: First Year BOOST
#5 Lead: Lead Others Forward Review year 1 and summer. Leading others on their Pathway. Team leadership. Plan practice.
The second year also Biblically addresses current topics using 3 Big Questions.
#6 Lead: Lead Others Well Leaders: Groundrules v PO; Shortest Time meetings; Briefings; Logistics; Thinking grids; Plan practice.
#7 [Ways of Knowing: Mind, Heart, Soul, Strength - Core Stuff included.]
#8 Go: Ready Set Go Coaching tool. On-ramps to next steps. Bonus tools to suit needs. Plan for summer leadership.
Summer Leadership in summer camps (Worldview Australia Youth Leadership Camp, or other)
First Year Prerequisite: Core Stuff (or the like, at a camp or series previously)
# 1 Commit: Keep Moving Forward Core foundations review. Pathway of discipleship. Simple Prayer bookmark. Plan your practice.
# 2 Grow: Build on the Cornerstone Small group Bible study Bookmark. Group prayer. Cornerstones: contrasts & common ground. Answering questions Biblically. Plan practice.
# 3 [Core Stuff: God. Bible. Problem. Christmas, teachings, cross, risen, Spirit. Follow.]
# 4 Train to be sent: Share Life and Faith Skills for sharing life & faith. Gospel-sharing tools. Plan your influence.
Summer Influence in summer camps (Worldview Australia Youth Leadership Camp, or others)
Second Year Prerequisite: First Year BOOST
#5 Lead: Lead Others Forward Review year 1 and summer. Leading others on their Pathway. Team leadership. Plan practice.
The second year also Biblically addresses current topics using 3 Big Questions.
#6 Lead: Lead Others Well Leaders: Groundrules v PO; Shortest Time meetings; Briefings; Logistics; Thinking grids; Plan practice.
#7 [Ways of Knowing: Mind, Heart, Soul, Strength - Core Stuff included.]
#8 Go: Ready Set Go Coaching tool. On-ramps to next steps. Bonus tools to suit needs. Plan for summer leadership.
Summer Leadership in summer camps (Worldview Australia Youth Leadership Camp, or other)
Sources include elements from (and provide on-ramps to) Core Stuff and Life-Sharing, Power-to-Change’s Shiftm2M, Discovery Bible Study method, AFCI’s Evangelism Shift, Living Waters, and Andrew Olsen’s Leadership By Design.
Local trainers can film the input so they can prepare and present those sessions themselves in the future.
(Ideally we would like to have 6 presenters so that eventually we can run all intensives concurrently. These presenters will need to be practitioners - we are seeking those now. Let us know if you're interested.)
(Ideally we would like to have 6 presenters so that eventually we can run all intensives concurrently. These presenters will need to be practitioners - we are seeking those now. Let us know if you're interested.)
Considering BOOST for your Church / School / Region
- Dates when you/leaders/students could do the Core Stuff apologetics series (or equivalent eg. camp/intensive/series)
- Dates when the BOOST Intensives could be run. (eg. one Saturday per term)
- How will pracs/accountability groups happen between intensives? (eg small groups)
- What settings might participants be able to use for summer pracs? (eg camp/outreach)
- Who might be an apprentice presenter? (to present BOOST or Core Stuff material at your setting in future)
- Budget. Costs are a work in progress. We want BOOST to be mutually viable (for us and you.)
There are about 24 hours of sessions (plus 6 for Core Stuff) and we estimate reasonable amounts for: churches $150/hr; schools $200/hr; and regional sessions add mileage. Minimum numbers required to run. - Contact Geoff for more info / to arrange diary dates for your context
An Introduction to Boost can be arranged for key youth / staff / parents, so they can plan their diaries to incorporate Boost.