Check this out Robert Feduccia Making a Change It seems that the - PDF document

2/16/2018 Session 3 Helping Youth Pray Check this out Robert Feduccia Making a Change • It seems that the dots are quite clear to connect: 1) the greatest guarantor of ongoing religious affiliation is daily prayer 2) Catholic teens are the least likely to Think about a time, you needed to make a change. pray daily 3) the Catholic Church has the highest rate • What made change hard? of attrition among Christian Churches and ecclesial communities. • What helped ? • Therefore, the greatest thing we can do as youth ministers and as parents is to foster a daily prayer life among our teens. Three Surprises about Change Understanding Change • Directing the rider. • First, people problems are often situation problems. • Motivating the elephant. • Second, laziness is often rider exhaustion. • Shaping the path. • Third, resistance to change is often a lack of clarity. 1

2/16/2018 Direct the Rider and Shape the Path Motivate the Elephant Youth and Prayer Understanding Distractions Prayer Obstacles for • How can we give crystal clear direction to youth about prayer? Youth and • How can we motivate, inspire, and provide examples of how to pray? Prayer • How can we clear the path of obstacles to prayer? Insecurity / Feeling Self- Frustration conscious Starting Points Helping Youth Pray • Praying with Nature • Help youth to identify styles of prayer • Adoration • Connect communal prayer to personal prayer • Praying with Scripture • Provide peer witnesses about prayer • Patterns of Prayer • Pray with and for young people • Praying with Music • Praying with Journaling • Use social media and technology to encourage youth to • Praying with Technology pray • Meditation 2

2/16/2018 Online Prayer Resources / Apps Praying 10 Words a Day • HonorYourInnerMonk (St. Meinrad) I love you Jesus. • Laudete • Setting our hearts on Jesus • ClickToPray • Creighton University Thank you God . • Acknowledging our gratitude and • Daily Reflections dependence on God, our Father • Online Retreat • Stickers for Phone Cover: • Diocesan.com • Bringing the Holy Spirit into our Come Holy Spiri irit. greatest challenges Worksheet: Helping Youth Pray Youth and Prayer • How can we give crystal clear direction to youth about prayer? • What is the Current Reality? • How can we motivate, inspire, and provide examples of how to • What is the Desired Reality? pray? • What are some ways we can crystal clear direction to Direct the • How can we clear the path of obstacles to prayer? Rider ? • What are some ways we can inspire, tap into emotions, and break a big task into small pieces to Motivate the Elephant? • What are some ways we can make change more likely to Shape the Path? Session 4 Help Youth Find a Way to Participate Fully Becoming a Community that Accompanies • Identify the ways that youth can be involved • Open up participation and shared leadership • Help youth access resources and choose involvements in your community. 3

2/16/2018 6 Essential Strategies Process for Becoming a Community that Accompanies 1. Unlock leadership. 2. Empathize (don’t judge). 3. Take Jesus’ message seriously. 4. Fuel a warm community. 5. Prioritize young people (and families) everywhere. 6. Be the best neighbors (locally and globally). A safe place to walk Becoming a Community that Accompanies • “Public / Private Space” • How can we give crystal clear direction to the parish about accompanying youth? • Walking in Pairs • How can we motivate , inspire, and provide examples of how to accompany youth? • How can we clear the path of obstacles to accompaniment? Acknowledge Youth Accompaniment – Paradigm for Ministry • Begins with the young person. • Surrounds children and youth with love and care. • Empowers lots of faith companions. • Calls youth to prayer and discernment. • Supports young disciples in witness and service. 4

2/16/2018 Starting Points on the Pathway to Accompaniment • Accompaniment • Faith Companions • Parents / Families • Transforming Ministry Programs • Building the Community Reflection for Faith Prays Companions Connects Take a moment to think about a young person Listens with whom you are a faith companion, (Or A Faith with whom you could be a faith companion.) Empathizes Companion • What does she or he need at this moment? Cares • What is your next step as a faith companion? Witnesses • What is something you would pray for this young person? Calls Prayer Prayer to Unleash the Gospel God our Father , you have called us Transform us into a band of to be witnesses to Jesus joyful missionary disciples embracing the fruits of Synod 16 and have commissioned us to lead so as to share the good news all people to encounter him. of Jesus Christ in Southeastern Michigan Send your Holy Spirit through joyful to enlighten our minds evangelization and service. so that your will may be clear to us and Come, Holy Spirit, that we may accept it. fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love. Amen. Dwell within our souls Saint Anne, pray for us. and make our hearts your own. 5

2/16/2018 Thank you 6