INTRODUCTION

Nkoroi  youth ministry started the year 2006 with a good number being on board. The Nkoroi Youth Ministry team provides support to parish and community youth ministry. It’s a group formed for the purpose of evangelization and socialization. The parish has the two groups in the parish and one outstation youth group called Merisho youths. The groups in the parish are the senior youth of the ages 18-35 years and the teen rock group of the ages of between 14-17 years. Its significant is in the formation of young people to understand, learn and portray good moral values in the church and society at large. The youth ministry focuses on the following areas:

• Faith; Learning and growing in spirituality
• Catechesis
• Service and Justice; Opportunities to serve social justice give our youth an experience of living faith.
• Community; Building community with friends, peers, and adult role models is a necessary social outlet for youth.
• Other Youth Ministries
• Leadership formation: creating great men and women of integrity and whoportray the values of servant hood.

OUR MISSION AND VISION

OUR MISSION

OUR MISSION as nkoroi youth is invest in the next generation of young people in significant ways, instructing the young people in the core doctrines and disciplines of the Christian faith along with principles for living healthy, wise and productive lives ,INSPIRE them by our example and challenge them to take faith-filled risks and finally to ignite them with a passion for Jesus Christ, a love for the lost, a commitment to the local church, and finally, to launch them into the world prepared for life, for relationships, for service, and for leadership.

OUR VISION

We believe that Christian faith is a way of life that engages heart, mind, soul, and strength. The purpose of nkoroi youth is to provide the resources and opportunities to the young people to enjoy spiritual growth through worship, outreach, fellowship, and education. We seek to always be a force for good in the world.

OUR VALUES

As a community of faith in nkoroi parish youth ministry we:

• Come together for worship: We delight in sermons, music, prayers, adorations, retreats and acts of gratitude that give us the strength to love, toencourage, to care, and the wisdom to make choices that bring goodness to us and to others around us.
• Live at the crossroads of faith and culture: We relish opportunities for learning about the most challenging questions of life guided by the stories of our faith and our mentors.
• Support religious diversity: We follow in the way of Jesus and we encourage individuals to engage the stories and truths of varied faith traditions for personal and social transformation.
• Are a force for good: We care about the people in our community and the young people themselvesin dedicating financial resources, our talents and expertise that improve their lives.
• Are passionate in our care and concern for children and youth: We plan to create programs for children, youth, and young adults that will nurture them, and we will minister with them so that they can become the next generation of moral leaders.
• Care for our members at every stage of life: We encourage the practice of faith as a joyful adventure that engages young people of all ages and is best carried out where all generations are active participants. We provide pastoral care and support for all during times of questioning, difficulty, and loss.

ACTIVITIES

• Catholic Youth Outreach
• Home Works Mission and other mission opportunities
• Community service projects like charitable giving
• Volunteer service opportunities
• Retreats
• Junior and Senior High trips
• Parish service opportunities like helping I parish day(family day)
• Youth Center
• Debate on Religion and Politics
• 1^st mass choir in the church

PAST EVENTS DONE BY THE NKOROI YOUTH

• Youth walk since 2006 for example places visited are ngurumani in maasai land, kajiado parish,kinyui parish, murangakatungulu parish, naroosora in narok, ewasokedong and many more.
• Visit to Rwanda and Tanzania for spiritual development and social interaction.
• Expressions / talent show for the youths in the parish
• Small Christian community visitations
• Youth hikes

PRESENT EVENTS ARE:

• Young people retreats
• Adoration for young people
• Participating in national youth events
• Valentine diner
• Exchange programs with other parishes
• Games with other youth groups
• Seminars on faith formation

FUTURE EVENTS

• More developed youth formation and transition
• Career development for young people
• Proper guideline on mentorship in all areas of formation e.g. life, spiritual etc.
• Self-reliance projects
• Formation of young people small Christian community

INTRODUCTION

An integrated youth group means active and sensitive approach to gender, culture, interest, education, etc. Church programmes should not be limiting but include the identity, needs and styles of the youth and taken into consideration. Our activities are centeredon:

1. Catechesis:

The faith of young people needs to be nurtured through teaching and reflection. This provides for a deeper understanding of faith. Meetings held every Sunday after the first mass are among the best vehicles of catechesis for youth.

1. Prayer and Worship:

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. (1 John 5:14)

Helping youth to develop an individual prayer life, experience a variety of communal prayers, and involving youth in the sacramental life of the Church are integral to youth ministry. Giving youth a taste of the beauty of communication with the Divine is the best equipping we can give to help them live through the challenges of the contemporary world.

• Community Life:

The youth group is a place where the members feel a sense of belonging much like the family. A deep bond of friendship and loveis experienced in a fellowship of peers who live their faith. Building community is not just between young people, but with their families and also engaging youth in the broader community.

1. Service:

Youth are eager to stand for values and justice in their ministry. engaging young people in helping and serving other people through education and reflection.

1. Leadership Development:

Inviting, training, and supporting young people into leadership not only in the youth family but alsofor the broader community. Youth should not only be challenged to be the ‘light of the world’ but should be equipped to be. This formation to take up the responsibility to be leaders and decision makers in the neighborhood, places of study and work and in the wider society should begin at the level of the parish.

1. Evangelization:

Proclaiming the Good News and inviting youth to a relationship with Jesus Christ through ongoing witness.

Mission, especially to bring Christ and His values and the Gospel to the modern world, should challenge and motivate youth. This should be the right goal of youth ministry.

AREAS OF FOCUS

• Growing Media culture – this is our language, and we have to use it to be heard. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
• Professions and careers – careers have a culture, and faith has to be born there.
• Social concern & reach out – it is the need of the day and the best avenue for formation.
• Preparing for public presence/secular leadership – In education, politics, management, technology, research, healthcare and in most of the ground-breaking fields our youth are there, but they need a Christian equipping. With vices like corruption being the order of the day and some arguing that it could be excusable; how much better could the country be if we had the Christian values ingrained at ayoung age? It would mean that we would have a secure future of responsible and accountable citizens.

CORE PRINCIPLES

• Community: Growing as a part of a community – a place to belong and work together.
• Formation: Meeting them where they are is the start; taking them where they should be is the challenge. We are very much in need of wholesome, ongoing formation style. Psychology, group dynamics, Word of God, teachings of the Church, etc. should be some of the significant elements of this formation
• Commissioning / sending on mission: Launching them in life and sending them as ‘fishers of youth’ that they may learn through doing.

SUPPORT FOR THE YOUTH

1. LOVE YOUTH: Know them, pray for them; attract and challenge.
2. WALK WITH THEM: Be positive, help them to have a fresh outlook, use their language and relevant dynamics.
3. INTRODUCE JESUS: Be their models to walk with Jesus; bring them to an experiential knowledge of Jesus.
4. HELP THEM IN SELF-DISCOVERY: They are individuals in need of growth, unique persons. Give confidence; encourage initiative.
5. HELP THEM TO BE PART OF A NEW MOVE: Give them new friends, a new culture, a movement to which they belong. Introduce them to cells, networking.
6. GIVE THEM A MISSION: Motivate them to reach out, evangelize, and build a new culture and world order.
7. SUPPORT THEIR QUEST FOR A NEW SPIRITUALITY: Help them discover relevant expressions of their faith drawing from the riches of the Church.

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