Young Adults Ministry
Good News
The Archbishop has appointed Shane Dirks (with Rachel & Levi) to full
time staff members in 2007 at Dapto.
Shane will be establishing our Young Adults ministry which is likely to
go by the name XL.
XL stands for “Christ for life”. Its aim will be to continue and
develop a Christian world view and practice in order to set young adults
up to live for Christ for the rest of their days. This is a vital stage
of Christian development because school is over, and the many voices
(career, money, consumerism, relationships, substance abuse, freedom and
mobility) of the world call for attention and even worship.
Once a month we will have a Saturday social called XLT = “Christ for
life topics” nights, which will include discussion topics that are
relevant to the stage of life young adults are at. Also continued and
expanded involvement in bible study and prayer groups will be
encouraged. Shane & Rachel see their home becoming a place young adults
can gather. We also plan to have a launch night in February and a
weekend away around Easter holiday time, we hope these whet your
appetite!
A key aim will be to build a community identity for young adults in our
church, that they may know that they have one another to spur each other
on. Also as identity as a group is established our young adults may feel
that they are an object of love for the rest of the Church.
Stephen Semenchuk