Family ministry, whether it is for Christians or non-Christians, may not be about calling people to come to a church building, but rather to invite them to join God’s family in a community (EKKLESIA/church = Gathering of people in any place at any time). Going to church may no longer be defined as going to a building [...] Read more »
ICY-UK Conference Pictures
Thursday
by Scott Goosen
Here are a few pictures of the fun we’ve been having at conference this week… (Note: Click on image for slide show with full size pictures.)
Prayer for Convent
Thursday
by admin
This last week has been a big week for us in the whole convent journey. We have started approaching the major donors that we have asked people to pray for and it has gone really well so for. God is so faithful and generous and after a weekend of intense conversations we have about 60% [...] Read more »
Exciting and Full of Adventure
Monday1 Mar, 2010
by admin
The three years I spent training with ICY-UK were exciting, challenging, intense, and full of adventure. ICY-UK gave me more than I bargained for. I gained not only insight and knowledge about the Bible and leadership skills, but I also gained genuine friendship and mentoring that affected my ministry to young people. ICY-UK has found a balance [...] Read more »
Death Machines And God
Monday
by Scott Goosen
Death Machines – For the last two weeks I have been meeting with a small group of 16-20 something in our home. The plan is to go through the beatitudes with this group…not because they are all Christians but because it is a great moment of seeing Jesus instruct the curious about God and life [...] Read more »
Convent Prayer requests:
Monday22 Feb, 2010
by Joy Stevens
We want to keep people praying with us because we really believe that this ministry venue could be a powerful tool in helping move the vision forward. So here are a couple ways that you can pray: -Pray that the property would not sell to anyone else while we gather potential pledges. -Pray that God [...] Read more »
How God Is At Work At Rachael’s Church
Monday15 Feb, 2010
Our Thursday night youth group, called IGNITE has doubled in size the last few weeks. We have just successfully changed the time to make it last longer and have incorporated a meal together as part of it. The most exciting thing that has come out of this is that several of the young people that [...] Read more »
For People Called Into Ministry
Wednesday10 Feb, 2010
ICY-UK was clearly the direction God led me to with regard to youth work training. I cannot think of a more caring environment. Although study and training are very intentional with ICY-UK, the biggest impact is the amount of care from God’s perspective shown through the ICY-UK family. In their passion to serve God by training up youth leaders, [...] Read more »
Equipping Me for Ministry
Wednesday
ICY-UK focuses on the heart of youth ministry. They value catching hold of a passion for young people as well as teaching students how to have a healthy life-long ministry. At one conference, we followed the theme of “Work, Rest, Play” – all about learning how to balance life both as students now and also as [...] Read more »
Friends, Fellowship and Support
Wednesday
My journey with ICY-UK over the past two and a half years has been full of many ups and downs. As I had never been away from home before, it was a big step to move to a new place. Perhaps it was not as big of a step as for those students who have come [...] Read more »
