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Easter Camps 2012

A map of all Easter Camps happening in New Zealand 2012.. If your easter camp is not on the map, please send details to me: gordon@pym.org.nz

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Kiwieaster

As you may know, the Presbyterian Church puts out a Lenten study, and this year PYM was asked for input. So, after much prayerful consideration, we are offering a service that shares the Easter story in real time through texts, Facebook or Twitter messages: we’re calling it Kiwieaster. Subscribers will be pulled into the dramatic …

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Diploma in Presbyterian Youth Ministry

The Diploma in Presbyterian Youth Ministry is a collaboration between Presbyterian Youth Ministry (PYM), the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership (KCML), and the local churches, as well as the student’s chosen academic institution – either Laidlaw College or Carey Baptist College. You will find the respective prospectives below.

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Safety in Youth Ministry

It is our responsibility to ensure the safety of OUR YOUNG PEOPLE and OURSELVES, AS YOUTH
LEADERS, in youth ministry.

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Going Global

an opportunity for young adults to join in a cross-cultural experience- participating inGod’s mission.

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Youth Ministry Quotes

Adolesants are looking for a soul-shaking, heart-waking, world changing God to fall in love with, and if they do not kind that God in the Christian Church, they will most certainly settle for lesser gods elsewhere. Youth look to the church to show them something. Most of the time we have offered them pizza. -Kenda Creasy Dean

The history of primarily calling inexperienced and inadequately trained young people to do youth ministry reflects the myth that youth ministry is a beginner’s job that doesn’t require much education, experience or skill. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Youth ministry is one of the most demanding ministries – so demanding and frustrating that many pastors and congregational leaders don’t know what to do- Roland Martinson

If you don’t have kids, it’s our strong recommendation that you’d keep your parenting advice to yourself. In fact, why don’t you write all your great advice down somewhere and take a look at it when your third kid is ten years old. Then you’ll have an understanding for how naive you were; but at least you’ll be glad you kept silent years earlier.- Doug Fields