Getting off a negative spiral

A young couple visited our church a few weeks back. They were Christians and had moved into the area and were looking for a church to be part of. They are exactly the kind of people it would be great to have as part of our new Night Church. One of the first things they asked is "where are all the people their age?". My answer: "they are are not with us yet".

As people look at finding a church they want to find people like them, people who they think they can be friends with. There is almost a critical mass of people that enables others to feel as though they can join. That's not us. At least for most groups of people. Our church has been on a negative spiral for a number of decades when it comes to young people. We want to get of that spiral.

We really want to be able to reach people in their 20s who live in our area, but we need to have a few mission minded people in their 20s who can be the first to join us. As our Night Church seed group meets we are looking for people to take up this challenge. It won't be for everyone but we need some!

"faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ." Romans 10:17

Night Church - a new church for Generation Y

People in their twenties often move closer to the city when they get the chance. This is true of Summer Hill where the increase in population due to babies is about the same as the increase due to people moving into the area in their twenties. The graph shows just how many people there are in our area who are from Generation Y - the green bit (click on the image for a bigger version).

Our church has to be really great at taking the gospel of Jesus to this age group. To do this we are starting up a team who are going to be the seed group for a new Night Church. The idea is to gather together people who feel they could be part of this and equip them for the task.

We don't want consumer Christians but people who have a heart for the lost, are prepared to be missionaries with their friends and are willing to take risks for Jesus. We need people who are able to live out 2 Timothy 2:3 "Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus."

Our seed group will meet weekly at the Rectory at 6:30pm from June 3rd. Be in contact if you are interested in being part of this new team.