Qualities of Youth Leaders in Imparting Education and Character
Youth leaders play a crucial role in imparting education and shaping character in young individuals. They must model a strong love for God, show sincere care for children, serve with enthusiasm, possess emotional stability, enjoy outdoor activities, and understand the essential characteristics of adolescents. By embodying these qualities, youth leaders can inspire and guide the youth towards reaching their full potential.
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QUALITIES OF A LEADER WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES OF YOUTH LEADERS
Education page 19 Education page 19 He who cooperates with the divine purpose in imparting to the youth a knowledge of God and melding the character into harmony with His, does a high and noble work.
EDUCATION P. 19 He awakens a desire to reach God s ideal, he presents an education that is as high as heaven and as broad as the universe.
LOVE GOD SUPREMELY: You must model what you expect your YOUTH to become. Remember our young people follow what is modelled to them.
LOVE CHILDREN SINCERELY: Sincere love will be expressed more in action than by words. The YOUTH notices when an adult gladly shares time, energy and companionship with them. This love perseveres even when the adolescents are unappreciative.
SERVE WITH ENTHUSIASM: Enthusiasm is contagious. Pathfinders quickly follow an optimistic leader who emphasizes the positive and supports the program with energy. Staff must serve with enthusiasm for Pathfinders to want to get into Pathfinders.
POSSESS EMOTIONAL STABILITY: Leaders need to learn self-discipline, temperance, faith, trust in God, and have a sense of responsibility. Outbursts of temper, anger, or depression destroy the image of a competent Christian leader. Everyone is human and sometimes leaders react in anger, but we must learn to apologize and ask forgiveness when we fail to exhibit Christian standards.
ENJOY BEING OUTDOORS: Many Pathfinder activities are done in an outdoor setting. Leaders need to enjoy camping, hiking and learning the skills required so they have something new and fresh to introduce to the club or unit.
KNOW THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ADOLESCENTS: Pathfinder age involves both pre and early adolescent children. A leader will need to understand the pressures affecting adolescents and the characteristics common in these age groups.
LEARN A VARIETY OF SKILLS: A leader who is versatile and diverse always has something new to introduce to the group and should be able to discover the joy of new experiences.
DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO ORGANIZE: Leaders need to be organized or if you are lacking in these skills, work with someone who can organize the group.
MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH FELLOW WORKERS: Problems can cripple a club. As a leader, our job is to encourage and utilize the strengths of our staff.
Be resourceful and creative: The leader needs to be resourceful and have alternate options ready in an emergency. Be creative and determined in accomplishing goals.
RADIATE A DIGNITY OF PRESENCE: A good leader commands respect and does not dominate. Sense of Humour:
SENSE OF HUMOUR: A sense of humour is important when dealing with people.
THE IDEALS OF THE ADVENTIST YOUTH MINISTRY AYM The ideals of the AYM are expressed in the Aim, Motto, Pledge, and Law, as well as in the objective and purpose for an Adventist youth organization in the church.
OBJECTIVE OF THE AYM TO SAVE FROM SIN, HELP YOUNG PEOPLE EMBRACE HIS CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP AND GUIDE INTO SERVICE:
Objectives of the AYM As youth leaders plan the work for their youth in the local church, a clear understanding of the objectives of the AYM is of utmost importance.
Ellen G. White in the late 1900s spelled out the key objectives for the department in a letter published in the Signs of the Times, May 29, 1893.
EG WHITES AYM OBJECTIVES a) To train the youth to work for other youth, b) To recruit the youth to help their church and those who profess to be Sabbath-keepers ; c) To work for those who are not of our faith
TO REACH THESE OBJECTIVES, THE YOUTH ARE CALLED UPON: a) to pray together. b) to study the Word together c) to fellowship together in Christian social interaction
CONT d) to act together in small groups to carry out well-laid plans for witnessing e) to develop tact and skill and talent in service to Jesus f) to encourage one another in spiritual growth
M. E. KERN, THE FIRST ELECTED YOUTH DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT, OBJECTIVES To raise the level of the devotional life of the young person b) To lift up the standard of attainment of the youth c) To educate and train youth for service
ME KERNS OBJECTIVES d) To provide opportunities for outreach and service e) To teach the principles of stewardship f) To lead youth to discover their individual worth and develop and discover their spiritual gifts.
Adventist Youth Ministries (AYM) Department was also organized to give leadership training and to provide resource materials and evangelistic plans covering both the Junior Youth Ministries (JYM) and Senior Youth Ministries (SYM) in the local church.
YOUTH WILL WORK FOR; : ? Other youth ? Their church ? Their fellow men
The goal is to save each Adventist youth who faces the battle against sin, striving to rescue more and more souls for the kingdom of God. In 1947, the dynamic slogan Share your Faith brought new emphasis to soul-winning around the world.
This triple purpose that God has outlined for His youth is really the second part of the objective presented in a practical sense: guide into service. From the time youth missionary work first began, this triple purpose has been put into practice.
That the youth may work for other youth. Educate the youth to help the youth; and in seeking to do this work each will gain experience that will qualify him to become a consecrated worker in a larger sphere. (Messages to Young People, p. 208)
That the youth work for the church. The youth should work for the church and for those who profess to be Sabbath keepers. Faithfully attending the services of the church, the prayer meetings, and the missionary meetings, helping in the Sabbath school and in the AY Society, and participating in the missionary activities of the church, theyencourage and strengthen the church. Loyalty to Christ demands the faithful performance of church duties. (Education, p.
The church is languishing for the help of young men who will bear a courageous testimony, who will with their ardent zeal stir up the sluggish energies of God s people, and so increase the power of the church in the world. (Messages to Young People, p. 25)
The youth may work for youth not of the faith. Time is short. Workers for Christ are needed everywhere. There should be one hundred earnest, faithful laborers in home and foreign mission fields where now there is one. The highways and the byways are yet unworked.
The AYM that keeps these three purposes in mind will become a dynamic and spiritual influence of the church, and this is what it should be. The success of every AYM depends on the faithful fulfilment of these purposes and the way in which the members apply the spirit of the AY Pledge to their lives.
AIM : The Advent message to all the world in my generation.
How universal and how definite is this aim! The message is that which the youth will take. To all the world is where the youth will take the message. In this generation tells us when it will be taken.
AIM The aim requires an ample knowledge of the message. No one can give to others that which he or she has not received.
MISSION: To lead young people in a saving relationship with Jesus and help them embrace his call to discipleship. This mission statement has become ultimate goal of the Adventist Youth Ministries department, that seeks to win, train, hold, and commission, young people for Christ.
THE AYM The AYM continues to work with the local church to fulfil God s mandate to prepare a people for the soon return of Jesus Christ. Adventist Youth Ministry is that work of the church that is conducted for, with, and by young people.
TOTAL YOUTH INVOLVEMENT We see that it is the youth themselves that need to be personally involved in fulfilling the mission of the department, displaying what our church leaders expect from every baptized member Total Membership Involvement in these times. In other words, the mission of Adventist Youth Ministries is basically one of:
TYI salvation, discipleship, and service,
MOTTO The love of Christ compels me. Inspired by this motto, Adventist youth all over the world, in harmony with the marvellous aim move forward in the conquest of souls for the kingdom of God.
The motto, based on 2 Cor. 5:14, is the motivating force in the Adventist youth movement. Without love there is only formation and certain failure. With the love of Christ, success is sure, because it is a love that never deceives us. This is the love that always triumphs. It advances in the face of any difficulty until the task is done, the conflict won, and the victory achieved.
PLEDGE Loving the Lord Jesus, I promise to take an active part in the work of the Adventist Youth Ministries, doing what I can to help others and to finish the work of the gospel in all the world.
LOVING THE LORD JESUS. This introductory thought directs our minds toward the motto of Adventist youth. It is the impelling force of the pledge and the movement of Adventist youth. The value of service for the Master is measured by the love and dedication with which Adventist youth serve Him. Does the Lord Jesus completely direct the life?
I PROMISE. The word promise is synonymous, in this case, with desire, and can revolutionize the life. Promise means that youth are not dominated by someone else, but rather are ready and willing to follow the Lord s leading.
I PROMISE They have a purpose, and they are committed. This means that the youth are available for action and will decide for the best in life. They will follow the proposed path with determination and will keep their eyes fixed on the goal. The Master can count on them to fulfil their promises completely.
TO TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN THE YOUTH MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH. This means to be involved in the activities of the AYM, including the meetings and witnessing outreach. The Adventist youth will always be ready to help someone, and will support his or her AYM and church in their various activities.
DOING WHAT I CAN TO HELP OTHERS . This is a commitment that denotes readiness and dedication on behalf of others. It means to do one s best for a cause and represents the greatest effort to help in every phase of activity within the organization of the AYM and in the church. The true Adventist youth is always ready to take advantage of every opportunity to serve.
