Jesus Youth Related Sessions (BJYT***)

  Group Mapping Template A Group Mapping Template designed especially for Jesus Youth (JY) Charism Discovery and Household Mission Planning. This helps a group (like a Household or regional team) map the gifts present among members and discern where and how they are best called to serve. 🗺️  Jesus Youth Group Charism Mapping Template 📋 Section 1: Group Overview • Household Name / Region: • Date of Mapping: • Facilitator(s): • Number of Participants: • Group Setting: ☐ Household ☐ Small Group ☐ Youth Group ☐ Event Team ☐ Other 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Section 2: Member Gift Inventory Table Use this table to collect individual inputs from the Charism Inventory Form or discovery session. Name Top 2-3 Charisms Identified Preferred Areas of Service Current Roles Available for New Service? John M. Intercession, Music, Hospitality Prayer group, Worship ministry Lead guitarist      Yes Sarah R. Leadership, Teaching, Planning Teens outreach, Sessions Teens anima...

Charism Inventory Tool  Here is a JY-Style Charism Inventory Tool designed specifically for Jesus Youth (JY) Group Members in a U.S. region. It’s crafted in a warm, practical, and relational tone, rooted in prayer and mission, and intended for use in fellowship settings, retreats, or small group/ household growth moments. 🌱  Jesus Youth Group – Charism Inventory Tool Discovering How the Spirit Moves in You “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” – 1 Cor 12:7 🔹 HOW TO USE THIS TOOL This is not a test. It’s a prayerful conversation with yourself, your community, and the Holy Spirit. • Set aside 20–30 minutes of quiet time. • Pray before you begin: “Holy Spirit, show me how You’ve shaped me for mission.” • Read through each charism area and respond honestly. • Afterward, take time to reflect with your household or mentor. 🔸 PART 1: SPIRITUAL CHARISMS These gifts help build people up spiritually and draw them closer to Christ. Check all ...

Charism discovery session in JY Groups A Sample Charism Discovery Session tailored for a Jesus Youth Household or Regional Fellowship — a dynamic, prayerful, and reflective gathering designed to help participants begin recognizing their spiritual and practical gifts. 🌿 Charism Discovery Session Theme:  “The Spirit Has Given You a Gift – For the Body” Ideal Audience: Household members, youth/adults in formation, core team Duration: 2 to 2.5 hours Setting: In-person or hybrid (small group–friendly) Materials Needed: • Printed JY Charism Inventory Tool (or Google Form) • Bibles, pens, name tags • Poster or projector with 1 Cor 12:4–7 • Music setup (for worship) • Candles or a simple prayer space 🌟  Session Flow 1. Welcome & Warm-Up (10 min) • Short icebreaker: “If you could suddenly master any skill for mission, what would it be?” • Intentional opening: “Tonight is not about labeling yourself but listening to how the Spirit may want to move through you.” 2. Pr...

Identifying Gifts and Charims Nurture Gifts and Charisms in JY Groups A practical Roadmap for Identifying and Journeying Forward with Jesus Youth (JY) Gifts and Charisms — designed to help individuals, households, and groups recognize, affirm, and deploy their spiritual and practical charisms for the mission of Christ through the Jesus Youth movement. 🔶  Step-by-Step Roadmap: Discovering and Living JY Charisms 🟡 1. Create an Atmosphere of Openness Goal: Foster a culture where gifts are noticed, affirmed, and stewarded in love. • Begin every gathering with expectant prayer: “Come, Holy Spirit…” • Share testimonies regularly to normalize God’s action through people. • Create spaces where people feel safe to try, fail, grow, and be affirmed. • Highlight biblical and Church teaching on charisms (e.g., 1 Cor 12, CCC 799–801). 💬 “Each has received a gift; use it to serve one another.” (1 Peter 4:10) 🟡 2. Help Individuals Discern Their Gifts Goal: Each member begins naming and...

  The Gifts of the Spirit or Charisms at Work in Jesus Youth What are the manifestations of the Spirit in JY? (Dr. Edward Edezhath - input for proposed JYA Ad-Core followup) Paul writes, “To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” (1 Cor 12:7) What St Paul saw in the early Church, the Church still sees—and needs—today. Vatican II (LG 12) and the Catechism (CCC 799–801) teach that charisms have not ceased; they are given “for the renewal and building up of the Church.”  What are the typical manifestations of the Spirit today, with a special focus on what we frequently encounter in Jesus Youth (JY) individuals and communities? 1) Pauline/Biblical framework (the same today) • Sanctifying gifts (Is 11:2) that make us holy: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, fear of the Lord. • Charismatic gifts (1 Cor 12; Rom 12; 1 Pet 4): prophecy, healing, tongues, interpretation, miracles, discernment of spirits, words of knowledge/wisdo...

 Qualities of Youth Mentors Pope Francis, Christus Vivit (2019) 245. There is also a special need to accompany young men and women showing leadership potential, so that they can receive training and the necessary qualifications. The young people who met before the Synod called for “programmes for the formation and continued development of young leaders. Some young women feel that there is a lack of leading female role models within the Church and they too wish to give their intellectual and professional gifts to the Church. We also believe that seminarians and religious should have an even greater ability to accompany young leaders”. 246. The same young people described to us the qualities they hope to find in a mentor, and they expressed this with much clarity. “The qualities of such a mentor include: being a faithful Christian who engages with the Church and the world; someone who constantly seeks holiness; someone who is a confidant without judgement. Similarly, someone who acti...

Youth Accompaniment - Youth Ministry  Youth Ministry - Community, youth, and discipline I taught literature and psychology in those schools, and some of my pupils were very inquisitive, sometimes even rebellious. On one occasion, a boy called Roberto slapped a smaller boy during a game of football. It was a serious matter, but rather than punishing him I thought up a different lesson. I told him to meet me in a classroom on a particular day at a particular time.  When he arrived, he found ten of his classmates sitting in a circle with me. I asked him to tell them all what had happened, and to give his reasons for what he had done. Some of his friends consoled him, others gave him advice, a few laughed the whole thing off (I pretended not to notice). And then this special “student committee” decided on its punishment: an immediate apology to the boy he had slapped and a two-week suspension from all sporting activities. This stratagem of mine had a double aim: on one hand, it wa...