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Feet to Faith
HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS PUT FAITH IN ACTIONAt CHIC 2006 youth were invited to share their gifts with the people of
Bentiu, a village in central Sudan. The students collected more than
$100,000 to begin a food program, build a medical clinic, new school
and wages for teachers. This was a starting point. Then we began to ask
the question why? Why are their injustices in our world? Feet to Faith
is designed to help answer these questions. It is our strong desire to challenge youth to be followers of Jesus Christ, being a people who consistently live out both the Great Commission and the Great Commandment. Feet to Faith: Justice Ministry has come about as a response to this desire. In the summer of 2008 students from the North Pacific Conference will gather to explore and expose youth to injustices in their corner of the world. Students will be challenged to not only understand what is happening in the world, but to work to make changes in their local churches, schools and communities.
We want students to realize that God desires to use them where they are for such a time as this. They are indeed called to do justice, lover mercy and walk humbly with their God. Many students are not called to go across the world, but all are called to serve in whatever ways God can use them today. Feet to Faith will enable students to serve in the region where they live, seeing the injustices that are all around them, but to also see the many ways that their faith in action can have an impact around the world.
Feet to Faith is a pilot program of the Department of Christian Formation working in partnership with each conference to design a model that works in their context. The Northwest Conference has hosted a Mission Outreach Venture Experience (MOVE) for a number of years. Through the initiatives of CHIC 2009 each conference will be invited to dream and vision ways that we can impact our world and our community. Here is a little more information about what is going into the planning of Feet to Faith. Mission - To disciple our youth by exposing and exploring with them injustice in our world, specifically in the Pacific Northwest. Vision - That youth would walk where and with all whom Christ walked - in a beautifully created world with the hungry, sick, prisoners, homeless and aliens by showing compassion, mercy and justice. Goals -that students would begin to ponder what God is calling them to do as they gain a holistic view of Mathew 25: 14-46, to show students new ways that God can use them today and in their future wherever they live, and to encourage students to move beyond compassion and helping them to seek justice by asking the “why” questions. Below is a sample of the schedule for the Feet to Faith being planned for 2008:
Proposed daily schedule
Wednesday, August 6th International justice issues
2:00 Meet at church
2:30-3:30 Snack, fellowship, meet small groups
3:30-5 Teaching Time
5-6:30 Int’l (global) Experience
6:30-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:30 Check in at dorms
9:30 – 11:00 Worship
11:00 Dorms - lights out
Thursday, August 7th Refugee Topic - World Relief
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 Worship
9:30- noon Refugee Topic on World Relief
Teaching Time (break into 2 groups)
a. Teaching Time 1 hour
b. Small Group 1 hour
Noon- 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 Experience
Refugee/Immigration Topic
5:00- 6:00 Free Time
6:00- 7:00 Dinner
7:00 – 8:00 Small Group Debriefing
8:00 – 10:00 Worship
10:00- 10:30 Snack
11:00 Dorms - lights out
Friday, August 8th Creation Care
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 Worship
9:30- noon Creation/Environment
Teaching Time (break into 2 groups)
a. Teaching Time 1 hour
b. Small Groups 1 hour
Noon- 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 Experience
Creation/Environment
5:00- 6:00 Dinner
6:00- 8:00 Free Time
8:00 – 9:00 Small Group Debriefing
9:00 – 11:00 Worship
11:00 Dorms - lights out
Saturday, August 9th Race
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 Worship
9:30 - noon Race
Teaching Time (break into 2 groups)
a. Teaching Time 1 hour
b. Small Groups 1 hour
Noon- 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 Race Experience
5:00- 6:00 Dinner
6:00- 8:00 Free Time
8:00 – 9:00 Small Group Debriefing
9:00 – 11:00 Worship: Special Concert
11:00- 11:30 Snack
11:30 Dorms - lights out
Sunday, August 10th Homelessness (possible sleep out)
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 Worship
9:30 - noon Homeless
Teaching Time (break into 2 groups)
a. Teaching Time 1 hour
b. Small Groups 1 hour
Noon- 1:00 Lunch and leave for experience
1:00 – 5:00 Skills experience
Homeless
5:00- 6:00 Free Time
6:00- 7:00 Dinner: Soup Kitchen
7:00 – 8:00 Small Group Debriefing
8:00 – 9:00 Get cardboard and build shelter?
9:00 – 11:00 Worship
11:30 Stay in shelters
Monday August 11th
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:15 – 9:30 Small Group Debrief
9:30 - 11:00 Worship/slideshow/celebration
11:00 - noon Next Steps with youth group
Noon - 1:00 Lunch BBQ (outside if possible)
1:00 Head home For more information on the Feet to Faith that is currently being planned in the North Pacific Conference please visit the North Pacific Conference's webpage: www.covchurch-npc.org/f2f.htm For more information about Feet to Faith in general or about starting a similar program in your conference please contact Marti Burger in the Department of Christian Formation at 773-583-0220 or marti.burger@covchurch.org.
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