PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR YWAM MALAYBALAY

Introduction

Since February of 2005, the month our YWAM leaders released us to pioneer, we observed a city with many young people whose lives are submerged by passivity. We saw internet cafes packed with kids involved in online internet games.

On the outside, this seems harmless but looking behind the façade you will see young lives ruined by laziness and irresponsibility. Students escaped classes just to visit these sites and video games in which the devil uses to steal their future.

We have observed that there is a lack of corporate effort within the Body of Christ in Malaybalay City to reach out to this generation of online gamers. There are a few churches who are actively involved in campus ministries. However, in-school youth are not the only kids to be reach. There are hundreds even thousands of out-of-school-youth involved in drugs, gang war, pornography and other criminal activity; just hanging out jobless and no dreams/goals for their future.

A corporate and unified effort needs to be achieved in order to bring these young people to Christ.

As YWAM Malaybalay leaders we strongly believe we are called to be in unity with the Body of Christ in this City and to partner with them in winning, discipling and igniting this younger generation for Jesus Christ.

We would like to express our deep appreciation for trusting us in this endeavor of presenting the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to the lost particularly the youth in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Philippines.

OUR OBJECTIVES

1. Partnering with Pastors and local church youth

The youth center will be open to other church youth group for their programs. In that way they can invite their unsaved friends to join their activity and not cause their friends to feel uncomfortable that they would go to a church.

With the existing partnership with the local church youth, we will schedule a regular meeting with the youth pastor for prayer, planning and making strategies.

2. Partnering with secular youth organizations

The youth center will be available as a meeting place for youth clubs and other youth organizations. In that way we can connect and build relationship with them for future activities, and invite them to join our activities as a door to share the Gospel with them and their Leaders.

3. Programs and Activities

1. Discipleship Training

• Discipleship Training Week (DTW)

A week full of lectures on the basics of Christianity and relationship with God, evangelism and missions awareness in which the student would stay at the Youth Center throughout the training.

It is a taste of YWAM’s 6-month Discipleship Training School.

Topic includes the ff.

1. HEARING GOD’S VOICE

2. CLEAR CONSCIENCE

3. PRIDE AND HUMILITY

4. QUIET TIME

5. RELATIONSHIP

6. GIVING UP RIGHTS

7. SPIRITUAL WARFARE

8. PRAISE AND WORSHIP

9. CHARACTER OF GOD

10. MISSIONS AND EVANGELISM

    • Various 2-days Seminars

    
    

    This is intended for young people who could not join the DTW, and anyone else interested.

    
    

    1. Love, sex, and relationship Seminar - This is to teach young people how to live in purity practically, and help them deal with secret sins.

    2. Finding God's Will - To encourage young people that God created them for a purpose and God wants them to know it.

    3. Basic Youth Leadership Seminar - Aim to raise more leaders among youth, and improve leadership skills

    4. Praise and Worship Seminar - For any young people involved in church worship teams.

    
    

    
    

    B) Evangelism Training

    
    

    • Evangelism Explosion Training (Youth/Adult EE)

    
    

    A one week stay-in training on how to simply and effectively present the gospel in a one-on-one basis.

    
    

    • Tribal Missions Awareness Seminar - There are many unreached tribes in Mindanao. This is to awaken young people to the needs of others and challenge them for outreach.

    
    

    • Cross Cultural Mission Seminar - This a three day missions awareness of the cultures and spiritual needs of people beyond the borders of Philippines.

    
    

    
    

    C) Youth Mobilization

    
    

    We are presently mobilizing young people in reaching others and doing evangelism.

    
    

    In relation to the activities and programs being set up, we are mentoring them by providing opportunities for them to participate and help lead such as:

    
    

    1. Open air evangelism with creative arts and testimonies

    2. Youth Jamming - a mini concert aimed to invite unsaved friends to hear the message of hope.

    3. Mercy ministries

    • Food and relief distribution

    • Livelihood projects for the unprivileged

    4. Community development - a voluntary involvement in cleaning a community.

    5. Sport evangelism-organizing basketball/badminton league.

    
    

    6. Mobile outreach - this is an outreach program design to bring youth teams to other towns or a tribe in the mountains for 3 days helping pioneering churches reach their communities. The youth teams would do open air and personal evangelism, tract distribution, leading Bible study, and/or relief distribution.

    
    

    We are also designing a short-term outreach of 1month exposure to a nearby Southeast Asian country. Beginning with the pastors and then the young people by the year 2008.

    
    

    D) FUN AND FELLOWSHIP

    • A safe place for youth to come and enjoy each other’s company, hang out anytime, parties.

    
    

    
    

    STATEMENT OF ACCOMMODATION AND EQUIPMENT NEEDS

    
    

    
    

    In view of the training program and various activities that will take place in the Youth Center, the following equipments are needed:

    
    

    1. A building/ rented place

    2. Overhead projector

    3. Microphones and sound system

    4. Plastic chairs and tables

    5. Telephone

    6. Computer

    7. Musical instruments

    8. White board

    9. Camera

    10. Kitchen Utensils

    11. banners for advertising events

    
    

    
    

    STAFFING / MAN POWER

    
    

    
    

    Any program needs people to accomplish the set goals. In our case, some of the said programs and activities are on the go.

    
    

    Where do we get people to work with us in these endeavor?

    
    

    The Mindanao Leadership Team of YWAM assist us by sending staff teams from other bases. Youth from different churches that we disciple through the training will volunteer to help us in making plans and realizing it.

    
    

    We also partner with different evangelical churches who are supportive of the programs. Since YWAM is not a church but a para-church organization, new converts are discipled and ushered into the existing churches. With this regard we are not a threat to the churches of proselytizing but a help to them.

    
    

    The Youth Center is in need of a few more permanent staff who would take responsibility in organizing some of the training and activities and initiate leading their own programs.

    
    

    PROJECTED MONTHLY BUDGET FOR YOUTH CENTER

    
    

    Ministry Budget/Month

    
    

    Expense cost item Amount

    Space Rental $350cdn

    Maintenance

    
    

    • Water $45cdn

    • Electricity $45cdn

    • Repairs $45cdn

    • Telephone $45cdn

    
    

    Miscellaneous

    
    

    • Honorarium for speakers $70cdn

    • Seminar fund $70cdn

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    MINISTRY NEEDS

    
    

    Expense cost item Amount

    
    

    • Overhead projector $326cdn

    • Sound System $544cdn

    • Plastic chairs/tables $218cdn

    • Telephone $109cdn

    • Camera $109cdn

    • Computer $544cdn

    • White board $ 50cdn

    • Musical instruments

    Guitar with amp $435cdn

    Bass with amp $544cdn

    Drum set $435cdn

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    Total $3,205cdn