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DPUC INTERCULTURAL YAYA MINISTRY
Website: www.dpuc.org
Email: dpuc@sympatico.ca Tel: (416) 694-2095
Prepared by Barbara Edwards Email: barb.edwards@utoronto.ca INTRODUCTION
As the church, the body of Christ, in
the multicultural society of Canada, we are called to nurture respectful spaces
for dialogue and equitable relationships among diverse cultural groups. The messages through the reading of
signs of times and from the whole of the United Church to Dentonia Park United
Church (DPUC) are “intercultural ministry” and “Youth And Young Adult (YAYA)
focused ministry” which are geared towards education and training young people
to become future Christian leaders in society within the fast changing global
community as well as our local community.
This program primarily
focuses on young people who came to Canada to study with dreams of leadership in
the future coming world. This leadership necessitates these people to gain intercultural
experience which comes through having diverse perspectives and ways of life. To sustain this leadership, this
program emphasises building trusting relationship of the future network that
ties up Christian leadership that is spread in the world. This network strengthens us to live out our faith and to work
for justice and peace as the Body of Christ. As a
members of DPUC, we believe that the church's mission is in continuity with the
mission of Jesus of Nazareth, which can be summed up by the words of Luke
4:18-19, “…to proclaim the good news for the poor...” We believe that the
mission of Christ creates its own church through which we are called to
proclaim the good news of God as we participate in the ministries of healing
the sick, liberating the captives and preaching the gospel to the poor both
individual and society. We believe that this mission starts from our
neighbourhood community and reaches out to the ends of the world with God’s
love. DPUC
INTERCULTURAL YAYA MINISTRY 1.
Faith Statement a) We trust in God the Creator and celebrate God's good creation. b)
We live in God's world and we are part of the creation and. c)
We
are made in God's image and yet all differently and with unique gifts. d)
We
seek to respect one another and to live in harmony as we love our neighbours and care for
creation. e)
We
are called to join in God's ongoing creation and to live out God’s will for creation as peacemakers of the world. f)
We
are together with ongoing trusting relationship with each other, through the Spirit
of God who is with us always. 2. Mission Statement a)
As followers of Jesus Christ, we serve the world with the Spirit
of Christ. b)
We share and learn diverse cultures and traditions to have clear
identity of each individual. c)
We strive to build a
community of trust that is full of mutual respect with
compassion that leads us to love of Christ. d)
We aim to build a network of support and encouragement and sustain it for the future life of proclaiming the good news of Christ in each
individual’s own context. 3. Foci of Actions a) We welcome all youth and young adult
in our ministerial context who are racially and culturally diverse as well as
the ones in the mainstream community. b) We are inclusive of all individuals in
the YAYA age group, including students, young professionals, etc. c) We support and help young people who
came to Canada with dreams to prepare for the life in the future world. d) We help people from overseas to learn
about Canadian culture and people and seek to have sharing for mutual learning
and understanding of their unique perspectives and ways of life. e) We help bridging these people to have
connection with the mainstream people and their culture. f)
We help these people develop and learn to plan and
manage small group gatherings. g) We
help these people develop skills to build trusting relationships through small/large
group interactions. h) We support these people to sustain the
trusting relationship through global network systems. 4. Example of Activities a)
Thursday
evening gathering is the main event that consists of many small group programs
followed by a service that includes the sharing of questions and new issues
that arise in the small group gatherings. b)
Thursday
gathering includes: Bible Study, Cultural Presentation and Sharing, Practice
musicals or skits, Gathering with the different topics in different groups, Intercultural
Sing-A-Long (with a band if possible), Talent
Shows, Potluck suppers; and Worship with Gospel music and liturgical dance,
Witnessing to God’s grace, Healing prayer service, Guest speakers on how to
become future leaders of the world. OTHER MINISTRIES TO CONSIDER 1. Preparing Ministry for Future World and Its
Study a)
Young people’s study group for future world and
lifestyle b)
Based on the study, create resources by projecting the
future church’s ministry and worship. 2. Web Ministry In Digital Community a) Create
a website with global net work for incorporating church’s mission and sharing
ministry resources. b) Develop
global information pool for culture, faith and theology. c) Making
connections and communications with churches in countries of young people
through internet to continue the life of sharing faith journey through living
out justice and peace through the network. We invite your feedback and ideas, suggestions and critique to make it “our” work. Thank you for your reading and thinking about the future mission and ministry for the Church, neighbouring community and the world.
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This site is prepared by the Rev. John Young-Jung Lee, a minister of The United Church of Canada with volunteers who are committed in the works of Peace and Justice in our global village Volunteers are wecome. Please Contact web master
Acknowledgement: Web planning team: Marion Current, Hannah Lee Technical support & web designer: David Nam-Joong Kim Art design team: Raymond NamKi Jung, Johnny Jong Hyun Jeong Updated January 9, 2011
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