Things to come to - A day for youth workers at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity.

The Spirituality of Generation Y - Re-thinking Mission to Young People in today's world

Wednesday 27th September 10am to 4pm

In an age driven by consumerism, leisure and media what role, if any, does spirituality play in the lives of Generation Y – Those born post 1980? Authors of key reports into this area Making sense of Generation Y and Buried Spirituality will be revealing their findings as well as outlining how the church should shape its mission to youth in the light of the research.

We'll also be uncovering the initial results of The Nazareth Project - key new research focusing on non churched young people at youth groups up and down the country exploring what they actually think of Christian Youthwork & Christian youth workers and how both impact their spirituality.

The day will include plenty of space to debate the findings to see whether you agree with them or not. We'll be inviting you to make your feedback heard as well as interviewing a 'Response Panel' in the afternoon – a mix of culture specialists, cutting edge church leaders and Youthwork practitioners who'll tell us what they think of the reports as well as relaying how they're engaging with the issue of reaching young people in today's world.

Speakers:

Phil Rankin – Spirituality advisor and author of Buried Spirituality & Fellow in the Spirituality of Young People at Sarum College, Salisbury.

Bob Mayo – Vicar in Shepherd's bush, former director of the Centre for Youth ministry at Ridley Hall and co author of Making Sense of Generation Y.

Sylvie Collins-Mayo – Sociologist of religion and a senior lecturer at Kingston University and co author of Making Sense of Generation Y.

Tim Sudworth - Diocesan youth officer in Guildford and author/compiler of the upcoming Church House report Mission Shaped Youth.

Response Panel:

A rich and varied bunch which so far includes: Si Jones, leader of Ignite, a fresh expressions Anglican church; Liam Eaglestone, youth pastor at Goldhill Baptist Church; Rachel Gardner from the Romance Academy Project; Brian Draper, LICC's contemporary culture lecturer and Alt worship pioneer; Chris Russell, leader of St Laurence's Reading, a project aimed at building church for non church youth.

The day will be hosted by LICC's youth project researcher Jason Gardner

Things you need to know:

Please book in advance as entry can't be guaranteed on day.

Price: £18

Refreshments: We'll provide doughnuts and coffee on arrival, lunch
and hot and cold drinks throughout the day.

Booking: Call LICC on 020 7399 9555 or email
mail@licc.org.uk.

Venue: Licc, St Peter's Church, Vere Street, W1G 0DQ for
directions click on About Us on homepage www.licc.org.uk