Occasionally, I surf over to the GBOD's Young Adult Network. In case you've not discovered this hidden gem, check out their website or visit their Facebook page.
In my recent visit to the site, two things caught my eye. The first was three words near the top of the page--"discuss relate revolutionize". I do believe that every time I've been a part of the GBOD Young Adult conversations, I feel like I'm on the edge of a revolution. It takes a while for us young adults to move past our cynicism and distrust of the institution, but as we "discuss" and "relate", the energy builds, and I swear we're on our way to a revolution. There's a sense that nothing in this world can stop us. Anyways, the YANetwork is a great way to get connected with some of these YAs who want to take the world by storm.
The second thing that caught my eye was that only one YA Ministry was listed for Iowa. Despite all of the desparaging statements made about the state of Young Adult Ministry in Iowa, I kinda doubt that the only YA ministry is happening at Newton. I kid you not--http://www.yanetwork.org/groupmap.htm .
So here's my challenge. Submit your group to the YA Network--let's see what's going on around the state (just in case we really do want to start a revolution, we'll know who to call). And while you're there check out the rest of the YA Network!
Peace,
rc
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Hey Ryan and all other YA's in IA!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out for the YA Network. The goal of the Network is for it to be a place for YOU! So if there is something that isn't on the site that you'd like to see, please let us know.
As Ryan mentioned, we have developed the Find-A-YAM (Young Adult Ministry) with two goals in mind. 1- is to build a base of young adult groups (both UM and non-UM) across the country and now across the world. And 2- for young adults to connect with a young adult group near them to begin to build relationship with other young adults. This could be if a young adult in IA is looking for a YA group near them OR if that same young adult in IA is going to move to another city or state and wants to get connected. We welcome your group regardless of size, amount of activities/events and would love to share with others about what great ministry you are doing!
When you click on the home page of the site, you can read about a young adult who is writing about life and faith and how it all comes together for them. We welcome writers for this front page all of the time. If you are interested, please check out the guidelines at the bottom of the home page.
Also, I would invite you to check out the Internships and Gigs page. We often get information from groups posting job opportunities for young adults.
Again, if there are things that are missing from the site that would help you in your life, please let us know!