child and youth ministry

Departmental Vision
Building a better nation in body, mind, and soul.

Mission: Empowering and equipping youth and children to realize their potential in church ministry, education, and health. Texts: 1Timothy 4:12 and Mark 10:14

Departmental goals

• We want to see youths and children giving their lives to Jesus Christ.

• We love to see youths and children serving God in different capacities for example leadership, preaching the gospel, taking readings, and many others.

• We want to see youths and children getting better education and living positive lives such as having an HIV/AIDS and a homosexual-free generation.

Achievements of the department

• We have organized workshops for youth leaders at both Archdeaconry and Diocesan levels.

• Sunday school workshops have been organized and many Sunday school teachers have been trained and given materials to use.

• Youths and children have been visited in their respective parishes to equip them with words of wisdom, salvation, and hope while many have been empowered and are still strong and vibrant in their parishes.

• Youth conferences have been organized at both the Diocese and Parish levels. So far seven Youth Conferences have been organized in the Diocese.

• Through the Words of Hope program aired out on Radio Sun FM, we have been able to proclaim the Good News to many youths and children and many have given their lives to Jesus Christ.

• With the help of different organizations such as One Hope Uganda, Operation Christian Child, Child Evangelism Fellowship, and many others, we have provided Christian materials to many churches and schools in the Diocese.

• We have visited many schools and preached the gospel to both youths and children and through this, many have given their lives to Jesus Christ.

• Youth membership identity cards are issued out to youths in the Diocese to make their identification easy.

Future expectations in the Youth and Children Department

• We expect to strengthen the Youth and Children leadership at all levels such as Parish, Archdeaconry, and the Diocese.

• We shall continue to provide more Christian materials to Sunday Schools and schools at large

• We expect to have more training for the Sunday School teachers and youth leaders

• We expect to have Non-Government Organizations assist us with resources to run the Youth and Children activities in the Diocese

• We shall network with both the local and central governments in order to boost the youth programmes

• We expect to acquire a vehicle for the Youth and Children department.