Hayley is busy assigning dates to schools with ‘Arena’, and so please get in touch with her if you’d like TYFC We’ve just finished our first National-Team Mission-Week in about 4 years to take some lessons in your school. (the last time was early 2012, with Nomad’s football cage). We were The last few dates available for 2014/2015 are: introducing a new sport to the North-West – TriVolle. It meant that after 9th-12rd June 30th June-3rd July arriving back from our National YFC Conference (in Didsbury) at the start of 7th-10th July the month, we hit the ground running to finalise the preparations for the If you’d like to request one of these dates, or ask about other dates not listed here, please email team arriving a fortnight later. If you want to find out more about the [email protected] TriVolle mission itself, please take a look at the write-up inside. We are now catching up with our office-work, and looking toward the future, and our summer mission week – ‘Activity Week’. AW has been running for over 25 years, and we’ve seen peaks and troughs with interest among young people over the years. Recently, however, we have noticed that numbers have dropped in the last few years, and after talking to the young people Welcome to our office. We owe a massive thanks to St. Alban’s who have attended, I believe that it’s because we’ve tried to keep the church for the beautiful renovation of the office-space we use in their church hall. It looks great, and is so much warmer than price as low as possible that the activities are becoming a bit ‘same-y’. it used to be (we’re really feeling the benefit during winter and This year is going to be different. We have some big plans at TYFC HQ, and these rather windy weeks since). If you’d like to come and see I’m looking forward to launching ‘Activity Week 2015’. Watch this space. If our new-look office first-hand, then please do pop by. We’re you want more information about sending someone on Activity Week, or very pleased to have been blessed by this space, and want to how to get involved in volunteering, then please get in touch. Thanks. show it off. We feel that, after a couple of years of temporary offices, we can be much more productive and stable here. We also made a short video showing the transformation of the office space, and you can watch it on our YouTube page: Dave Atkinson http://YouTube.com/TYFCteam We are steadily going through ALL of our database (it’s a really fun task) but we may have made a few mistakes along the way. 3-6 … Wellacre Academy 3-6 … Altrincham College of Arts /TYFCteam 6 … ‘Uprising:Worship’ 6-7 … National YFC Director Interviews Please let us know if you notice anything 10 … Centre Director Professional Training 15 … St. Peter’s Church Service The Church Hall, Lindsell Road that needs correcting or updating – an 17 … Day of Prayer & Fasting 16-20 … Broadoak School Broadheath, Altrincham. WA14 5NX incorrect postcode, a mis-spelled name, or even if there’s some rogue punctuation – it 22 … People’s Church, Partington Service 21 … ‘Uprising:On The Streets’ @ [email protected] all makes a difference. No matter how 24-27 … Ashton-on-Mersey School 24-27 … Wellacre Academy minor the error, we want to get it right 26 … Youth-Leader Breakfast because you matter to us. 3-6 … Easter Weekend 0161 929 7022 19 … Church Visit TBC Thanks. 21-24 … Blessed Thomas Holford Collage www.traffordyfc.co.uk 26-3(May) … TriVolle Mission TBC Registered Charity Number: 1072422 Are you a caffeine-loving, brew-drinking person who enjoys nothing more than going out for a ’ coffee and a chat? Then take up our challenge and give up just one coffee a month for a year… That’s twelve little cups of java which could pay towards enabling Trafford YFC to run an RE lesson exploring Christianity, resourcing 3 lunch-club sessions, or leading an after-school session. Not bad for just £2.50 a month! If you want to take up this challenge and give TYFC a coffee a month then let us know! You can give via a monthly standing order of £2.50 or by donating a one-off gift of £30. In return, we will send a special edition TYFC mug your way so you can enjoy your morning cuppa knowing that the one drink you’ve given up each month is allowing us to share the Gospel with young people across Trafford. Go on… Let us mug(g) you! (the (g) stands for ‘giver’) To find out more, get in touch and we’ll send you info on how you can give. Or see if your church has a TYFC ‘mug(r)’ (representative!) and ask them how you can get involved! A fantastic opportunity has arisen to lead British Youth for Christ. We are seeking a National Director to lead YFC with vision and to inspire, innovate and release the potential of individuals and situations. This is a challenging position for someone with clear leadership skills, high motivation, energy and a passion for reaching young In mid-January we had ‘Axiom’ come and run a mission week with us. They were people with the Good News of Jesus. Experience in youth working within Ashton-on-Mersey School, teaching how to play ‘TriVolle’, and about evangelism and the ability to lead and manage a wide range of the values of teamwork, both in and out of sport. national staff and YFC activities are essential. The ideal candidate ‘TriVolle’ is a new two-on-two sport that has come over from the USA, and is should have an active personal Christian faith with a heart for young essentially a more inclusive version of Beach Volleyball, the main difference being people and the proclamation of the Gospel. The ideal candidate that instead of hitting the ball over a net, you bounce it off a net. It’s really easy to should be an effective communicator, a strategic thinker and have play, even for a beginner, and great fun. As it’s a non-aggressive sport, anyone can substantial experience of issues faced by those in ministry and youth have a go and do well. It’s not just for the athletes and sport-nuts. ministry, having experience in the operational aspects of leading a The team ran a number of Drop-In events, for students to come along to try the charity. sport, at the LifeCentre and St. Mary Magdalene’s church. These events helped link There is a Genuine Occupational Requirement for the position to be local youth with some of the church youthwork in the area. held by a committed evangelical Christian in accordance with Part 1 If you’d like to have a go, then we have some sets that are available to youthgroups. of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. If this is you, please We are hiring sets out for £7 for a day, or £25 for a week (once a week for 7 weeks). download the application pack following this link: For £50, you can even buy your own set for keeps. If you’re interested in hiring or http://www.YFC.co.uk/assets/PDFs/Application-Pack-National- buying a set, or want to know more about how to play the sport, please do get in Director-Youth-for-Christ.pdf touch with the office – [email protected] Closing date for applications: Friday 13th February 2015, 5pm. All the details you need are in the application pack. Alternatively, if you have any queries, please contact Lee Jennings, Head of HR and Training directly: [email protected] More information can be found at: http://www.YFC.co.uk/NationalDirector/ Please join us for a day of Prayer & Fasting on 17th February prior to the shortlisting process. Interviews are on 6th-7th March..