Our Mission is to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples...
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INTENTIONAL MISSIONS DISCIPLESHIP |
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Taking your teenagers to the next level in their discipleship means that you are being intentional about helping students understand their role in God's mission, recognize their gifts, and learn how they can live on mission daily.
WMU offers variety of resources to help you and your teens make an impact in your community and around the world. All resources are designed to help your teens develop a missional lifestyle and vary based on need. These resources include drop-in studies, curriculum for small groups, and mission project resources. Resources are designed to fit within an existing student ministry program or meet a gender specific need. Call us today so we can help you choose the best resource for your group! Call 502-489-3534 |
STUDENT'S EVENTS
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At Kentucky WMU, there are several opportunities for your students to be on mission! Whether you're a parent or group leader, pastor or layperson, we have events specifically designed to meet your needs. Grab your calendar and plan on attending! Trust us, you won't want to miss these student Mission-focused events!
*We are currently re-envisioning missions events for teen girls. Please contact Taryn Slott to share your ideas. |
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MISSIONS SMALL GROUPS
“Missions groups” are actually small groups that are intentional about providing opportunities for students to grow in their faith and put what they learn into action. This group intentionally takes personal discipleship into faith in action. Its critical for students to begin learning how to recognize spiritual and physical needs around them and how they can meet those needs in Jesus name. As they grow, they will begin to use their skills and giftedness to respond in obedience to the Great Commission in their own context. WMU Student missions is designed for co-ed or gender specific groups for those in grades 7-12th.
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Teen Girls Missions Group
Traditionally known as Acteens *can function like a small group for girls that intentionally focuses on missions learning and action. |
Teen Guys Missions Group
Traditionally known as Challengers *can function like a small group for guys that intentionally focuses on missions learning and action. |
Missions Discipleship for combined youth groups
Traditionally known as Youth on Mission *this method provides missions discipleship to your existing student program and can be customized to whatever fits your needs. |
Teaching Resources for Teens
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Involve your teenagers in ongoing missions discipleship and empower them to discover their own roles as disciples of Jesus who live on mission. Through each unit of Missions Journey: Students, teens will meet missions personnel serving all around the world, be encouraged to grow in discipleship, and become active agents of gospel change in their own communities.
This fully-digital resource contains plans for four weekly sessions, including links to the missions videos, missions project ideas, supplemental activities, prayer activities, and a leader devotion. This material is designed for students in grades 7–12. WMU recommends adult leaders preview all lesson and video content before sharing it with their students. *Purchase one subscription per leader or missions discipleship group. Cost for 12 Months of digital curriculum - $199.99 |
Missions Group Strategy
For a Missions Group to be effective at producing disciples who are living on mission, certain things must be true. The Mission Group Strategy below will serve to best set your group up for Gospel Urgency and intentionally focusing on the Great Commission. There are non-negotiable rules, recommended guidelines, and a space for your group to add (with unanimous consensus anything extra.)
Non-negotiables
There are 4 things that make a Missions Group successful:
A missions discipleship group is actively fulfilling the Great Commission. They are encouraging one another, through accountability, to step out of their comfort zones share the Gospel with their neighbors, friends, and others in their community. They will identify measurable, reasonable, and meaningful ways to take risks for the sake of the Gospel.
Commitment to Making Disciples
Each member will identify and commit to disciple at least one person during their time in this group. They might also identify one area where they can be a witness for the gospel and share their experiences with the group.
SIMPLE MONTHLY GROUP PLAN
Week 1: Bible Study
Use provided Bible Study and discuss how to live out the Gospel Challenge in daily life?
Week 2: Mission Study
Identify the elements or the missionary story you can apply to your local community and context?
Week 3: Engage in missions
Make a plan to engage with a missions agency such as the International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, the Missions Department at the Kentucky Baptist Convention, or with Kentucky WMU. Each agency has varying ways to participate in missions action. OR adopt a ministry and do something locally.
Week 4: Debrief your monthly missions involvement.
Share your experiences. Pray for those whom you have connected with and encourage one another, in love, to follow through on sharing the Gospel. Follow the example of the church in Acts, and encourage one another to live "on-mission" together.
Non-negotiables
There are 4 things that make a Missions Group successful:
- Learning about missions means that we understand what God says about making His name known throughout the earth. While missionary stories provide ways we can pray for our missionaries, their stories also become our learning opportunities for what we can do locally.
- Praying for missions means that we not only pray for missionaries, but we pray for more Gospel opportunities to be had around the world, in our nation, and at our very door.
- Giving to missions means that as we learn about God's work around the world, that we must sacrificially give to offerings through our church for international, North American, and state missions; and global hunger; and through the Cooperative Program, the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) unified plan of giving.
- Serving in missions means that we take the Great Commission seriously and understand that the teachings and actions of Jesus show that the Christian faith is not stagnant but active and participatory. This means that our group is intentional on sharing the gospel in word and deed through missions projects/evangelism activities.
A missions discipleship group is actively fulfilling the Great Commission. They are encouraging one another, through accountability, to step out of their comfort zones share the Gospel with their neighbors, friends, and others in their community. They will identify measurable, reasonable, and meaningful ways to take risks for the sake of the Gospel.
Commitment to Making Disciples
Each member will identify and commit to disciple at least one person during their time in this group. They might also identify one area where they can be a witness for the gospel and share their experiences with the group.
SIMPLE MONTHLY GROUP PLAN
Week 1: Bible Study
Use provided Bible Study and discuss how to live out the Gospel Challenge in daily life?
Week 2: Mission Study
Identify the elements or the missionary story you can apply to your local community and context?
Week 3: Engage in missions
Make a plan to engage with a missions agency such as the International Mission Board, North American Mission Board, the Missions Department at the Kentucky Baptist Convention, or with Kentucky WMU. Each agency has varying ways to participate in missions action. OR adopt a ministry and do something locally.
Week 4: Debrief your monthly missions involvement.
Share your experiences. Pray for those whom you have connected with and encourage one another, in love, to follow through on sharing the Gospel. Follow the example of the church in Acts, and encourage one another to live "on-mission" together.
Group Leader Training
New to WMU missions resources? We have someone on staff standing by to help you get started. Please contact our office to set up a one-one training experience for your group leaders.
Kentucky WMU - Ask for Taryn!
kywmu@kybaptist.org
502-489-3534
Kentucky WMU - Ask for Taryn!
kywmu@kybaptist.org
502-489-3534
LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS
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State Panelists
Each September Kentucky WMU selects 4-6 Junior and Senior girls to serve on the State Panel. These panelists will learn and develop their skills in event planning, Christian devotional writing, speech giving, and leadership. Panelists travel and lodging for Kentucky WMU events is covered. They will also receive Graduation Chords for their participation as a State Panelist. Acteens MissionsQuest Send Acteens on a quest to grow deeper in their faith and be more involved in sharing God's story with the world. The revised MissionsQuest individual achievement plan is better than ever. In addition to the MissionsQuest Guide for Leaders, it includes new and updated activities for each of the six main quests:
MissionsQuest can also be used for girls who are homeschooled. *MissionsQuest: The Acteens Individual Achievement Plan is protected by US and International copyright laws. Reproduction and distribution of these materials without written permission from WMU is prohibited. Cost for this digital resource is $30.99 - purchase at https://www.wmustore.com/missionsquest-the-acteens-individual-achievement-plan-cd |