Youth Programme Leadership

A combined meeting of Session and Council was held on 16 December to discuss the leadership and coordination of the St John’s youth programme.  There was a wide-ranging discussion of the issues involved and the place of this programme within the life of the church as a whole.  The meeting agreed to contracting the BGI to coordinate this programme for the next calendar year (i.e. until 31 December 2010), and also set a budget which the church can sustain and within which these services are to be provided.  In the new year, the Christian Education Committee and Session are to agree specific outcomes for the St John’s youth programme (which is to include the development of a strong and sustainable group of volunteers), and to review the on-going options for the delivery of this programme beyond next year.  Thanks were expressed to all those involved in the St John ’s youth programme, particularly to Ryhan Prasad for his leadership and coordination over the last seven years.  If you have any further questions or suggestions, please speak to Geoff Annals (Convenor of the Christian Education Committee), Paul Ramsay (Session Clerk) or the Ministers.