What, in a nutshell, is Youth Emmaus 2?

It’s a fourteen-session interactive discipleship course for young people,
designed to help 11- to 16-year-olds integrate their faith into life and to equip them as worshippers and disciples.

It breaks down into two sections – Big Issues and Holy Spaces

Big Issues (Sessions 1–7)
Tackles Jesus’ sermon on the mount – engages with issues like poverty and injustice, forgiveness and reconciliation, dreams and passions

Holy Spaces (Sessions 8–14)
Explores creative ways of worshipping together – from protest to praise.

Sessions include: detailed leaders’ notes, ice-breakers, theme-focused activities, ideas for worship and multi-media suggestions.

Suitable as a discipleship course/a post-confirmation resource/a framework for a series of one-off events or a youth residential. Ideal as a follow-on from Youth Emmaus or as stand-alone material to help young people grow in discipleship.

The free CD-ROM includes: handouts/resource sheets/PowerPoint presentations/cartoons and graphics/youth Emmaus poster/bookmark

Compatible with PCs and Macs.

A sample session from Youth Emmaus 2 is available to download. To view this, please click on the DOWNLOADS link towards the bottom of this page.

You can also download the official press release about Youth Emmaus 2 by clicking on the downloads link.

‘I am often asked to recommend resources for work with young people. Youth Emmaus 2 will be well up my list. I applaud its willingness to be bold and challenge youth leaders to push the boundaries outwards. This is an excellent resource that will spend more time off my shelf than on it.’
David R Green, Youth Officer for St Albans Diocese

‘I think it was absolutely brilliant.  I think everyone should do it after they've been confirmed.’
Fern Beale (age 13)

‘It was really interesting and a fun way to learn about Jesus.’
Lauren Whale (age 12)
 
 
 Youth Emmaus – encouraging discipleship in young people

About the authors
Dot Gosling is Senior Lecturer in Christian Youth Work and Applied Theology at the University of Chester.
Tony Washington is the Diocesan Youth Officer for Canterbury Diocese in the Church of England.
Sue Mayfield writes fiction for teenagers (her recent books Blue and Reckless are published by Hodder Children’s Books).
Tim Sledge is the Diocesan Missioner in Peterborough.