Barnabas
(Ministry for 7-12th graders)

The Goals of Barnabas
(Barnabas – Sons and Daughters of encouragement)

“BUT ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER DAILY, AS LONG AS IT IS CALLED TODAY, SO THAT NONE OF YOU MAY BE HARDENED BY SIN’S DECEITFULNESS.” HEBREWS 3:13

1. Provide positive models (I Timothy 4:12)
1. Stimulate a heart for God (verbalized faith)
2. Stimulate worship
3. Stimulate conversation with new people
4. Stimulate new methods
   
   
2. Refresh and encourage (Philemon 7 . . . Acts 11:23-24)
1. To be fun. . yet sensitive
2. To leave ministry sites better than when we arrived
   1. seeking ways to help
   2. making things clean, neat, and organized
3. To especially become servants to the pastor and church leaders
4. To verbalize encouragement
   1. through genuine conversation
   2. through testimonies
   3. through thankful attitudes
5. To seek ways and ideas of serving
   1. through work projects, ie. washing cars, planting a garden
   2. through showing sensitivity
   3. being sensitive not to overpower
   4. through prayer


3. Build positive relationships (1 Thessalonians 2:7-9 . . . Acts 7:26)
1. Focus on various age groups
2. Sit with people in services
3. Mingle, talk, tell what’s happening
4. Especially honor “outreach” as they seek to talk to non-churched or weak Christians
5. Write follow-up letters and show genuine care for ministered to.
   
   
4. Call for commitment (II Corinthians 5:19-20)
1. Calling for changed lives and decisions
2. Stimulating “vision“ of what someone “could” do
3. Encouraging immediate follow-up of those who make decisions.
1. names/addresses of decisions
2. assignments for follow-up
3. providing help and materials for follow-up
4. Asking God to use the team to stimulate revival
5. Encouraging private and small group prayer
   
   
5. Encourage the community
1. By doing outreach in jail ministries, nursing homes, etc.
2. Looking for ways to stimulate good will within the community.
3. Training students to do outreach and ministry in the community.
   
   
6. Using ministry skills to communicate the message of Christ.
1. Puppets
2. Drama
3. Interpretative Hand Movement
4. Clowns
5. Praise & Worship