Everett Fritz Session1 SR Diocese Small Group Discipleship
Channel: Director Youth Ministry
Date: 2020-09-17

Program timeline:
Intro & Prayer (Our Lady of Knock Litany)
2:50—Jesus and the Great Commission “Go and Make Disciples” but what is our Measure of Success in youth ministry? Are we making life-long Disciples!?
3:30—The Chicago Cubs as a parable to THINK DIFFERENT.  Challenge the Culture & Celebrate Every Win!
6:00—“The Troubling Reality” : why are so many young people leaving the church? We do great events, huge participation but youth are not involved at the parish.
9:00—Pope Francis “Evangelii Gaudium” : Move from Maintenance to Missionary Mindset. Understanding and adapting to “Youth Culture” for TODAY vs. ‘this is the way we’ve always done things’ – Definitions: Youth Ministry & Discipleship.
13:00—Youth Culture today, send missionaries to them to be invited to win hearts/minds. Parable of foreign tribe. –Definitions: ministry is “meeting the needs of people”
15:30—What are the needs of young people today, amid pandemic. Discipleship is apprenticeship.
17:00—Jesus’s Disciples were horrible fishermen. The beauty of the Catholic faith is CAUGHT by demonstration & inspiration. What did his followers copy or learn from his example.
19:00—Everett personal reflections on experience with his own large group ministry’s “effectiveness” at forming life-long disciples. 10 out of 100 is not good enough, what’s the secret…
25:00—Jan Tyranowski (Karol Wojtyla
 mentor) & the case for SMALL GROUP ministry. Start with 5!
27:30—“The Theory of One” – only focus on making One Saint.
31:00—Great movements start small eg. Life Teen & FOCUS. Discussion points (1) One person who mentored YOU (2) One person YOU are mentoring.

32:00—Concluding small group discussion groups (breakout rooms). One-on-One Everett & Stephen Morris leading for Session #2.  (1) What do young people need today (2) How to combat poor-faith modeling from culture and parents.