North Zimbabwe Conference

Senior Youth Leadership

In-Training Assessment Report

Name of Candidate: _______________________ Church: ___________________________

District: _________________________________ Federation: _________________________

Date of Assessment: _____ / ______ / 20_______ Area Coordinator: ___________________

NARRATION OUTCOME / EXPECTATION

I PREREQUISITES COMMENTS
Be a baptized member in regular standing
of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. ________________________________________________________________

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Have a written recommendation from your
local church board. ________________________________________________________________

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Be at least 16 years of age to start the
Master Guide curriculum and at least 18 ________________________________________________________________
years of age at completion.
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Be an active staff member/supporter of an
Ambassador or Young Adults Ministry. ________________________________________________________________

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Complete the Youth Department ten-hour
Youth Ministry Training Course ________________________________________________________________

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II YOU AND GOD COMMENTS
Do the following:
a. Discover your Spiritual Gift by taking the ________________________________________________________________
test found on youth.adventist.org
b. After studying the Bible and the Spirit of ________________________________________________________________
Prophecy teachings on Spiritual Gifts, write
a brief summary (250 words) or recording ________________________________________________________________
(5 mins) of how your gifts can most
effectively be used in Youth Ministry. ________________________________________________________________

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Read or listen (www.egwwritings.org) to the
book Steps to Christ ________________________________________________________________
and submit a response (250 words) or a
recording (5mins), focusing on the benefits ________________________________________________________________
of reading.
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Complete the devotional guide Encounter
Series 1,Christ the Way, or complete ________________________________________________________________
another year long Bible reading plan that
covers the four Gospels ________________________________________________________________

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5. Do one of the following:
a. Keep a devotional journal for a minimum of ________________________________________________________________
six months, summarizing what you learned in
your devotional time and outlining how you are
growing in your faith.
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b. Complete the Steps to Discipleship personal
spirituality curriculum. ________________________________________________________________
c. Summarize, critique and evaluate (500
words or 10 minutes recording) the e Week of
Prayer of the current year.

6. Prepare a point form (bullet point) summary (250 ________________________________________________________________

words) or recording (5mins) on each of the 28
Fundamental Beliefs. ________________________________________________________________

III YOU AND YOU COMMENTS

1. Do the following:
a. In view of Colossians 1:16, develop your ________________________________________________________________
own life vision and mission
b. Identify three current roles in your life, at ________________________________________________________________
least one of which is spiritually oriented,
and submit three goals or objectives for ________________________________________________________________
each.
2. Teach the following honors:
a. Physical Fitness ________________________________________________________________
b. Nutrition
c. Outdoor Leadership ________________________________________________________________
d. Stewardship
e. First Aid (A current Red Cross First Aid ________________________________________________________________
and Safety Certificate or its equivalent)
f. Literature Evangelism
g. Other:
3. Read or listen (www.egwwritings.org) to
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the book Education or Messages to Young
People by E. White
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4. Demonstrate your Leadership Skills by
doing two of the following: ________________________________________________________________
a. Develop and conduct three creative
worship sessions for Ambassadors or ________________________________________________________________
Young Adults.
b. Participate in a leadership role with your
Local Church Youth group in a ________________________________________________________________
Conference/Mission sponsored event.
c. Lead Ambassadors through one module ________________________________________________________________
to certification
d. Be an active Ambassador, Young Adult ________________________________________________________________
or Sabbath School Staff member for at
least one year and attend at least 75% of
all staff meetings ________________________________________________________________
e. Be a Literature Evangelist for a minimum
of 60 hours in liaison with the Publishing ________________________________________________________________
Department of the Local Conference.
5. Participate in a personal physical fitness
plan by completing one of the following: ________________________________________________________________
a. The physical components of the AY
Silver Award. If you already have the AY ________________________________________________________________
Silver Award, then move on to the AY Gold
Award. ________________________________________________________________
b. A College physical fitness program.
c. A personal physical fitness program ________________________________________________________________
based on a fitness book of your choice or a
workout program in consultation with your ________________________________________________________________

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Conference Youth Director or the
designated Pastor/Qualified Youth ________________________________________________________________
Ministries Leader.
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YOU AND YOUTH COMMENTS
1. Dialogue in Small Groups (for 30 ________________________________________________________________
minutes on each topic) and
submit a Reaction Paper (1000 words) or ________________________________________________________________
Recording (20 minutes)
on 10 of the following topics: ________________________________________________________________
a. Church’s Relationship to Government
b. Music and Worship ________________________________________________________________
c. Sex and Romance
d. Care for the Environment ________________________________________________________________
e. Dating and Marriage
f. Service and Volunteering ________________________________________________________________
g. Ethics
h. Health and Temperance ________________________________________________________________
i. Social Justice
j. Religious Freedom ________________________________________________________________
k. Youth Evangelism
l. Violence and Peace ________________________________________________________________
m. Christian Dress
n. Gossip and Profanity ________________________________________________________________
o. AIDS/Cancer
p. Recreation and Amusement ________________________________________________________________
q. Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans-sexual
(LGBT) ________________________________________________________________
r. Unemployment and Entrepreneurship
s. Prejudice and Racism/Discrimination ________________________________________________________________
t. Morality
u. Human Rights ________________________________________________________________
v. Money Consumerism
w. Other:
2. Complete a two-page (500 words
minimum) or recording (10 mins) research ________________________________________________________________
paper about a standard temperament
analysis program and complete the ________________________________________________________________
affiliated temperament inventory.
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3. Attend a Union or Conference Wide
training on Safety Planning and Insurance. ________________________________________________________________

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YOU AND THE COMMUNITY COMMENTS
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1. Know and understand the 10 iCOR
values http://icor.church
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2. Enhance your knowledge of Church
Heritage by completing two of the following: ________________________________________________________________
a. Earn the Adventist Heritage Award.
b. Read a book called The AY story. ________________________________________________________________
c. Write or record the history of a local
church in consultation with the ________________________________________________________________
Conference/Mission Youth Ministries
Director or Designated Pastor/Qualified ________________________________________________________________
Youth Ministries Leader.
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 3. Do two of the following:
a. Teach the Sabbath School lesson to a ________________________________________________________________
group of Senior Youth for a minimum of
one quarter within one year. ________________________________________________________________
b. Participate fully in the Youth Initiatives of
Global Church or the Higher Organization ________________________________________________________________
(GYD, WOP, Commitment Day, Home
Coming Sabbath, etc.) ________________________________________________________________
c. Get involved or volunteer in any
department of the local church and attend ________________________________________________________________
relevant leadership training offered by the
local church/conference. ________________________________________________________________
d. Other:
4. Do one of the following:
a. Plan and direct/co-direct a weekend
church or campus Senior Youth retreat or a ________________________________________________________________
Spiritual Emphasis week for youth. Where
necessary subdivide the group. ________________________________________________________________
b. Plan and direct at least two Senior Youth
recreational activities covering a total time ________________________________________________________________
span for at least six hours. Where
necessary subdivide the group.
YOU AND THE COMMUNITY COMMENTS
1. Identify 10 needs in your community
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2. Develop a plan on how to be relevant for
your community ________________________________________________________________

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3. Choose any two of from the following,
endeavoring to lead one or more people to ________________________________________________________________
Christ:
a. Identify one young person who has ________________________________________________________________
stopped attending church and establish a
relationship with him/her ________________________________________________________________
b. Prepare and run GYD. Be sure to make
follow up after GYD ________________________________________________________________
c. Organize or present sermons for an
evangelistic campaign (public evangelism, ________________________________________________________________
minimum 2weeks). Ministry, Small Group
Ministry, etc. ________________________________________________________________
e. Serve as an Adventist Youth Task Force
volunteer for 6 months ________________________________________________________________
f. Serve as a Student Missionary or OYIM
volunteer for 6 months ________________________________________________________________
g. Give a series of Christ-Centered Bible
studies covering at least fifteen major ________________________________________________________________
doctrines.
h. Direct or co-direct a community Better ________________________________________________________________
Living or Youth Alive for a minimum of ten
days. ________________________________________________________________
i. Other:____________________________
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 SENIOR YOUTH SEMINARS
1. The Youth Leader as a Spiritual
Leader, Mentor and Friend ________________________________________________________________
2. Understanding the History, Philosophy,
Vision, Objectives and Structure of ________________________________________________________________
Adventist Youth Ministry
3. Developing a Purpose Driven Model for ________________________________________________________________
Youth Ministry in the Local Church
4. Mentoring, Ownership and ________________________________________________________________
Empowerment in Youth Ministry
5. Comprehensive Evangelism ________________________________________________________________
6. The Need for Specialized Youth
Ministry ________________________________________________________________
7. Creative Youth Ministry (to include
programming) ________________________________________________________________
8. Maximizing the Opportunities Offered
by Social Media While Circumventing ________________________________________________________________
Its Hazards
9. Spiritual Giftedness and Service ________________________________________________________________
10. Understanding the Youth
Compile a portfolio documenting all of your
work related to completing the Senior ________________________________________________________________
Youth Leader curriculum.
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Candidate’s Signature: __________________________________ Date: ______ / _____ / 20 ______

Assessor’s Signature: ___________________________________ Date: ______ / _____ / 20 ______

Comments on Decision:
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Full Name: ___________________________ Designation: _________________

Signature: ____________________________ Date: _____/_____/20____

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