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METHODIST YOUTH UNIT
2013-2015 STRATEGY
STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT :
BASELINE INFORMATION
ISSUES OF RELEVANCE
KEY RESULT AREAS
VISION
MEANS TO AN END :
THE MISSION-PLAN
PROGRESS EVALUATION MATRIX
METHODOLOGY
KEY INFORMANTS
CONNEXIONALLY
• MYU Constitution
• MYU Vision & Mission
• YEE Provisional Policy
• Common Knowledge
• MCSA Mission Charter
• MCSA 4 Pillars of Mission
CRITICAL BALANCE:
INNER & OUTER BEING
• In realizing the HOLISTIC
PERSON DEVELOPMENT and
the critical balance between
the inner and outer being, the
M-Plan seeks to nature the soul
and the mind whilst translating
the fruits into actions.
THEMATIC SUMMARY:
INNER BEING/PERSON
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Spiritual enhancement
Covenent relationship with God
Healing
Christian maturity
THEMATIC SUMMARY:
OUTER BEING/PERSON
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Education & Skills development
Discipline
Morality
Unity & Cohesion
Poverty & unemployment
Communicable diseases
THEMATIC SUMMARY :
INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION
& STABILITY
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Accountability
Transparency
Gender sensitivity
Ecumenism
Administrative effectiveness &
efficiency (control systems)
• Financial stability
BASIS FOR WAY FORWARD :
KEY RESULT AREAS
CONNEXION
RELEVANCE
RESPONSIVE
3 Year
VISION &
STRATEGY
DISTRICT
CIRCUIT
THE S.M.A.R.T PRINCIPLE
S – SIMPLE
M – MEASURABLE
A – ACHIEVABLE
R – REALISTIC
T – TIME BOUND
ACHIEVING THE VISION :
THE M-PLAN
• To facilitate & implement sustainable
economic development & poverty
alleviation.
• To promote Child development and building
capacity of CM practitioners in all facets of
this ministry
• To promote unity & cohesion
• To enhance the Unit’s image and visibility
• To promote institutional transformation &
accountability.
Youth Investment Co.
Objectives:
• To create a firm resource base with
clearly defined objectives and
holistic, balanced, creative and
imaginative programmes that not
only respond to the needs of young
people or aligned to the vision and
mission of the church but also serve
the purpose of the Kingdom of God.
Youth Investment Co.
Objectives:
• To create a firm resource base to
sustain the Youth Unit not by being
largely dependent on overseas
based-donations or assessments, but
– wealth through generous giving
and entrepreneurship(upwardly
mobile), thus promoting Youth
Economic Empowerment.
Youth Investment Co.
Objectives:
• To advance the implementation
of sustainable projects and
poverty alleviation programmes.
• To form partnerships and MOUs
with other Youth development
institutions.
Youth Investment Co.
• Establishment of a Youth
Investment Company: A
business venture of the Unit to
make the most of its profits at
the best of Christian ethics to
fund youth development (Youth
mission and administration)
through a Trust Fund.
Profits to be channeled
towards:
• Youth Economic Empowerment.
• Development of sustainable
projects.
• Investment opportunities
• Capacitating the Youth Unit
office.
Children’s Ministry
• To promote Child development.
• To swell and sustain Teen
church/Special Class.
• To capacitate CM practitioners
in all facets of this ministry
(Redefine CM Indaba).
• To define/enhance the
relationship with MU (Child desk)
Unity and Cohesion
• To promote vigorous
Transformation Agenda.
• To accept and understand
Diversity, Multiculturalism,
Multiracialism and remove
ethnocentric attitudes.
• Establishment of CYUs as a tool
for unity and cohesion. (Dummy
Guide).
Unity and Cohesion:
• To promote contemporary
programs and activities that are
aligned to integration. (Age
difference)
• To strengthen interorganizational relations.
• Our God is the Healer and
Embracer of Diversity.
Image and Visibility
• To positively brand and market
MYU not only to improve our
image but to truly reflect the
Kingdom of God.
• To explore creative ways to
advance the Good News and
improve communication through
our official website, social
networks and print medium.
Mission & Spirituality
• To explore and stretch our
Spiritual Experience.
• To enhance spirituality and
deepen discipleship of young
people.
• To create an environment that
prepares youth to play
meaningful roles in the life of
the Church.
Continued…
• To embrace the notion that
MCSA is a Missional Church and
in solidarity with the poor.
• To strengthen our partnership
with the Mission Unit (HIV/AIDS
and other social ills).
TMMF
• To facilitate support and funds
for Methodist schools, their
maintenance and conservation.
• To launch the TMMF project in
2013.
• To effectively manage the roll
out program of the Fund.
Celebrating the
Methodist Heritage
• To educate and empower the
Youth.
• To conduct research into the
rich history of the MCSA and to
disseminate information
through memorial lectures
(Educational, Inspire and
Influence).
MAKING THE M-PLAN WORK
• Year plan (each year) must be
designed to achieve the 4 point plan.
• Programs and/or set of activities must
be identified for each objective.
• A program driver/owner must be
identified for each (Centralization).
• Annual targets must be defined for
each objective.
• Progress against targets must be
measured annually throughout the 3
year period (Progress evaluation
matrix).
Rev. Abrahams: “I wish to affirm
that I am cautiously confident
that the task before us is not
insoluble. It will demand
renewed commitment, immense
grace, much wisdom and
leadership full of faith and the
Holy Spirit.”