Tonga Youth Encounter
The Youth Encounter is a part-mission, part-cultural exchange, all-faith-building experience for youth aged 13-17 years.
With a smaller time commitment and less intense training phase, this is an ideal DTS 'taster' - great for those who are still unsure of what they believe and why. On our inaugural course this July we packed an incredible amount of experiences into just 10 days. These included:
The Encounter is run slightly differently to our usual DTSs, in that we meet together for 10 evening sessions in the weeks leading up to the trip. This cuts down the Teaching Phase to just a few hours' commitment each week for a term, rather than a full ten days taken out of school. The Outreach Phase is also much shorter - with only 10 days away instead of three weeks. Youth often find this more manageable, and so is a good option for anyone worried about missing school. |
Next Course:
Dates have not yet been confirmed for our next Encounter Course Please contact us if you would like to be notified once these are confirmed This course is open to anyone on the faith journey - from those who barely know about God to those raised in church. We work together as a family to explore what it means to be a disciple of Jesus.
A side-note on safety: Because this is a course aimed at young youth, we commit to having a high ratio of leaders to youth. This is usually around 1:3 - 1:2. |