Welcome to aym.org.nz
Anglican Youth Ministries is the Anglican Diocese of Auckland's organisation that facilitates the growth of Youth Ministry in the Diocese.
The Auckland Diocese covers the area stretching from North Cape down to the Waikato River, across the Hauraki Plains and including the Coromandel Peninsula. Within this area you will find over 90 Anglican parishes, Mission Districts and Local Shared Ministry Units and Church Schools that are engaged with young people in one way or another.
Contact us by telephone on 09 302 7263.
News and Notes
Registration Forms are out now!
By Sam [Wed Jan 13th, 2010]
Efest '10 registration forms are out now! You can download them off the website right here or contact us and we can send them out to you. Can't wait to see you there!
Efest '10
By Sam [Mon Jan 11th, 2010]
The start of the year always means that a new Efest is coming up.
This year we have Efest '10 'Arise' and it's shaping up to be one of the best yet! It's going to be held at Willow Park Conference Centre from Friday 2nd April to Monday 5th.
The cost is $143 for earlybird registration which gets you $20 off your ticket so get your registrations in by February 26th which happens to be Eager.
Keep your eyes peeled on the website because registration forms will be appearing very soon! Email sam@aym.org.nz for extra information.
Fanatic's Cup - Touch
By Sam [Mon Jan 11th, 2010]
The Fanatics Cup is back again, and we are kicking off the year with the Touch Rugby tournament!
It will be held at Cox's Bay Reserve, West End Road, Westmere on Friday the 12th of February. It starts at 6:30 and finishes at 9:30 with an entry fee of $10 per team.
To enter a team from your youth group or for extra information email Dion at ignitionyouthministries@hotmail.com. RSVP by Friday 5th February.
Hope to see you all there!
YP Brekkie
By Sam [Mon Jan 11th, 2010]
The first Youth Pastor's breakfast of the year is coming up.
This will be a time for Youth Pastors from all over the Dioscese to meet and hang out together, as well as a good chance to meet the new DYF, Wade Auckett.
It will be held from 7-9am on Wednesday, January 27th. The cost is $5 per person and it is at the Neligan House Boardroom, 12 St Stephens Ave, Parnell.
For more information or to RSVP contact Simon (simon@aym.org.nz) or myself (sam@aym.org.nz). Please RSVP by Friday the 22nd of January.
Welcome to our new DYF
By Ashleigh [Wed Jan 6th, 2010]
We are very excited to announce that Wade Aukett will be joining the team as our new DYF.
Wade was born and raised in the beautiful city of Napier where he grew up in a faithful Christian family. As a teenager he was a dayboy at Lindisfarne College in Hastings, and was involved with anything to do with music. After several years of tertiary study and casual work in Wellington he went on an OE to India, where he worked in an orphanage, and Australia, where he surfed and sat on the beach all day. Serendipitously it was in the great city of Auckland, after a meeting at the Christian Resource Centre, that he first had a real and life changing encounter with Jesus Christ and knew that his life would never be the same again.
It wasn’t until 2001 that Wade first encountered the Anglican Church. It was after returning to Napier, and his logic for finding a faith community was to simply go to the biggest church in town which, of course, was the Anglican Cathedral! What really sparked his enthusiasm for the ‘Anglican way’ however, was the genuine and practical approach to justice and service that he perceived in the churches life and ministry.
Wade’s own ministry began in Napier as a parish youth leader and developed when he became Administrator for Hawke’s Bay Anglican Youth Ministries. In 2004 he was invited to be Youth Network Coordinator for the Diocese of Waikato. With this also came the opportunity to test his vocation with the Franciscan Brothers, who had recently moved to Hamilton. After several years of leading the development of youth ministry in the Diocese and living with the Brothers, he moved to Australia where his formation as a Franciscan could continue full-time.
For Wade the Franciscan charism is a call to evangelism, contemplation, justice and service - a life ‘alongside’ and on the margins. It is a charism he seeks to bring to his life and ministry.
Things you may or may not know about Wade: · Plays the piano (and organ, if pressed) · Attempts to be a vegetarian · Loves classic rock as well as music from the romantic period · Doesn’t like shaving · Has worn Chuck Taylor shoes since the age of 7 · Takes his coffee black · Is committed to the Three Tikanga relationship of the Church · Has never lived in Auckland, but is looking forward to the experience! Wade takes up the role of Diocesan Youth Facilitator on the 18th of January.
