Young Adults
We love this season of life!
We have many young adults in our region’s churches, from all different backgrounds. Some are in larger churches with lots of students, others in smaller settings where there are just a few falling into this age range.
If YOU fall into this category we are passionate about you being an integral part of church life in this season of discovery whilst you question, grow and adventure into adulthood, your work and home life.
We want to enable you to step into who you are in your faith, your discipleship life, in leadership roles and creating welcome space for your friends and communities.
We want to hear your voice and your ideas and journey with you as you explore and go deeper in your faith.
YBA Young Adult Lead, Naomi Fennell
Latest Young Adult News
Intern
We offer a range of internships for ‘Young Adults’ across our Churches and Church Plants.
These are exciting opportunities to explore openings and roles within the church. You can gain valuable life skills and experiences transferable to all areas of life and the workplace, and you can test out any calling to ministry.
Ministry School
Internships can be either Part-Time or Full-Time and include training and input from ‘The Deeper School of Ministry’.
The Deeper School of Ministry can also be accessed by anyone wanting to go a little deeper in their faith. www.wellsheffield.com/deeper
For more information on Internships, please watch the video and get in contact with Naomi.
Discipleship Hub
Discipleship Hub is a gathering, worship and teaching space to journey into what it is to live following Jesus today - setting our lives up well. We had our first gathering back in October at Hillsborough Baptist Church.
We aim to meet three times per year, on a Saturday. The Hub provides space to connect with other Adults, a set of worship to enable you to freely connect with God, and a teaching slot to engage with the bible, our faith and what it means for our lives in today’s culture. New dates will be posted as soon as we have them.
Discipleship Hub is aimed at anyone who is a follower of Jesus, or wanting to know more about what it is to follow Jesus and have a relationship with our God.
Join the YBA Young Adults on Instagram
Here you will find Prayer Series latest reels, and latest info on events and happenings in the region.
We recognise the importance of being able to meet other young adults - especially if you are in a smaller church - therefore, we are wanting to build spaces where you can find out what is going on throughout the region, for your age group.
Get in Touch with our YBA Young Adult Lead Naomi Fennell to find out more.
We will have opportunities for ‘international missions trips’, so do watch this space!
SEEK First
A city-wide worship event for Young Adults
Sheffield Cathedral - January 2024
Sheffield came together at the beginning of the year to worship and pray at Seek First.
At the launch into 2024 the YBA joined with many churches from all different denominations and supported by Arise and emPower to join in unity to Seek God first and foremost as we worshipped together, prayed and celebrated communion.
Seek First previously happened at the beginning of 2023 as a few young Anglican curates in the city and our very own Nike Adebajo took their heart for worship, prayer and unity and invited the city to join in seeking God together for Sheffield. We gathered one cold Saturday night to a packed Cathedral full of joy as we celebrated and worshipped together.
A year on, we’ve been gathering the younger adults across the city and are seeing something special happening in the unity. Young adults from various churches have connected to worship and pray. These young adults now meet monthly to pray, worship and connect. They’ve even started to head out into the community to share the gospel. They helped form the ministry team for this Seek First event. Two of them were part of the team who lead us from the stage and many young adults packed into the Cathedral Crypt beforehand to worship and pray before the main event (see above).
There’s a hunger and passion for worship, unity, prayer, holiness, getting into the word and sharing the gospel happening as we gather.
It’s amazing to have all the generations gather together, and encouraging to see such a representation of young adults at a time when the statistics of young adults in church are low. Let’s be praying for our young adults as they step out in their faith journey, in leadership and sharing their faith. We need all the generations together, those of us who are older to disciple, invest, encourage and pray.
Naomi Fennell - YBA Young Adults Lead
Church Leader?
If you are a church leader, Naomi is available to provide support and input with helping you to create space for your Young Adults. She can help with ideas for welcome, discipleship, and enabling leadership development. She can also visit your church and meet your young adults, if this is helpful.
Get in Touch with our YBA Young Adult Lead to find out more
