NYMM Manila core group meeting
Gateway Food Court near Time Zone, Cubao, QC
October 17, 2007
7:27 - past 9 pm

Present: Joy C. Solina, Eman ortaleza, Ramona Simons, Rome Escabillas,
Lorah Grace Singson, Flor dela Cruz, Art de Guzman, Jazmin Nogales

Agenda: NYMM presentation to churches and ministry partners,
strategies to recruit more mobilizers

Opening prayer by Eman

Topics discussed:
1. Eman summarized the discussion of the previous meeting with Ptr Bob
Lopez and Ptr Bani Miguel about buying into the NYMM vision held at
the Presbyterian main office in Starmall, Shaw Blvd, Mandaluyong. One
of the insights shared in that meeting was the neediness of churches
compared to campus ministries in learning how to mobilize young people
for missions.

2. Joy presented a printout of the sample Powerpoint presentation for
NYMM which she plans to bring with her to Mindanao and show to
potential partners. Comments from the group were on the questions that
should be answered by the presentation, such as:
a. Why should I join NYMM?
b. What can I get out of NYMM that I can use for my church? or How can
NYMM help me and my church?
c. What resources can NYMM offer the church?,
d. How do we impact people? and
e. After getting trained, what do we (the church) do next?
Joy will revise the presentation to answer the questions then use it
in her Mindanao trip. The group also raised the question, should young
people be further divided into subgroups ages 13-19, 20-25, and 26-30
years old.

3. Strategies suggested that would help churches equip their youth for
missions were:
a. forming interest groups the way 180 Degrees does theirs in music
and arts that can become missions teams in a geographical area,
b. develop youth-friendly missions training resources such as
contextualizing the CSM books Worker to Witness and A Higher Purpose
for Your Overseas Job for younger people.
c. offer resources for regional training and organizing missions events.

Next meeting will be on November 17, 9 am. Venue to be announced later

Closing prayer by Rome

~~~ We are the NYMM Young People at your service ~~~