A resource that invites people to follow Jesus

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Saturday 21st September 2024

Event Cost : $65.00

Find out more about Come and Follow

Youth Resources - English
Youth Resources - Te Reo MĀORI
Children’s Resource Family Resource

Why choose Come and Follow?

Come and Follow is a resource that invites children and young people to follow Jesus.

- It is based on honest faith conversations and trusted relationships.
- It recognises that following Jesus begins with an encounter and unfolds over time.
- It acknowledges that deciding to follow Jesus shapes forms every part of life as questions are explored and faith deepens.
- At every step, the dignity of children and young people shapes how we listen, respond, and walk together.

What is at the heart of Come & Follow?

Scripture Union believes that evangelism is best when it is formed by the core values explored in this video. Using the image of a braided river, we recognise that faith formation is a journey with many channels. When these flow together, a child or young person’s faith can truly flourish.

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What resources does it include?

Come and Follow consists of two sets of resources, one for young people and adults, and the other for children and families. They are both designed to help you talk with people about following Jesus. They act as guides for good faith conversations.

This resource is designed to help you talk with young people about following Jesus. It acts as a guide for a good faith conversation and has been designed so it is easy to use by those just starting out as well as more experienced leaders. It can be used with adults too!

This purchase is for a pack of 5 leaflets. It’s available in English and in Te Reo Māori.

$8 per pack.

Youth Resources

This resource is designed to help you talk with children about following Jesus. It includes a leaflet and a set of conversation cards. These act as a guide for good faith conversations. It has been designed so it is easy to use by those just starting out as well as more experienced leaders. It also includes ideas for family follow up.

This purchase is for a full set – 1 set of 13 conversation cards + 3 leaflets cost of $29.95

This purchase is for a pack of 5 leaflets – cost of $8

Children’s Resource

What training and support is there for me and my church?

Go with the Flow:

A 1-hour workshop for your children and youth leadership team to equip them to have effective faith conversations with children and young people.

Along the Riverbank:
Conversations that bring faith to life

A 2-hour workshop for your whole church to equip your church to have good, healthy conversations with people of all ages in your community.

Contact Us

If you would like to know more about these resources or learn how to use it in your setting. Talk to us and we will be happy to help.

Email: hilary.h@sunz.org.nz

Quotes of recommendation from those using it

“Thank you so much for creating such an incredible tool that supports leaders to connect and come alongside their young people. The Following Jesus leaflets helped remove barriers that could stop a young person from coming to faith. It gave leaders solid biblical language to use and young people a simple understanding that just makes sense. Scripture Union thank you so much for continuing to support the young people of Aotearoa with sound biblical resources that people truly want to use.”
“Our church is going through a transition process to become a seven-day -a-week church focussing on being a daily presence of the light and life of God in our community. This SUNZ workshop on evangelism has been very formative for us. Hilary and Annette shared with us their research on how young people in NZ had come to faith, and the significant parts of their journeys to faith that came up time and time again. They used the imagery of a braided river to capture these important pathways. They helped us to think through and prioritise what we are doing so that we are focussing on these pathways to Christian faith. We have made an artwork for our wall to capture this workshop, so that we continue to prioritise these pathways and what we learnt about them, so that this can inform where we are heading and how we are doing things. In this way, the “Along the Riverbank” Workshop has been pivotal and strategic for our church.”

The braided river artwork used on this webpage was created by Laingholm Baptist Church - Auckland

Following Jesus