Franks
FRANKS is the final formal young people’s group at All Saints and the last stage in their church journey from childhood into adulthood. It’s for young people aged 14 to 18 (school years 10 to 13).
Our aim is for it to be a place where the young people of All Saints can be raised up in the gifts God has given them and discipled in their walk with Jesus.
It’s much less structured that the younger groups –Climbers, Scramblers, Explorers and Pathfinders – and meets every Sunday evening. Many members do attend Sunday services regularly and will generally stay in church throughout the Sunday 10.45am service, sitting together and encouraging each other in their faith and learning.
To ensure Franks’ members continue to get the spiritual support and teaching they need, the group also meets separately on Sunday evenings to talk, to learn, to support each other and take part in a variety of activities.
We run a four week cycle with the group. On the first Sunday of every month the group run a youth service called ‘Awakening.’ This is open to all of the church’s young people aged between 11-18 and gives them a chance to break out and be trained up in the gifts they have.
The second week we run the ‘Bible café,’ when we explore the Bible and what is has to say to us and our culture.
Our third week is social week - we do anything from BBQs to bowling – and our fourth week is called ‘Clumps’, when we use our time to explore topics and issues that affect us and how we live for Jesus in them.
We also have a vision to see this time become a place for evangelism with friends and in the community of Hoole.
Essentially we love Jesus and want to know him better and that’s what it’s all about.
Each year our youth workers also take the group to Soul Survivor camp in the summer - always a popular and enjoyable event.
Every summer we sadly say goodbye to our older members as they go out into the world but we are proud and delighted to see some of things they go on to do.
Former Franks member Rachel Ellis is spending three months in Uganda as a Tearfund volunteer working with adults, children and orphans affected by HIV/AIDS.