GIVING VOICE TO

YOUNG PEOPLE

IN THE CHURCHSUBTITLE

Young people

12-23 youth24-40 young adults

Structural Levels

General Conference

Central Conference

Annual Conference

District Conference

Charge Conference

Division on Ministries with Young People

(DMYP) (General Board of Discipleship)

National Council on Young People’s Ministry

Board of Christian Education and Discipleship

Conference Council on Youth Ministry

Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry

District Council on Youth Ministry

District Council on Young Adult Ministry

Youth Council

Young Adult Council

REPRESENTATION

Global Young People’s Convocation and Legislative Assembly — five

youth and five young adult elected from each central conference

Connectional Table — one youth and one young adult from DMYP

Division on Ministries with Young People — one (1) youth and one young

adult elected from each central conference

General Agency Membership — recommended that membership to

general agencies be inclusive of gender, racial and ethnic persons, age,

person with disabilities and size of church

General Conference

REPRESENTATION

National Council on Young People’s Ministry - 14 members: five (5) from

the UMYFP, five (5) from the UMYAFP, including the National Presidents of

the two organizations

National Young People’s Convocation and Legislative Assembly

Coordinating Council – one youth and one young adult from each

episcopal area

Central Conference Boards and Agencies – UMYFP and UMYAFP National

Presidents as automatic members to BCED, BOL and BCS. One young

person in the BOT.

Central Conference

REPRESENTATION

Annual Conference Session — annual conference UMYF president, chair of the conference college student organization, one youth representative ages 12-17 and one youth representative ages 18-30

Board of the Laity — president or chair of the conference council on youth ministries and two youth elected by the annual conference upon nomination of the conference nominating committee

Council on Youth Ministry — two thirds of the council membership shall be youth

Council on Young Adult Ministry – members shall be young adult representative of the general population including college students, working persons, single, and married.

Conference Boards and Agencies — qualified youth as recommended by the conference council on youth ministry

Annual Conference

REPRESENTATION

Council on Youth Ministry — two thirds of the council membership shall be

youth

Committee on District Superintendency — two at-large members, all of

whom should be selected with special attention to the representation of

racial and ethnic persons, youth, young adults, older adults, and people

with disabilities

District Conference

REPRESENTATION

Church Council — youth representative

Program Ministries — United Methodist Youth Fellowship (¶256.3b)

Youth Council — at least three fourths of the council membership shall be

youth (¶256.3c)

Civic Youth-Serving Ministries — youth representatives determined by the

church council

Committee on Pastor-Parish Relations — one member may be youth

Charge Conference

Participating in the Church’s

Decision-making Process

Be present

Know your rights and responsibilities

Know the current issues

Have the courage to speak up

Write legislations

Get elected as delegate

How to propose legislations?

Know the provisions of the Book of Discipline, Book of

Resolutions, and Conference Plan of Organization and

Rules of Order.

Know the guidelines, format and deadlines of

submission.

Write your petition with a good rationale.

Attend legislative sessions and discussions.

[Observations and

Recommendations]

QUESTIONS?