Philip Course Training Programmepersonal encounter with the person of Jesus who is risen and alive and the use of a dialogue that enables participants to pass that on to others, especially young people

In the Acts of the Apostles, we hear how the deacon Philip was on the Gaza road and came across an Ethiopian Eunuch. The eunuch invited Philip into his carriage and there began a conversation which was to change the eunuch’s life. What happened over this conversation? What happened in the eunuch’s heart for him to ask for baptism? How did Philip open up the Scriptures to this eunuch and reveal to him the person of Jesus Christ? These are big questions for us today as we struggle to reach out to our young people and communicate the Gospel to a new generation.
 
The “Philip Course” is part of the Ke Ka Ko (Kerygma, Karisma, Koinonia) School of Evangelisation, where the emphasis is on an EXPERIENCE of the Gospel message: not just head knowledge, but heart transformation. In this instance it will be run over one evening and a non-residential weekend although it can be run in different ways.

The course objectives are a personal encounter with the person of Jesus who is risen and alive and the use of a dialogue that enables participants to pass that on to others, especially young people. It takes the participants through the 6 points of the Gospel Message step-by-step, using a kerygmatic proclamation based on the Word of God and testimony. This proclamation leads into a guided time of response to that particular Gospel step, with the invitation to actively participate in a “dynamic”. It is this active participation that enables people to experience and be transformed by the Word

The Course also includes Praise and Worship, opening all present to the Holy Spirit’s presence and action during the sessions, and small group work through which participants will have the opportunity to practice and demonstrate how they can communicate the Gospel Message to young people.
We realise that there are already youth initiatives in some Parishes and we would like to support these in any way we can, however there is a need for a shared vision and approach to working with young people throughout the diocese so that all young people are given the opportunity to take up their rightful place within the Church as radical Christian Catholics.

This year we will be coming to each part of the diocese to provide this training course. The vision is that as a result of the course there will be a local team of trained and envisioned leaders who can provide a regular meeting place for the young people of that area so that they can grow in their relationship with Jesus and learn how to share their faith with others.

For this purpose the Diocese has been divided into 6 Areas

West Cumbria, Carlisle, Barrow and Kendal, Lancaster and Morecambe, Blackpool, Preston

Barrow & Kendal

Venue:
Hindpool Centre, Barrow


Dates and Times:
Tuesday 5th April
7.30pm - 9.30pm

Saturday 26th April
10am - 6pm

Sunday 27th April
10am Ending with a Family Mass at 3pm

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Carlisle

Venue:
St. Edmund's, Carlisle


Dates and Times:
Tuesday 22nd April
7.30pm - 9.30pm

Saturday 4th May
10am - 6pm

Sunday 27th May
10am Ending with a Family Mass at 3pm

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Blackpool

Venue:
St. Bernadette's, Bispham, Blackpool

Dates and Times:
Tuesday 27th May
7.30pm - 9.30pm

Saturday 7th June
10am - 6pm

Sunday 8th June
10am Ending with a Family Mass at 3pm

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All the Sessions are an integral and essential part of the training so please attend them all.

The Course has already taken place in
Lancaster - December 2007
West Cumbria - January 2007
Preston - February 2007
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For more information or to book your place please contact
Joe and Ruth White
Diocesan Youth Office
01524 596063
youthoffice@lancasterrcdiocese.org.uk