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“It has been a joy and a privilege for me to be associatedwith your amazingly creative and energetic ministry ofoutreach in and around Boston and through you theLord has mightily blessed the RoadHoG bus which hasbrought God’s Good News to so many communitiesand individuals.”

Bishop John Saxbee, Former Bishop of Lincoln

“I am delighted to have been associated with LYM since itsformation. This is a bold, faith-filled venture going fromstrength to strength, making a real difference in the lives ofLincolnshire’s youth.”

Rev Steve Faber, URC Minister

“LYM’s combination of faith, talent, teamwork, experienceand local knowledge means that it has something reallyspecial to offer to young people in our area’.”

Canon Ian Silk, Lincoln

“The X Factor was a great opportunity to learn skillsfrom someone who’d had years of experience in YouthWork. It was really helpful to bounce ideas around andget a realistic idea as to what would/wouldn’t work. Itwas also a time of blessing and encouragement, know-ing we had the backup of someone so knowledgeablein that particular field of work.”

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Welcome to Lincolnshire Youth Mission (LYM), a registered charity and

limited company by guarantee.

Founded in 2006, we respond to the spiritual, social and developing needs

of young people within our local community. Our success is as a result of

a dedicated team of Directors, Staff and Volunteers with a wide range of

skills and experience representing denominations from across the County.

This makes us one of the leading ecumenical partnerships responding to

the needs of young people in Lincolnshire.

Thanks to the encouragement and support given by the former Bishop of

Lincoln, the Chairman of the Lincoln and Grimsby District, of the Methodist

Church and Churches Together in all Lincolnshire, we have been a means

of coordinating and securing significant funding towards the cost of youth

work within areas such as Lincoln, Boston and surrounding villages. Our

most sincere thanks also go to those who recognise the invaluable work

we do and continue to give so generously. At a time when the funding for

youth work within the County is either being withdrawn or reduced, the

support of churches and local business is essential to our continued and

committed success.

But we are not just stopping at what we do. Together, we are committed

to develop further opportunities and keen to hear of any ideas that you

have in order to respond to the needs of young people within your local

community. Should you want to know more about LYM and how you can

help us make a real difference to the lives of young people, please do not

hesitate to contact us. In the meantime, I hope that you find this leaflet

informative and provides you with a brief insight into our work.

Kind Regards,

Nick Chambers

Chair/Director.

In 2007 LYM’s first project was set up, the X-Factor Youth Project.

By employing a youth missioner, LYM was able to support a

number of churches in the south of Lincoln in developing and

providing youth work.

LYM has been acting as consultants for churches of different

denominations in helping them develop new projects and

have been a resource over the last few years to those

denominations who would like to develop further projects.

' The Roadhog project was set up by a group of like-mindedchurches around Boston with the aim of providing educationand Christian support to young people in the area who hadlittle access to young clubs or Christian groups. After gettingthe funding required they were able to buy a double-deckerbus and have it converted into a youth venue. Young peoplecontributed their ideas about what they wanted on the bus andchose the colour of the bus itself-purple.

The Roadhog bus started on the road February 2010. There is a trained full-time workeremployed by LYM, Tony Coe, supported by volunteers from local churches. The bus attendssome local schools during the day and also visits different communities on a fortnightly rotaat night.

In 2007 LYM’s first project was set up, the X-Factor Youth Project.

By employing a youth missioner, LYM was able to support a

number of churches in the south of Lincoln in developing and

providing youth work.

Do you have a vision of a project that you would like to discuss further? Is your churchlooking to develop youth work but doesn’t know where to start? LYM would be morethan happy to meet and discuss with you your ideas and how they can move forward.

LYM has been acting as consultants for churches of different

denominations in helping them develop new projects and

have been a resource over the last few years to those

Our method of working is to form a partnership

with a small group of churches in a local area to form

a youth project. One or more paid Youth Missioners are

assigned to each project, and the partner churches

provide volunteers to work alongside our missioner. The

local churches agree with the missioner, through a Steer-

ing Group for the project, what work he or she will

undertake.At least one of the directors of LYM will be a part of the

steering group for that project. Partner churches contrib-

ute directly to the cost of employing the youth

missioner(s) who will work with that project. We also

seek grant aid to cover the employment and operating

costs of the company.