http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.wol.org.nz en-us Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:19:57 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/144746/2025-calendar/ God is at work, and we’re excited for all that’s ahead in 2025!Join us in praying as the gospel is shared, or come be part of what’s happening at one of our events.... Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:32:42 +1200 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/#post144746 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/144742/2025-vision/ It has been a great and exciting start to the year for our team here at Word of Life. We've welcomed on five new first year interns, run a national Leadership Conference, hosted a National Youth Leaders Round Table, served in schools weekly, had coffees with youth leaders, run personalised trainings for youth ministries, provided gear for outreach events and served many youth ministries with Gospel Advancing events.There is always a lot going on and it is a joy to be able to serve the Church of ... Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:38:52 +1200 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/#post144742 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/144740/developing-young-leaders/ We held our annual Leadership Conference at the start of March, looking at the theme ‘Follow the Leader’. This conference is a national event with keynote speakers in Cambridge and Christchurch, streaming live to each other and to watch parties throughout the country. This year we engaged with leaders from 17 different youth ministries from Whangarei to Ashburton. Every watch party had a live workshop session as well as tuning in to the streamed sessions from our main locations. This unique ... Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:38:41 +1200 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/#post144740 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/144738/advancing-the-gospel/ We offer a variety of events designed to empower youth and leaders with confidence to share the hope of Christ with their friends. Our events are all done in partnership with the local church so that it is local youth groups who are reaching their communities. This ensures all young people are connected to a church which we believe is the best avenue for follow up and discipleship. Youth Nights are a custom designed outreach that can serve one youth ministry or multiple ministries at a time.The ... Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:38:30 +1200 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/#post144738 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/144513/going-all-in/ These last three years of the internship have been amazing! It would be too hard to succinctly say in what ways the internship has grown me, but when I reflect on the three objectives of the internship, I can see evidence of just how much I have grown in my faith.... Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:38:01 +1200 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/#post144513 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/138383/end-of-year-reflection--from-management--the-board/ We have had another exciting year of growth and impact in the lives of young people throughout our nation. While we have farewelled three of our staff members this year, commending them to other ministries, we have five staff who have joined our team or are in the process of raising support to join us early next year. We’re incredibly thankful for the Lord’s provision through our staff team, our volunteers, our prayer and financial supporters, as well as the numerous churches and trusts who ... Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:39:53 +1300 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/#post138383 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/138380/why-training-matters--leadership-conference-reflection/ Our heart behind everything we do at Word of Life NZ is to ultimately see “every young person in our nation impacted by the Gospel through a friend” and our annual Leadership Conference is a way we can equip local church youth ministries with the tools to encourage this vision amongst their youth communities.This year in March, we hosted our annual Leadership Conference in Cambridge, with additional watch parties in the North Shore, Nelson, and Christchurch. In total, we reached over 100 you... Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:31:56 +1300 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/#post138380 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/138378/staff-spotlight--meet-megan/ When I was 18, I made the decision to spend 2 years studying the Bible with Word of Life in the States. I had no intention of going into ministry full time, but didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life and knew that developing a Biblical foundation would be a good start!It was during those two years that the Lord began working in my heart to see people the way He did - lost and in need of a Saviour. I decided that I would take the bold leap of doing a cross cultural internship with Word of... Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:22:51 +1300 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/#post138378 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/138375/a-four-year-experience--sarahs-story/ In 2020 our internship program shifted into an intentional four year programme, designed to developing leaders that are passionate about God and the Gospel. The Internship Programme utilises the ministry platforms and relationships that Word of Life has to provide an effective development environment for each intern.Sarah is our 2nd intern to finish the fourth year, we interviewed her to hear about her experience, how she has seen God work, and where she is headed next.Students who enter the fou... Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:10:10 +1300 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/#post138375 http://www.wol.org.nz/blog/post/138370/how-youth-reachout-changed-my-life/ Back in 2015, I was fresh to faith and eager to learn more about God, so when the opportunity to go on the Youth Reachout trip came up, I jumped in. That first trip changed me, deeply and quietly, as the small experiences added up to a transformative whole. I loved it so much that I begged Word of Life to let me go the next year, and continued to be encouraged and challenged in my faith. Discussing topics like "The Cross," "Authority," "Relationships," and "God’s Will" planted seeds in my life... 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