Vision
To see Presbyterian Churches in NSW filled with children and youth who know, follow, love and share Jesus, actively participating in the life of the church.
Aim of PYNSW
Through God’s strength PYNSW aims to equip the Church to disciple all youth and children for Christ.
Constituted in 1872 as the Presbyterian Fellowship Union, Presbyterian Youth (PY) was also formerly known as The Presbyterian Fellowship of Australia in NSW.
PYNSW works with youth leaders (and children’s ministry leaders) at local churches around NSW to help those churches disciple their young people. It remains the youth organisation of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in NSW.
The gospel is the good news that God, the loving ruler of the world, created us to live under his care. But we have all rejected him, choosing to rule our own lives. Because of this, we face his just judgment—death and separation from him. Yet in his great love, God sent his Son, Jesus, to live the perfect life we could not live and die in our place, taking the punishment we deserved. But Jesus did not stay dead—God raised him to life as the victorious ruler of the world. He now offers forgiveness and new life to all who turn from rebellion and trust in him.
This is the message of salvation that must be shared, with all nations and all generations.
Ephesians 2:8 tells us that we are saved by grace through faith—it is not our own doing, but a gift from God. This grace is for all people, and Jesus commands us to go make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19-20). Yet this mission begins in our own homes and churches, as God calls us to diligently pass on the gospel to the next generation (Deuteronomy 6, Psalm 78).
PYNSW works to:
- Assist churches and presbyteries to fulfil their responsibility to reach, disciple, and place into Christian service, youth within the context of the Church
- Promote outreach, mission, discipleship, learning and fellowship among young people, and foster an ongoing concern for these things within the context of the Church
- Unite the youth of the Church in a fellowship of worship, study, recreation and service
- Facilitate the integration of youth into the life of the Church
- Facilitate training for youth leaders
- Provide a statewide Christian camping ministry
- Assist the Church to develop effective strategies for youth work
