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SPONSORSHIP

The aim of sponsorship is the same as the aim of Chrysalis: the spiritual growth of young Christians as disciples of Jesus Christ through churches and their youth groups. Every sponsor should reflect upon his or her motivation for wanting to sponsor a young person and make sure it is consistent with this aim.

Some examples of mistaken aims include:

"to get all of my friends to go"
to have a full weekend
to reproduce one's own religious experience in others
to fix a young person's problems or crisis

Sponsorship should be motivated by a number of hopes and prayers for young persons which are consistent with the aim of Chrysalis. These include giving young persons the gift of three days apart:

to experience the accepting and healing grace of God through Christian community
to realize they are precious in God's eyes, that they are here on this earth for a holy purpose
to discuss without judgment their questions and struggles as young persons with peers and mature Christian adults
to hear anew the gospel of God's love in Jesus Christ and the basics of Christian faith and life
to make friends with other youth who share the faith and will support each other in living as Christians
to develop relationships with mature Christian adults, relationships which might extend beyond the three days
to be strengthened in their decisions to follow Jesus
to be better prepared to live as Christian witnesses in home, school, church, and community
to learn what goes into building their lives and relationships on a solid foundation
to bring new vitality to the church, the youth group, or college ministry upon returning, to inspire the sponsorship of other young people, to energize the body of Christ through young people whose hearts are on fire with the love of Christ.

APPLICATION
To download the application for sponsor and participant click here.