1996 Discipline ¶ 1206

¶ 1206. National Youth Ministry Organization Legislative Assembly--The National Youth Ministry Organization Legislative Assembly shall serve as a national delegated assembly of United Methodist youth and adult workers with youth. The National Youth Ministry Organization Legislative Assembly shall be convened by the National Youth Ministry Organization Steering Committee (¶¶ 1206.1b and 1207.2a).

1. a) Central to its objectives, the National Youth Ministry Organization Legislative Assembly shall provide a forum for the expression of issues vital to youth, direct the steering committee in the advocacy of these issues, empower youth by supporting and communicating with youth ministry structures at all levels of the Church, and support and facilitate renewal in the Church.

b) The National Youth Ministry Organization Legislative Assembly shall set national Youth Service Fund monetary goals; set the policy and criteria for the selection of projects and the distribution of the national portion of the Youth Service Fund; elect the National Youth Ministry Organization Steering Committee in accordance with ¶ 1207.2a; initiate and support special projects that are of particular interest to youth; make recommendations to appropriate boards and agencies of The United Methodist Church on ways to strengthen youth ministry in areas of vital concern; support and facilitate formation of racial and ethnic minority youth caucuses on the annual conference, jurisdictional, and general levels of the Church; and select the National Youth Ministry Organization priority for the next four years.

2. The membership of the National Youth Ministry Organization Legislative Assembly shall be:

a) Voting Members--Three representatives from each annual conference selected by the annual conference council on youth ministry. Of those selected, two are to be youth (¶ 258.2), one of whom is the conference council on youth president or designate; and one adult, who shall be the conference youth coordinator or designate. It is strongly recommended that at least one of the conference representatives, preferably a youth, shall be a person from one of these five racial and ethnic minority groups: Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders. An annual conference must have a youth present in order to exercise voting privileges. Voting members shall be baptized or professing members of The United Methodist Church. The youth chairpersons from each jurisdiction shall be in addition to the two youth and one adult from their annual conference.

b) Nonvoting Members--(1) Youth members of the general agencies; and (2) members of the National Youth Ministry Organization Steering Committee shall have the right to participate in the National Youth Ministry Organization Legislative Assembly with voice but without vote.

3. Expenses--a) The expenses of the members of the National Youth Ministry Organization Steering Committee, with the exception of the general board and agency representatives, shall be paid from National Youth Ministry Organization funds.

b) The expenses of conference representatives shall be paid by the annual conference they represent. It is also recommended that the expenses of alternates be paid by the annual conference they represent.

c) The jurisdictional council on ministries or equivalent body shall provide funding for expenses for the jurisdictional youth chairperson.

d) The general agencies shall be responsible for the expenses of their youth members as well as representatives.

 

 

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