The Full Experience

Working at Teen Ranch is far more than a job - it is a practical
mission experience with the rawness of doing life together.

The impact on our world of the one solitary, manly life of Jesus Christ has been profound. The quiet 33 years of his life have divided history and divided nations. His was a life of humble obedience towards his heavenly Father and of courageous love towards others. This stands out to anyone who seeks to genuinely get to know him, as they read the Gospel stories about him. Those who believe in him know that he is alive today and his influence continues.

This influence comes about as he calls ordinary men and women to follow him - to speak as he spoke, to feel as he felt, to do as he did, to live as he lived - to have a life-pattern and life-style that mirrored his. The first apprentices he gathered didn't have it all together - they were raw men and women, full of contradictions and confusion, who had made big mistakes and who continued to make them. Yet over the three years they lived with Jesus, they started to change. Not all of them (Judas was the exception) and not all at once. But they had begun a whole-of-life apprenticeship, with Jesus as their Master, and they were learning to re-think everything - about life, about God and about the reason they were put on the planet.

Have We Lost Our Way?

Many of us seem to have missed the guts of what Jesus was doing here - even those of us who have spent a lot of our lives in churches. We have heard lots of stuff about God and we may have had diverse experiences in our lives. Yet we are often confused, distracted, worried, lazy or passive about the things of God. The bottom line to look at and the crucial questions to ask are these - are we followers of Jesus? Are we his apprentices? Are we living our lives with him as our Master?

What does it really mean to follow Jesus, in every detail of our lives?

Doing Life God's Way

Jesus shapes men and women as they 'do life' with Him - it is a truly whole-of-life apprenticeship with the best Master of all. Here at Teen Ranch, we have tried to imitate Jesus in the way He trains His followers - we want to 'do life' together in such a way that we are transformed to be more like Him. Residential community, ordinary work, one-on-one mentoring, vocational experience, biblical training and practical mission provide many of the elements that will shape us as disciples of Jesus.

• The blessings and challenges of community life are experienced by the full time staff, most of whom live on site at Cobbitty.
• Work is in the various enterprises run by Teen Ranch, ranging from activity instruction, food preparation, hamburger making, offsite labouring, maintenance and cleaning.
• Vocational training can be nationally accredited in the form of outdoor recreation, hospitality or building traineeships/apprenticeships.
• Biblical training is integrated with practical life and mission experience and can be accredited towards a Certificate III in Christian Studies.
• Mission includes the camping ministry, relational evangelism, practical service and making the most of every opportunity with the diversity of people the Ranch interacts with.

Do you have the courage and curiosity to explore things further?

If you are keen to see whether this life-changing experience is for you, you can contact Rohan or Graham on info@teenranch.com.au and we'll arrange a time to chat some more.

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