Leadership Week Stories
We loved spending time with 66 young leaders on Zoom for a week at the end of July, exploring perseverance, resilience, emotional health and identity in leadership. Here are just four of their stories:
Naomi
22, OXFORD
I always leave Onelife events with a greater excitement about God and the ways in which my relationship with him can become richer and impact the world around me more significantly.
The Leadership Week was no exception. Every session found a good balance between pure fun, teaching, time with God and time in community. That in and of itself provides a great model for leadership, before you even get to the teaching content itself which was up-to-date with the demands facing leaders today and taught with such vulnerability and authority.
I personally have never encountered an organisation who love so openly and invest so deeply. Onelife know exactly how to equip up-and-coming leaders so that they feel inspired to love God more and empowered to live for him.
Chloe
18, CHORLEYWOOD
The Leadership Week was an encouraging, faith-building week of meeting in a safe, online space to step into leadership with Jesus. From hearing challenging testimonies and talks about different elements of leadership to opening up about my own experiences in breakout rooms, the week taught me more about myself and my potential. Despite being online the whole time, I felt as though the whole group really bonded and went on this journey together!
That leadership is about stepping out in faith to lead not by myself but with Jesus at the wheel, putting the team effort ahead of my own goals and abilities. Onelife has inspired in me a people-first approach to any team or situation.
Bethan
19, LOUGHBOROUGH
I loved exploring different worship styles that didn't include singing, this has really opened my eyes to different ways of encountering God.
The teaching sessions were really valuable and rich in content. I valued hearing different voices and the interaction for all sessions, this made the week feel like we were physically together, even though we were not.
Onelife is the first and only place I have found practical tools to help me live for and be with Jesus... so a massive thanks for continuing to follow God's call because you are making a difference!
Josh
21, BRIGHTON
The Leadership Week was a really rich resource with such insight and wisdom. I enjoyed hearing from leaders in a variety of contexts who have gone before me, learning from their stories, and I loved the community of those joining each call. I really cherished the time of prayer and ministry afterwards.
No one is born a leader, but leadership is a skill set and a lifestyle. I can't think of a better environment to glean these qualities from than Onelife.