{"id":398,"date":"2023-10-30T14:06:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T13:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirchensteuerwirkt.ch\/children-youth-young-adults\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:58:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:58:46","slug":"children-youth-young-adults","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kirche-wirkt.ch\/en\/children-youth-young-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Children, young people, and young adults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div    class=\"accordion color-lilac\">\n  <div class=\"container-xxl\">\n    <div class=\"col-lg-10 offset-lg-2\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header-title\">4186 children, young people and leaders<\/h2>\n        <button class=\"accordion-header-button\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\"><\/button>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n          <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>are organized into 43 groups of the \u201cJungwacht Blauring\u201d (JuBla) youth organization and the &#8220;Pfadi&#8221; scouts that meet at regular intervals. About a quarter of them\u2014teenagers and young adults\u2014lead the activities of the JuBla and Pfadi on a voluntary basis; these activities include camping in tents, sitting around the campfire, going on adventures, and taking on shared responsibility for groups and activities.  Everyone is welcome to join, irrespective of nationality, origins or religion. The church taxes you pay enable us to support Jungwacht and Blauring financially.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jublazueri.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more about the \u201cJungwacht Blauring\u201d youth organization (German-language)<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div    class=\"accordion\">\n  <div class=\"container-xxl\">\n    <div class=\"col-lg-10 offset-lg-2\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header-title\">3324 counseling sessions<\/h2>\n        <button class=\"accordion-header-button\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\"><\/button>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n          <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>were conducted by the churches\u2019 \u201ckabel\u201d ecumenical apprenticeship ministry in 2024\/25. The ministry gives advice to people doing vocational training and to those who have terminated their apprenticeship of their own accord. It also provides counseling for parents, instructors, teachers, and other persons apprentices are in close contact with. This specialist department of the church has seven offices throughout the canton. Its mission is to find solutions, together with the apprentice concerned, whenever an apprentice faces a difficult situation. In Dietikon, Wetzikon and Winterthur, <a href=\"https:\/\/kabel-berufslehre.ch\/angebote\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;kabel&#8221;<\/a> is part of the services provided by the state.<br\/>The Youth Ministry Department (Jugendseelsorge), which has 9 employees, develops the fundamental policies for youth ministry in parishes and also produces work aids for practical work. It lobbies the churches and society on behalf of young people and young adults, and it also aims to give young people a voice in politics. As a specialist department, it offers advice and support in the following four areas: confirmation, altar-server ministry, open youth-ministry, and spirituality.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/jugendseelsorge.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Youth Ministry Department (Fachstelle Jugendarbeit) (German-language)<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div    class=\"accordion color-lilac\">\n  <div class=\"container-xxl\">\n    <div class=\"col-lg-10 offset-lg-2\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header-title\">316 events<\/h2>\n        <button class=\"accordion-header-button\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Toggle accordion\"><\/button>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"col-md-10\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n          <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>were held in the \u201cjenseits im Viadukt\u201d venue in 2022. This special location in the middle of Zurich puts on events for the church\u2019s young people that are refreshingly different. The events carried out under viaduct arches No. 11 and 12 in Zurich West have three focal points: culture, sustainability, and spirituality. Events include talks, debates and religious services, as well as concerts, theater performances and meditation. The venue is open to all, irrespective of nationality, origins or religion.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/jenseitsimviadukt.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The venue \u201cjenseits im Viadukt\u201d (German-language)<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1051,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-398","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Children, young people, and young adults - Kirche Wirkt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kirche-wirkt.ch\/en\/children-youth-young-adults\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Children, young people, and young adults - 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