Young people, the Millennium Chapel and Paceville

Abstract

The Millennium Chapel is an oasis of peace and solitude for those that seek its service. Located in the heart of Paceville, it lies amid the contrasts that normally characterise this hub of activity, which accommodates the thousands of youth that visit it for entertainment purposes. This study explores how young people relate to this needed project. In conducting the study the author used the method called triangulation. This involves two in-depth interviews with competent persons who manage the chapel, the distribution of two hundred questionnaires and use of direct observation. In this work I have attempted to evaluate and see if the objectives of the Millennium Chapel were being attained. I consider this area as quite unexplored and hope that my findings although limited might illuminate us and give us some indications. I discussed various subjects in conjunction with this area under study that are supported by theories and the expert literature available. This included development, faith, morality, spirituality, models of a church, the challenges young people face in their spiritual life and finally youth ministry that focuses on the outreach dimension. Modern forms of worship were also outlined. I hope that the reader will be enlightened about this particular subject concerning young people, where they can be in a situation where they can socialise but also know how to be silent and personal in their contact with God, within the contrasting elements of the Millennium Chapel and Paceville.