Anglican youth officer retires

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33106, 22 December 1972, Page 10

Anglican youth officer retires

Mr P. Calder, the diocesan youth officer for the Anglican Church will retire on Friday after three years with the board of Christian education. Mr Calder, a familiar figure at any ecumenical programme for youth which promised new ideas, spent most of his time reviewing the Church’s challenge to youth, training leaders, experimenting with new forms of worship, and co-ordinating youth programmes and groups. He maintains that the discovery of a relevant form of, worship is the key to keeping young people in the churches rather than expen-j penting with novel activities. j

I "Instead of trying to solve i problems at the youth level, a change of worship would change the allegiance of the ; young people,” he said. He defined worship as a J community of people coming together to express the life they had. “Worship should reflect the people and how they feel. The language of worship needs to be questioned. More spontaneity is needed.” In his place an executive officer will be appointed who will continue with more general work. The Board of Christian Education will assume responsibility for assessing the needs and opinions of young people. Mr Calder has no immediate plans for the future.