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GYM: Guildford Youth Movement is a youth project run by St Joseph's RC Church, Guildford
 
Mission Statement
GYM is an open, accepting, non-judgemental and fun environment for young people in the Guildford area where they can grow as a community. GYM seeks to understand, encourage and empower young people aged between 13-18 years of age, in their search for meaning of life for today and provides a model of how Jesus met with people.
 
The History
Tim Spurgeon was invited by Fr Ian (former parish Priest for St Joseph's) to set up GYM, with the remit to create a 'youth movement' rather than a 'youth club'. The idea behind a youth movement was to create an environment for young people in the Guildford area where they could grow as a community. Tim says "For me, GYM has come to represent a model of the way in which Jesus met with people, on one level - open, accepting, non-judgemental and yet at the same time a powerful, life-changing encounter". After 5 years of amazing work at St Jo's, Tim is taking a well deserved break to spend some quality time with his family in lucky NZ.
 
The Present
GYM is now run by , who was appointed as Parish youth coordinator for St Joseph's Church in September 2007. We have been exploring discipleship at GYM this year through "Discipleship Training Series 1 - My New Life" by Tim Hawkins.