Local ministry background:
Jaromir became a Christian in Moravian Church in Liberec. For 7 years he used to work as a part of the team of other Healthy Youth Workers in schools in Liberec. During that time, he became an experienced HY Worker for elementary and secondary schools and he also began to train new co-workers.
Then he with his family was sent to a smaller town called Sobotka in order to get involved in recently started church planting work of the local Moravian Church. Jaromir began his ministry in the area of spiritual activities and activities aimed to serve the public.

In 2016 he received an offer from the church leadership to replace HY Worker Miloslav Fanta. After many years in ministry Miloslav decided to return back to working in the education profession as a teacher. So, he was looking for somebody he could “pass the baton” of his school ministry in the Mlada Boleslav region to. It eventually became apparent that these events had a precise timing. Together they visited a number of schools where Miloslav had been lecturing for many years.
Jaromir Babka was accepted as a member of the INCZ Healthy Youth Workers team in June 2016. His lecturing activities focus on Sobotka, Mlada Boleslav and the surrounding area.

In the year 2016 Jaromir also started to lead the HY ministry programs in cooperation with his wife Katerina. She joined the INCZ Healthy Youth Workers team in September 2019. Jaromir and Katerina have proved to be a very successful teaching tandem and the schools are even more appreciative of their work.

In the year 2022 they started a very promising cooperation with the non-profit Christian organization called Christian Youth Academy. Under the auspices of this organization, they offer a comprehensive range of HY programs from the certified program series ‘Respect for Life’.

In 2024, Katerina and Jaromir participated in the establishment of an independent non-profit organization called Ethical and Character Education which provides the service to some of the HY ministry workers.

 

Visit the reportages from Jaromir’s programs and taste the atmosphere of this work:
March 2022, March 2017

More about programs

How he became a HY Worker:
Jaromir originally studied furniture-making and he used to work in this field for some time. He has got actively engaged in working with the youth in the church and later he also started the ministry in schools with the local workers team in Liberec.

“Apart from lecturing, I learnt to coordinate orders from schools and communicate with school leaders and methodologists of prevention. After I have completely taken over the programs for higher elementary schools and started lecturing them by myself, another colleague of mine began handing me over his programs for secondary and grammar schools.
Subsequently I progressed to the position of a senior HY Worker who trains new co-workers for higher elementary schools and who works as a HY Worker for high schools and grammar schools.”

Jaromir and Katerina are passionate about working with youth and children. They are always looking for ways to give today’s young generation some really meaningful time. In addition to the HY programs, they want to offer children a youth leisure club where they can build on the programs they have attended and the conversations they have started.

 

Program topics and resource:
At first, Jaromir’s work was auspiced by the Lighthouse. That is a Christian organization in Liberec and its work is firmly based on the very active local Moravian Church. While gaining experience and skills Jaromir created his own agenda with topics tailored to the needs of local schools and children.

He offers:
– HY programs from the series called ‘Respect to Life’
– HY programs from the series called ‘Spiritual Heritage’
– project days focused on problematic class collectives

Feedback

“The programs for the kids were interesting and entertaining, the atmosphere was friendly and nice. Students worked in a community circle or in groups. Mr. Babka was good at answering and responding to their questions and comments. He was well able to cope with the difficult kids, too. He even gave us immediate feedback (about a problematic girl) and offered professional help. The topics of the programs covered the real problems of the children. The HY Worker is able to adapt them to the very specific needs of a given class.”
A teacher

“I liked The Beauty topic. I realized that everybody in the world is unique, looks unique and acts unique, so it is useless to compare self with others, because we all are different.”
A student

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