Local ministry background:
When Marek first became a member of the HY ministry workers team in January 2018, he was an active member of the International Christian Fellowship Praha. Then he felt strong God’s calling to move to the North Bohemia to work with children in excluded localities. He always has had a great heart for children and teenagers.
During his adolescence he had dealt with some difficulties. Thanks God he got over it and today he can serve to children who are in similar live situations.
From the very beginning of Marek’s cooperation, his ministry was quite unique! He is the leading musician and speaker of the project ‘On the Waves of Friendship’. He is the one who initiated this project and was able to gain some valuable co-workers for it. With his musical group, he developed educational and motivational programs for schools. He used quite interesting combination of the concert and the HY program afterwards. These programs are on the specific topic; for example, love, friendship, bullying, social networks, using the leisure time. Marek’s main topic was especially bullying at school and also out of the school.
Concerts helped him to make a special contact with children. Many of them kept in touch with Marek and communicated with him on social media about the concert topics or about their live issues.
During the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic, when educational concerts were not possible, Marek established close cooperation with the local football club. He trains young footballers there. He works with children in excluded localities in his area and offers health exercise classes to children in local schools. He also organizes various activities for the children he trains outside of regular training: sleepovers, weekend tournaments, suburban camps, summer camps, etc.
He would like to expand his current ministry among children by offering HY programs to schools in his region. He’d like to focus on helping against racism and matching children across social classes.
In the year 2024 he started cooperation with the non-profit organization called Ethical and Character education.
Visit the reportage from Marek’s program and taste the atmosphere of this special type of ministry:
October 2018
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How he became a HY Worker:
In the beginning, Marek had been involved in the service in the church and in the voluntary help for the prisoners and their children.
Before he brought his project ‘On the Waves of Friendship’ to life, he had had it in his mind and his heart for more than three years. He was thinking about the project where he would combine his joy for music and desire to serve children and youth. He began this project together with his friends, professional musicians, in September 2017.
Program topics and resource:
Marek developed his own agenda with specific topics which correspond to the themes of the concerts. He also cooperates closely with the National Helpline for children and youth.
Topics he offers are:
Love
Friendship
Bully
Social media
Use of leisure time
In the year 2024 Marek joined the non-profit organization called Ethical and Character education. This Christian organization offers HY programs from the series called ‘Respect to Life’.
Feedback
“I am very glad that I chose this project for our school. Students were enthusiastic, my colleagues were satisfied. I have not experienced anything like that for a long time. The words were absolutely appropriate and understandable for kids. Interesting lyrics, melodies and performance filled with sincerity and joy from singing also for kids.
Many thanks and praise!
The movie clip about the hot line was perfect and children loved its performance. They enjoyed it. The 9th grade students appreciated especially free moving and great atmosphere.
And another response in the everyday situations appeared immediately today – one boy from the 8th grade said to another one with a resolute voice during the break: ‘You put up your hand at the concert that you are not going to laugh at anyone anymore. So do not laugh at me!’
It was really great. And the most amazing thing is that you were able to approach the children and they did not see you just like some “stars“. Thank you for the autograph session as well. I wish you a lot of successful concerts and once again many thanks from the whole school.”
A teacher