Night of Hope
●Melbourne · Wednesday 17 June 2026
A night of prayer and praise for children’s and youth ministry across Australia.
- When
- Wed 17 Jun
- Time
- 7:30–9:00 pm
- Where
- St Paul's Cathedral
- Cost
- Free
“I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.”
Acts 2:17
Photograph · Patrick Hendry
The burden
We're praying
for a generation.
Across Australia, faithful children’s and youth ministry workers, Sunday school teachers and school chaplains turn up every week to tell children about Jesus. Many do it tired. Many do it without a team. Many do it wondering if anyone is praying for them.
The need is plain. A generation is being formed by a thousand voices that are not the voice of the Good Shepherd.
We’re not pretending it isn’t hard. And we are not pretending God is silent in response to our prayers either.
The Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is still at work — calling, equipping, and drawing children to the Father.So on the seventeenth of June we’ll stop everything and ask Him to keep moving. We expect He will.
“Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labour in vain.”
The night
Ninety minutes,
held lightly,
held together.
A simple shape. Plenty of room for the Spirit to lead. You won’t be put on the spot, and you’ll never be far from a friendly face.
Gather & sung praise
Doors open from 7:30 pm. We begin the way the Church has always begun — with our voices lifted to the One who hears our prayers.
Scripture & a Word of Hope
Anchoring messages from Children's and Youth Ministers and God’s Word — naming the work, naming the hope, setting our prayer on the Firm Foundation.
Guided prayer for children’s and youth ministry
Together we’ll bring the names, the schools, the churches, the workers and the children before the Father - Praying out loud, in groups and in moments of silence.
Response, blessing & sending
We finish with thanksgiving, a benediction, and the chance to be prayed for personally if that's something you’d like.
With thanks to
The friends standing
with us in this.
Will your church or ministry stand with us?
If you are interested in supporting this night and future events, please contact us at hello@ymfutures.com.au.
The place
St Paul’s Cathedral,
right in the heart of the city.
On the corner of Flinders and Swanston, opposite Federation Square. Walk out of Flinders Street Station and you’re there. Bring a friend.
- When
- Wednesday 17 June 2026
- Doors
- From 7:00 pm
- Begins
- 7:30 pm sharp
- Ends
- Around 9:00 pm
- Where
- St Paul's Cathedral
- Address
- Cnr Flinders & Swanston St, Melbourne
- Nearest train
- Flinders Street Station (across the road)
- Cost
- Free — registration helps us plan seating
The cathedral
Built 1880–1891.
Standing for 145 years.
Open for a Night of Hope.
A night of prayer and praise.
Photograph · Billy Joachim
The invitation
RSVP Today.
Registration helps us plan seating in the cathedral and lets us send you a reminder the week of, with directions and a short prayer guide for the lead-up.
Invite a friend. Invite your youth group leader. Invite the children’s and youth ministry team. There is room for anyone who cares about children's and youth ministry.
Youth Ministry
Futures
“A future where every young Australian has access to a youth minister who stays.”
Youth Ministry Futures is a cross-denominational fellowship working for well-formed, full-time, long-term youth ministry across Australia — youth ministry as a vocation, not a stepping stone. We’re applying to Australian youth ministry the mission-agency model that built CMS and Pioneers: recruiting, equipping, placing and sustaining the youth ministers our churches need.
Prayer is where it all begins. Night of Hope is one expression of that conviction.