DREAMING THE IMPOSSIBLE

Dreaming the Impossible is a youth movement for young people aged 12-18 from churches and youth organisations everywhere.

We are passionate about seeing young people meet Jesus and fearlessly follow him, believing that nothing is impossible with God.

DTI 2022

The story so far

DTI launched in 1999, running in the spring.
In 2019 we were invited by Mike Pilavachi to consider moving DTI from spring to summer.
In 2019 we raised £558,459 from our Vineyard Leaders’ Gathering to make this possible, starting in the summer of 2020.
During Covid we took the event fully online for 2020 and then were able to host it on Trent Vineyard’s large church campus in 2021 but with restricted numbers. Both events were subsidised from our 2019 offering.
After the disruption of Covid, we were able to launch our first summer festival in 2022.

2,419 delegates (excluding children (0-11), exhibitors and team).
The total number of people onsite was approximately 2,900.
270 children and young people became Christians for the first time or recommitted their lives to Jesus.
129 Churches were represented.
59% of the churches were not Vineyard churches.
Our reach included a couple of churches from Europe.
268 volunteers gave their time free of charge to facilitate the event.
In addition to the summer gathering, 55 young people became Christians for the first time or recommitted their lives to Jesus at our regional events, where approx 900 young people and youth leaders gathered.

We have now spent over £530,000 of the initial offering and are putting plans in place to be able to host 4500 delegates onsite, plus a 500-strong volunteer team. This will require additional investment to secure the longevity of DTI.

As we look to the future of both initiatives, we would welcome investment to help accelerate growth and strengthen the offering available.

An investment in the next generation

Youth Festival

Grow our summer youth festival to serve the UK church and make space for every network, movement and denomination; welcoming thousands of teenagers every year.
Training Youth Leaders

Serve the local church by equipping local youth leaders around the year with tools, networks and resources that help their youth group to flourish in their walk with Jesus.
National Network

Establish a network of events around the year, designed to gather, train, equip, and resource teenagers, so that faith and love for Jesus grows and impact their local community.