Youth Programs  

Sunday School - A common Sunday School experience is offered for all youth, grades 7-12. Led by a dedicated team of teachers, we develop our own session plans. In addition to our own materials, we use curriculum published by a variety of resource providers, such as Smyth & Helwys, Youth Specialties, and Group Publishing.

Retreats – In the fall we attend the state-wide Cooperative Youth Ministries Retreat that is held at a different church location each year throughout the state of Kentucky. For our spring retreat we get out of town to a retreat center so we can focus on building our group unity through discipleship and life skills development.

Summer Trip - We take our youth on a meaningful summer trip each year. Usually, these trips have a strong service-project orientation, but we occasionally take a discipleship-oriented trip. We are committed to not doing the same trip more than twice in any three-year period so as to keep the experience fresh and new. Our past three trips have been to Tampa, FL; Hendersonville, NC; and Green Lake, WI and this year we will be traveling to Gulfport, MS to help with hurricane reconstruction.

Missions Service – We are a missions minded group. Our youth group participates with local organizations such as The Ronald McDonald House and God’s Pantry as well as larger organizations such as World Vision.

Sunday Nights - We conduct a discipleship training program on Sunday nights as a counterbalance for the Sunday morning Bible study. Sunday nights are a time for us to read the Bible and apply it to our daily lives. We begin our time together with a meal that the parents provide.

Wednesday Nights Our Wednesday nights consist of a time of fellowship where we ‘check-in’ with each other to see how our weeks have been and what the rest of the week will be like. We also use Wednesday night as a time of reflection allowing the Bible to read us through spiritual disciplines such as lectio divina and Ignatian Contemplation.

Youth PlusEvery third Sunday night of the month we spend an extra hour together to focus on group building. We do a series of group building exercises that stretch and challenge us to become a tighter group.

Monthly Fellowship Activities - Understanding that play is an important part of human development and group-building, we work to offer at least one fellowship event each month. These include such things as lock-ins, parties, athletic events, go-cart racing, canoe trips, amusement park trips, skiing, and movies.

 

 

 

     
 

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