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Tuesday Nights March 2, 9, 16, 23 the high school youth will be leading out in sessions especially for middle schoolers! After the Lenten supper and service high school and middle school youth will watch a DVD of various speakers from the 2009 Gathering in New Orleans. Discussion will follow and youth will answer questions and share from there experiences to prepare the middle schoolers for their NOLA trip in 2012. |
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The Youth ministry team works to build a strong and meaningful Youth program at St. John's. It is the purpose of this ministry to incorporate into our young people the following principles: ministry, fellowship, discipleship, evangelism, worship, and service. Our spirit-led activities are highlighted by: Youth Sunday, Shrove Tuesday (pancake supper), the Super Bowl Sub sale, the Shekinah retreat (middle school), the Chrysalis retreat (high school), and the Christmas Breakfast for Elementary School youth. We all know that it takes an entire community to raise our children. The St. John's congregation is such a community - caring ad nurturing. |
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The Youth of the church are people whose faith needs to be nurtured and developed. They are also people who offer a different way of understanding our faith. The congregation should develop ways to both teach and nurture our youth and develop ways for our youth to teach and inspire adults with their joy and enthusiasm.
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Create opportunities for mutual ministries (i.e. ways in which youth can express their faith and enthusiasm to the rest of the congregation as well as ways youth themselves can be enriched)
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Improve communication to the congregation concerning all the things the youth in fact do
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Follow-up on synod and national church youth events so that the congregation can benefit from the youth experience at these events
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Focus on Middle School youth focusing on finding a way to coordinate more fellowship activities by seeking out a volunteer to organize them
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Continue work with confirmation and high school youth and coordinate Confirmation Class activities with social events to maintain group cohesion
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Address the creation of a paid Youth Worker position
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