FOR YOUTH
Wednesday Night Youth Gathering from 7-9 pm
Junior and Senior high youth meet each Wednesdays for food, fellowship and formation in the Labyrinth area. All are welcome to join us!
6 PM LifeStreams Music Rehearsal - come join us!
Contact Gayle Gottlich (563-1452) for details on activities.
Journey
to Adulthood (J2A)
is a complete youth ministry program of spiritual formation for 6th
- 12th grades. It uses Bible study, prayer, rites of passage, outreach
ministries and both serious and playful activities to underscore its
core messages:
1) Manhood and womanhood are free gifts from God.
2) Adulthood must be earned.
There are three
phases of the program:
Rite
13 for
all Junior High youth
Rite 13 is the first year of the Journey to Adulthood program (J2A). J2A is a program through the national Episcopal Church that helps youht develop their own faith as well as be accompanied on their journey into adulthood, becoming adults in the church and feeling as though they own their faith as they leave for college.
We cover topics including:
- Prayer
- Social justice
- Ourselves in the image of God
- Images of God
- Decision making
- Gender stereotypes
- Faith and trust
We will use creative ways to learn about all aspects of faith and living a life of faith. We will periodically have special classes that relate to the LifeStreams service. Classes will be taught either by the Youth Mentors or parishioners who are specifically skilled at the topic at hand.
J2A
for 9th and 10th grades
This is a continuation of the topics discussed in Rite 13, but on a more mature and deeper level appropriate to older youth. We will periodically have supplemental lessons outside of Sunday morning. Additional topics include:
- Christian Meditation and Prayer
- Sexuality
YAC
(Young Adults
in Church) for 11th grade and above
Our focus for the YAC group this year is to help them find ministries within the church of which they can be a part. The first six weeks will be spent in developing their leadership and ministry skills and interests. They they will spend formation time in service and ministry or visiting in the adult or intergenerational formation classes. We will have monthly YAC meetings on Sunday mornings to guide them in their ministry as well as occasionally during Wednesday Night Live and Sunday afternoons.
The youth will have personal mentors to help them in their ministry. They will have the chance to change ministries or add onto their first choice as well. Our goal is to support our older youth as they become adults in the church and discover their minsitry.