Youth

Youth Fellowship

 

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Sunday Church School
Room 302

Classes for youth kick-off on September 11.

Youth explore their personal and communal identity in Jesus Christ through meaningful community-building experiences, engaging Bible study, and relevant learning activities. The Feasting on the Word curriculum helps Biblical stories come alive in new and creative ways and challenges youth to put their faith into action as they grow to understand themselves as Christ’s disciples

Eric Peterson teaches youth church school classes.
 

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Music Programs
Chancel Choir (for age 13 to adult) rehearses during the school year on Tuesdays from 6:00pm to 7:25pm in the Choir Room.

Angelus Bells (for age 13 to adult) rehearses on Tuesdays at 7:30pm in the Bell Room.

 

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Retreats
The youth go on an annual fall retreat to Mo-Ranch near Hunt or Camp Tejas located near Giddings. In the spring they attend Conclaves sponsored by the Presbytery of New Covenant at Camp Cho-Yeh near Livingston.
 

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Leadership Opportunities
All youth may apply to serve on the Youth Ministry Council of our church along with adults interested in the youth program. This group plans and helps implement all the events of our youth program.

Senior High youth are also invited to serve on the Presbytery Youth Connection Council. Youth must fill out applications for this council in the summer and submit them to the Presbytery of New Covenant office for consideration.
 

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Youth Summer Camps & Conferences
Youth have the opportunity to attend summer camp at Cho-Yeh or conferences at Mo-Ranch with scholarship help from the church. Cho-Yeh offers summer camp opportunities for youth up to 16 years of age. Christian Leadership Training sessions are held for older youth. For more information or to register for a session see www.cho-yeh.org.

Groups from our church attend Junior High Jubilee, Youth Celebration and Mo-TLC (The Leadership Conference) at Mo-Ranch each summer. Our Mid-Highs attend Junior High Jubilee, our Senior Highs attend Youth Celebration and selected Senior Highs attend Mo-TLC.
 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL READINGS
designed for Youth and Youth Leaders

The website, d365.org, is co-sponsored by the Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the PC(USA). Unlike devotions that simply offer a Scripture and reading, the devotions on d365.org feature a five-step process. The five steps are:
 
    1.  Pause. Take a moment to prepare yourself, with guidance from the website
    2.  Listen. Hear God’s message in the daily Scripture
    3.  Think. Ponder the devotional thought and consider how it applies to your life
    4.  Pray. Say a suggested prayer (or use the one provided to get you started)
    5.  Go. Apply the message to your life //