Youth
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Foundation
When we look at a building we see what it has become: the beautiful windows, the strong arches and pillars, the smooth and shiny floors. However, there must be a strong foundation underneath or the building will fall no matter how attractive or elaborate it is. The goal of the All Saints’ youth program is to build a strong foundation in each member’s faith.
Sunday Morning Classes
10:00-10:45 a.m.
We know it’s hard to pull sleepy teenagers out of bed on Sunday mornings, which is why we try hard to offer Sunday morning programs for our youth that they will want to participate in. Our youth take part in the biblically-based Journey to Adulthood program, a complete youth ministry program of spiritual formation for 7th – 12th grades. From Bible study to playful activities, these classes are definitely worth waking up for!
Where does my child go?
Sunday school classes for youth are divided into two groups: Rite 13 and Senior High Sunday School.
Grades 7 & 8: Rite 13 and Confirmation
Location: Youth Room 2 (upstairs over the church offices)
Rite 13 is our program for 7th & 8th grade youth. It is a two-year exploration of the gift of manhood or womanhood and the gift of creative energy.
The 7th graders celebrate a special Rite-13 Liturgy loosely based on the Jewish bar/bat mitzvah tradition. This Rite of Passage includes a weekend retreat, rehearsal dinner and a special service where our entire congregation comes together to honor our young people and offer support to their families during these challenging years. It is very important that we create a “community” with these teens, so that they genuinely enjoy being together and look forward to seeing each other on Sundays. Each year this group goes on weekend retreats to Camp McDowell, plus they participate in other outreach projects such as our Angel Tree Ministry and All Saints’ Service Saturdays. In spring, we offer a program called “God’s Gift of Sexuality” as part of our Rite 13 program. Confirmation lessons take place over a 2-year cycle and are incorporated into the Rite 13 Curriculum. Teens will be confirmed when they are in the 8th grade.
Grades 9-12: Sr. High Sunday School
Location: Youth Room 1 (upstairs over the church offices)
re:form is a totally new approach to youth ministry that trusts youth to wrestle with the historic Christian faith and theology. re:form includes two DVD’s with 40 hilarious animated short films that frame the theological questions that youth really ask, and an Anti-Workbook that’s chock full of individual and group activities.
re:form Ancestors is a youth Bible study that explores the ancestors of our faith by exposing the real, unpolished and unexpected personalities of Old and New Testament characters. With re:form Ancestors youth discover similarities between themselves and the many unlikely people selected by God to do extraordinary things.
Making it Real and Relevant: This curriculum engages youth in examining a passage of the Bible. Each lesson makes use of small and/or large group discussion, activities, and popular music and/or video clips that encourage the participants to discover that God, Christ, the Bible and one’s faith and values are all real and relevant to their lives.
Youth Sunday school classes will not meet on December 25 or January 1.
Note: Youth Sunday school classes will not meet on December 26 or January 2.
Sunday Night
Jr. EYC, Grades 7-8:
Once a month, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Location: we usually start in Youth Room 1, unless otherwise specified.
Sr. EYC, Grades 9-12:
5:30-7:30 p.m. (most Sundays)
Location: we usually start in Youth Room 1, unless otherwise specified.
Youth come together in our Sunday evening meetings to learn, discuss life, play, serve others, and to pray. There is time to just talk and find out what’s going on with each other, and then there is prayer time. Sometimes we will be in the church and sometimes we will be doing activities outside of the church. This is always a lot of fun! Sometimes all the grades meet together, and sometimes they are divided into Jr. EYC for 7th and 8th graders, and Sr. EYC for 9th grade and up.
Special Events
Our youth take part in plenty of outreach activities and great trips, including an annual beach trip, working with YouthServe, skiing in North Carolina, whitewater rafting on the Ocoee, to Sewanee for Lessons and Carols, and to Horse Pens 40 to hike and climb boulders. EYC is a time for deep learning, but also great fun!
