Youth Mission

Mission Week in York 2011

Youth Ministry

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The purpose of the First Presbyterian Church Youth Ministry is to encourage youth to establish and nurture a loving and meaningful personal relationship with Jesus Christ through fun, fellowship, prayer, discipleship, worship and shared faith.

The Youth Ministry also seeks to support families of youth through parent education, small group support, and basic counseling services.

Every year, the junior and senior high youth participate in mission. Mission is what we do about what we believe. It is about being the hands and feet of Jesus. It is about putting our faith into practice. We provide several opportunities to do mission each summer. Here are the opportunities for this summer:

The Great Escape

The Great Esacpe is a week long camp for junior high students at the University of Pittsburgh in Johnstown. It is organized by Youth Conference Ministries. The Great Escape includes small group bible studies, opportunities for fellowship, games, and daily worship. To read more about The Great Escape, you may go to the Youth Conference Ministries website at ycmhome.org. To find out about the details of our trip, please click here. I NFO

York Mission Week

York Mission Week is a week of mission work in York City, sponsored by Asbury United Methodist Church. Youth gather on Sunday July 8th for opening worship. Work begins on July 9th and lasts all week. The youth are placed in teams at different mission sites around the city. This year we will be working on various construction projects as well as at The Martin Memorial Library, The York Rescue Mission, The Garden of Hope, and The York County food bank. In the evenings there are activities, such as the weekly prayer walk, and worship. To find out more about York Mission Week, please click here INFO

The Senior High Mission Trip

This year, the senior high group will be headed to Nassau, Bahamas– to the part of Nassau the toursits don't see. We will be hosted by a mission organization called Team Effort (http://www.teameffort.org/). We will be working in a neighborhood all week, mostly doing construction-based ministry. And, we will be staying at Global Village Church. To learn more about this trip, please click here. INFO

Jr. High (grades 6-8) Ministry

This group meets on a weekly basis from September through May on Sunday afternoons from 5:00-6:30 p.m. These meetings include fellowship time, games, snacks, music, small group experiences, and scripture-based lessons. The leadership for this group is composed of the Associate Pastor as well as male and female youth leaders. Some of the junior high activities include: lock-ins, retreats, outreach activities, mission trips, the St. Valentine's Feaste, trips to Hersheypark, bowling, and snow tubing..

Senior High Ministry

This group meets on a weekly basis from September through May on Sunday evenings from 6:30pm-8pm. These meetings include fellowship time, games, music, small group experiences, and scripture based lessons. The leadership of this group is composed of the Associate Pastor and male and female youth leaders. Some activities include: the annual lock-out, fundraisers for mission trips, training for international mission trips, holiday parties, the Crop Walk, outreach activities, laser tag, and annual summer mission trip.

All Youth Activities

The youth sponsor a Spaghetti Dinner and/or Auction about every other year to help off set the cost of retreats and mission trips. The Middle school and the Senior high youth groups are involved in mission projects, not only locally in York but also the surrounding areas. The Senior High summer mission trip is out of the United States every other year. All the youth are involved with the St. Valentine's Day Feaste in February, which is a dinner theatre held in February, and has become a very valuable tradition not only to the youth but also to the entire church of First Presbyterian

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