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 Welcome to St. Mark’s Youth Group! Here at St. Mark’s we love
Youth and believe that they can be a powerful force in the life of today’s church. That is why we are a community that is dedicated to providing a place for youth to meet
Christ and come to know him personally. We believe there is no gift more powerful, life-changing, and necessary for youth today, than what happens when their journey collides
with that of their Creator. Once a youth meets and truly experiences God in Christ, it is impossible for them to remain unchanged. Christ offers a love that transforms and
creates new life. His love is a love that saves lives. We pray that St. Mark’s can be a place where youth collide with Christ and become forever changed.
Our Youth Ministry seeks to offer a variety of channels each month in which our Youth can encounter the life-giving God. Through fellowship, service and Christian study our
young people can find a community to call their own wherein they can grow together in their knowledge and love of the triune God.
If you would like to receive a monthly e-newsletter detailing all of our upcoming activities, please me and I’ll make sure that you do!
In His hands,
Katie
Each month, the events of our ministry contain elements of fellowship, service, and study. Please read on to see examples of just some of the good times we've had together.
Come out and join us!
FELLOWSHIP:
The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. – Exodus 33:11 – From the very beginning, we were all made for friendships. We just aren't complete
without them. The Lord can use our friendships to show us love, support and strength. That is why we provide events every month for purpose of encouraging new and growing friendships.
Fellowship events we have done in the past include: Water-Balloon Volleyball tournaments; Sports challenges with neighboring churches; trips to Busch Gardens or King’s Dominion;
Board Game Nights; Christian Concerts; and Lock-ins like our ever-popular annual Video Game Olympics complete with gold, silver and broze medals!
SERVICE:
You were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. – Galatians 5:13 Young people today have so
many choices for how to spend their time. A disciples of Christ, we are free people. We believe that a large part of this freedom comes from the blessing of serving others.
Because we desire to encourage an attitude of service among our Youth, we offer them every opportunity to give back to the community around them. Some of the ways our Youth
have served in the past include: Making meals at the Ronald McDonald House; Serving dinner at the Roanoke Rescue Mission; Cooking and delivering meals for those in need of encouragement within
our church family; Doing yard work for the elderly or ailing; Collecting food for local food banks; Educating others on issues of genocide such as that in the Darfur region of Sudan; Helping with home repair and children’s ministries
through annual summer mission trips for both Junior and Senior High Youth.
STUDY:
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, and to the breaking of bread and to prayer. – Acts 2:42 Before we can live into who
we are called to be, we must learn who we are called to be and we must come to a deeper understanding of the One who calls us. Every week we give our Youth an opportunity to
learn about the One who offers the Good News, or Gospel to us. That Good News is that in Jesus Christ, we are offered NEW LIFE EVERY DAY. In receiving that offering, we can
experience the Resurrection blessing of Christ, today, tomorrow and every day on into eternity with our Creator. Sunday mornings from 9:45-10:45, the "Journey" class meets
downstairs in our Youth Room. This class is often used for our Confirmation track as it helps to educate our Youth in the basics of the heritage of Christianity and what it means
to claim the name Christian. Each Wednesday afternoon we offer a time of fellowship followed by a basic bible or topic study from 4:15-6:00pm also in the Youth Room. And for
those Youth who are looking for a more in-depth study of our faith, we offer a small group ministry specifically geared for young people that meets weekly in the home of
one of our church members.
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