YOUTH GROUP - We are excited to announce our initial plans to engage with our youth at CFBC. This will start with a Youth Class run on Sunday mornings on a one-month-on and one-month-off schedule. This time together is meant to help bridge being in Sunday School to actively participating in our church family.
When? Youth will be dismissed after worship on October 13, 20, 27, and November 3rd. Following these 4 weeks, Youth will be expected to re-join with the adult service. The next month 'on' will be in December.
Who? We will define youth as being too old for Sunday School till the end of grade 12. Practically speaking, this means it is for grades 7 to 12 students.
Goals - There are many goals for starting a group like this. Some of the primary ones on our mind would include.
Developing community amongst others in their peer group and fostering mentoring relationships with older generations.
To grow in ownership of their faith journey. Challenging Youth to use their gifts by engaging in service of the Church body and their communities Helping Youth to bridge to adult participation in small groups and corporate worship
My Youth is serving during one of our meeting times - If a youth is scheduled to serve in Sunday School/Worship/Propresenter, etc - they should NOT cancel. We want to encourage service, so they are meeting one of our primary goals for the group! They can attend whenever they are not serving in other capacities.