Youth
St. Martins Youth Ministry
Contact: C.J. Winger
Thrive
Thrive youth group is a ministry that is run by the youth for the youth and that stimulates exploration of Christian concepts in everyday life. Thrive centralizes around Hot Topics, drawing discussions, activities and guest speakers around topics that are engaging and relevant to teenage life, all in the context of food, fun, and fellowship. Thrive meets Sunday nights between 5 and 7 in Christian Education rooms 6 & 7 in session parallel with the school calendar. We welcome anyone currently between grades 6 through 12.
For more information contact St. Martins Youth Coordinator C.J. Winger.
Preliminary THRIVE Youth Group Calendar Aug– Dec 2009
Aug 30: Games Night
Sept 6: Hot Topic: Teen Pressures
Sept 13: Kickoff BBQ after church, 11 AM no evening youth group
Sept 20: Six Flags Trip
Sept 27: Hot Topic: World Justice
Oct 4: Question and Answers: What do Christians believe?
Oct 11: Murder Mystery Night
Oct 18: Haunted House
Oct 25: No Youth Group – SEARCH weekend
Nov 1: Getting a Job: Careers and Starting your own Business
Nov 8: Hot Topic: Wealth and Christianity
Nov 15: Bowling Night
Nov 22: Music and Karaoke Night
Nov 29: 30 Hour Famine Weekend
Dec 6: Hot Topic: Drugs and Alcohol
Dec 13: Hot Topic: Suicide
Dec 20: Christmas Party
Youth Council
Thrive ministry is made possible by the leadership and planning of the youth themselves by a group known as the Youth Council. The Youth Council offers up high school students leadership experience and adult mentoring in a nurturing Christian environment, stimulating the dynamic and engaging youth ministry present at St. Martins.
For more information contact C.J. Winger.
Big Questions, a multimedia curriculum designed specifically for teens, is offered for our Junior and Senior High School students. Teens participate in animated discussion centered on themes from the Sunday cycle of readings (Revised Common Lectionary) that parallel themes in their daily lives, giving them a chance to explore how they react to and live out their faith in a secular world. Multimedia meditations, audio and video clips, and print media help to stimulate discussion. Sundays @ 10:15.
Contact: Diane Bamforth
