Youth Ministries Overview
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3:00 p.m. Supervised free time: games and recreation, study hall, conversation rooms 4:00 p.m. John Knox Boy Choir 5:00 p.m. Homework helpers on request. Bible study group with Kent Smith. 5:30 p.m. Meal for Middle School and High School Youth ($5.00) 6:00 p.m. High School Evening Barn, Middle School options, HighPoint Ringers 6:30 p.m. Calvin Bells 7:15 p.m. Senior High Choir/Middle School Evening Barn (Study Hall will be available throughout) Pictures from the FOCUS Lock-in and the All Youth Picnic are now uploaded to our Flickr site. If you do not have access, be sure to email Kent@westside.org for an invitation. Sunday, September 12th - Rally Day 8:45 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Church School for all ages - Visions - 6th grade in room 313 & 7th grade in room 315; SWAT - Senior High in the barn 11:15 a.m. Worship 12:30 p.pm Picnic |
To learn more about Teen and Young Adult Ministries, contact Rev. Kent Smith, at 201-652-1966, ext. 12, kaylin@westside.org, AIM: westsidekent and on Facebook.
Forms and Sign-up Sheets. Downloadable items about our major events
including the once a year medical and photograph release forms.
Forms and Sign-up Sheets. Downloadable items about our major events
including the once a year medical and photograph release forms.
Youth Barn
The Youth Barn is a converted stable building on West Side's property that is used almost exclusively for classes and activities for teens and children. Church school classes meet there on Sundays, and much of the High Point program is held there. The two-story Barn is equipped with a kitchen, dining space, a meeting area, media center, computers, Fooseball and pool tables, pinball games, basketball court, and barbecue area.
All Youth Picnic: A once-a-year event that brings together all of West Sides Youth and their friends for food, fellowship and to find out more about the upcoming programs and activities. There are opportunities to sign up for particular activities and a slide show of last year's events.
HighPoint
HighPoint
HighPoint is West Side’s Tuesday program for middle and high school youth to be together and to serve God, church, and humanity. This is the spiritual “high point” of the week for many of our adolescents.
Middle school Sunday school for 6th and 7th grade 10:00 am on the 3rd floor of the CE building.
F.O.C.U.S. (Finding Ourselves in Christ through Unity and Service)
8th grade Confirmation Program
F.O.C.U.S. is West Side's confirmation program for 8th graders, in which members learn what it means for Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior and to actively live out their faith. See the FOCUS page for details.
F.O.C.U.S. is West Side's confirmation program for 8th graders, in which members learn what it means for Jesus Christ to be Lord and Savior and to actively live out their faith. See the FOCUS page for details.
S.W.A.T. (Sealed with a Theology)
Sunday school for senior high students
West Side's youth program includes a number of weekend and week-long activities that range from the Unknown Destination Trip to the Asheville Mission Trip. It is at these overnight activities when kids become close friends with the other kids.
Every summer West Side runs a middle school camp program at Henlopen State Park in Delaware. This popular program draws 60 plus middle schoolers, plus high schoolers as counselors and adults to cook, lead, drive, and supervise. Last year, more than 105 West Siders attended Henlopen in early July.
High School Henlopen is on! $100 deposit required for camper spots. Counselor applications are being received. We will need twice as many adults as in the past. Questions? Contact Kent at ext. 12, or email kent@westside.org.
See Our History at Cape Henlopen: 15 Years of Fun and Faith [pdf]
High School Henlopen is on! $100 deposit required for camper spots. Counselor applications are being received. We will need twice as many adults as in the past. Questions? Contact Kent at ext. 12, or email kent@westside.org.
See Our History at Cape Henlopen: 15 Years of Fun and Faith [pdf]
The youth of our church have an opportunity every other year to help the people of Reynosa, Mexico.
February, 2011 (tentative)
Every other year a group of high schoolers from our church travel to Reynosa, Mexico. This trip is open to 20 high school kids (with first preference given to juniors and seniors, then sophomores).
More than 6,000 Presbyterian youth (grades 9-12) play wild games, sing, worship, share, care, come to love each other, grow closer to God, and understand the will of God in the real world. All of this happens at Purdue University.
A special trip for our middle school youth. A mystery trip, going somewhere to do something only Kent knows for sure. (Parents will find out the details before we leave.)
This retreat to Knoebels Theme Park is a mixture of fun and games and serious study. The focus will be on relationships, human development, decision making, and Presbyterian beliefs on this subject.
The church keeps in touch with all its young adults beyond high school age, whether they're in college, the military, or living at home.