Service Opportunities

Many times throughout the year the youth are called upon to help out in church sponsored events, like the Harvest Moon Fair. The youth run a church service that is put on every year in the spring, each year with a different theme. Some of the themes so far have been New Orleans , Love and Chocolate, and Dreams.

Leadership Opportunities

The Youth Group promotes youth empowerment though leadership. There are many opportunities to become more involved in the community though Youth Group. The youth have been down to New Orleans twice to clean and rebuild since Katrina and the trip had many youth in leadership positions.

YAC (Youth Adult Committee)

The group is governed by a YAC (Youth Adult Committee). The YAC decides the activities for Sunday nights, makes decisions about the structure and format of youth group, and organizes service projects. For example, some activites that the YAC has organized have been volunteering on a farm for a day and fundraising to run a dinner for the homeless. Ten youth in the group hold leadership positions on the YAC and attend regular YAC meetings.

The Youth Group is a wonderful place to grow as a person and as a youth leader.
For more information on the Youth Group, contact

• Youth Program Coordinator, Marcie Griffith (youthadvisor@firstparish.info)  or
• Youth Co-Leaders, Gabriella Hakim and Andy Winslow (youthgroup@firstparish.info)  

For youth pastoral care concerns, please contact Youth Chaplain Jessica Sandberg (youthchaplain@firstparish.info)

And a warm thank you to Seneca, who provided the copy for this page and to Marcie for the pictures.