Every month, the middle school and senior high youth groups gather for various activities and fellowship. These gatherings foster a sense of connectedness across grades, niches, and cliques. Establishing healthy and safe church relationships is essential to the spiritual lives of our pre-teen and teenagers; the youth groups’ time together endeavors to nurture these relationships. When we gather, we do a lot of talking and eating. Often we pursue activities like ice-skating, apple-picking, and game playing. When we studied the rise of Christianity in medieval Europe last year, we took a ‘field-trip’ to the Cloisters in upper Manhattan.
We also struggle together to make sense of how our lives of faith have an impact on our daily lives at school and at home, how our faith orients us to our city and the many people who inhabit it. This past fall we endeavored to grasp the complexities of homelessness and hunger in New Haven together, with help from YHHAP (Yale Homelessness and Hunger Action Project) and Columbus House (a New Haven non-profit transitional living organization).
This Spring, both Youth Groups we will go to Philadelphia for a service trip.
Sharon Anderson and Anthony Damelio lead the Middle School and Senior High youth groups.
If you have questions and/or about the ways in which your child(ren) and family can be involved at FPC, Bryce Wiebe would love to talk to you. Please contact him at firstpresbyterianchurch@gmail.com (attn: Bryce).
Date Posted: February 5th, 2012 — 8:50pm
Sunday, February 5 – Calling all youth group members! Fun is the theme for February. On Sunday, February 5th, the youth group will go ice-skating immediately after church.
Sunday, February 26th – bring your favorite board games for a time of friendly competition – the fun will begin at 5 p.m. in the Miller Gathering Hall.
Thanks to the Youth Group members who came out on Sunday evening, January 22nd, to help prepare the final meal for Abraham’s Tent. Hamburgers, hot dogs, macaroni and cheese and salad were on the menu … the perfect meal for a hungry group to cheer on their favorite football teams!
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Date Posted: October 11th, 2011 — 9:03pm
The Youth Group for youth in Grades 6-12 is going out of doors this month. On Sunday, October 9th youth group members will go bowling. Meet at the church at 3:30 p.m. with $8.
Then on Sunday, October 23rd, the group will go apple picking. The cars will leave at 1 p.m. Sharon Anderson and Anthony Damelio lead the group.
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Date Posted: May 1st, 2011 — 9:03pm
A Confirmation class will begin this spring. All youth in grades 6-8 and their parents, are invited to meet with Co-Pastors Bill Goettler and Maria LaSala on Sunday, May 15, following the Friendship Hour.
At this meeting, we will talk about plans for study and service.
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