Youth
Sunday School
In our Sunday School program, we have classes from nursery to adult. Our classes are geared for children under the age of 3 years old, 3&4 year old, kindergarten and 1st grade, 5th&6th grade, 7th&8th , and ninth through twelfth grades. Beginning September 2012 we will be offering a Sunday School Class for the students in the second and third grades.
Our Nursery through sixth grade classes are currently going through the bible in three years, using a curriculum called ‘FaithWeaver’. FaithWeaver allows the same curriculum to be taught to all of the classes at the same time through specifically designed material that is age appropriate. FaithWeaver gets families to talk about their Faith and apply what they have learned to their lives. This helps families to begin and further discuss faith at home with their children.
Junior and Senior High Classes are currently going through a curriculum called ‘Known’. “Known” is a student bible study curriculum with a comprehensive approach to spiritual development helping students KNOW God, OWN their faith, and make their faith KNOWN. Students study topics in areas such as Lordship, disciplines, character, discernment, relationships, and influence. This program is truly engaging and enjoyable as students begin to learn how to live out their faith!
Sunday School is from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m following coffee hour!
Youth Fellowship
Junior High & Senior High: We are currently exploring exciting ways of encouraging Bible study, fellowship and disciple-building service among our youth.
Starting Wednesday February 15th at 7pm, we will be studying the book ‘Crazy Love’ by Francis Chan. The book study will be every second and fourth Wednesday of the month in the youth room. We will incorporate a bible study while going through the book to dive into God’s Word and apply it to our lives. This book is about God’s love. His crazy, relentless, all powerful love. God is calling us to a passionate love relationship with Himself, and once we encounter His love, we will never be the same. Check out the website for more details!
Also, check out our Facebook and calendar for updates on concerts, events, and happenings!
Ignited Youth
‘His Word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones; I am weary of holding it in, indeed I cannot’ -Jeremiah 20:9b
Every Sunday night at FPC from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, we have ‘Ignited’. Ignited is a youth group that focuses on Knowing Christ in a relationship with Him, Growing in Christ through being together as a group learning about Him, and Going with Christ impacting our community and those around us with His love. Find out what we are all about at our website soon to come and our Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/IgnitedYouthMinistry
Confirmation
When youth join the church, and during that the process of joining, they are making a commitment to live as a disciple of Jesus Christ within the body of Christ here at First Presbyterian Church. Youth who feel called to prepare for their confirmation take a year-long journey with our pastor, a mentor and fellow confirmands. They participate in class activities and individual meetings and activities with mentors to discern Christ’s desire for them.
Summer Work Camps
Recognizing that we grow in our faith as we serve in the name of Jesus Christ, First Presbyterian Church of Strasburg provides opportunities annually for our youth and adults to put shoe leather on the path or hands to work at work camps in the United States and mission trips abroad. In the past, we have served at a variety of group work camps in South Dakota, New Hampshire West Virginia, Mississippi, and Georgia.
