Our Purpose

• Saint John's-Newberry Youth Ministry exists to bring our youth to Jesus and membership into His family, help them move toward a Christlike maturity, give them tools and support for their ministry in the church and life mission in the world, in order to magnify God's name.

Our Values

1. Building relationships
2. Love
3. Accept/Welcome
4. Sharing, honest and truthful
5. Become more Christ like
6. Providing opportunities
7. Step beyond risk and comfort zone
8. Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
9. Comfortable atmosphere that youth and adults can be themselves
10. Serving God and others

Our Walk

• Membership  -  Fellowship, Connect, Baptize Them

• Maturity  -  Discipleship, Grow, Teaching to Obey

• Ministry  -  Ministry, Discover, Love Neighbor

• Mission  -  Evangelism, Reach, Make Disciples

• Magnify  -  Worship, Honor, Love God

Our Youth Ministry

• Community  -  Non Christian, non commitment to attend church

• Crowd  -  New Christian, they attend Saint John’s-Newberry

• Congregation  -  Knowledgeable apathetic Christian, committed to small groups, a relationship with Christ and other Christians

• Committed  -  Growing Christian, committed in developing spiritual habits (person bible study, prayer and accountability with other believers)

• Core  -  Spiritual Leader Christian, committed to expressing their gifts through ministering to others

Our Church Commitment

• "It takes a village to raise a child" – African Proverb

• Young people in the church community are the responsibility not just of parents and paid staff but the whole church.

• Recreation
• Prayer
• Devotions
• Crafts
• Trips
• Outings
• Service
• Servant
• Camp-outs
• Donations
• Fun

Children and Youth Ministries