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If you or your son or daughter is in the 7th through the 12th grade, Redeemer Youth Ministries would love to serve you! If you are one of those 7th through 12th grade students, then come join us! REGULARLY SCHEDULED OPPORTUNITIES:
By the way, Parents are always welcome to come along, too! FOUNDATIONS
WORSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY
TRAINING TO SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE TO MORMONS
EVERY OTHER THURSDAY NIGHT YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
WHY ARE REDEEMER YOUTH MINISTRIES HERE?
The Redeemer Youth Ministry exists to come alongside parents and the other ministries of Redeemer Church to provide a particular service to our youngest adults. This service will focus on assisting in the discipleship and equipping of our young people. What do we pray that God will produce from all this? We desire, first, to see these students thoroughly enjoy the One True God who created us. We also want to see them equipped to passionately serve God’s church and His world as they proclaim Christ through their words and their lives. This means knowing who God has revealed Himself to be through Scripture. It also means being able to understand the big and small ideas of the world around them so they can know what is of God and what is a lie. We hope to see our students grow into God's call for their lives and to be distinctly and radically Christian in whatever vocation God has for them. FOUR FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS THAT DRIVE WHAT WE DO IN REDEEMER YOUTH MINISTRIES:
Parents are the Primary Disciplers:
In the attempt to disciple teens according to the Bible, we must strive to equip and involve Christian parents to minister to their teens as well as ministering to teens who are not their own children. We believe one of the ways we assist in parent-teen discipleship is to strengthen parent-teen relationships. We hope to aid in the relational transition from a parent-child relationship to a parent-adult relationship as their teenage children grow into respectful and honoring adult sons and daughters. Teens are Biblically Adults:
Though they are still growing into that adulthood, teenagers must be challenged to live as responsible Christian adults who will “do hard things” and make a difference in their church and their world for the glory of God NOW. Yes, they can make a huge difference for God even in their teen years! Serious Christian life and ministry are not to be put off until they “grow up”. The Bible gives multiple examples of teens who did amazing things for God, and we will not short-change our students by allowing contemporary culture to rob our students of the joyful ministry that God may have for them in their youngest adult years. Of course, as long as they are still living in their Christian parents' home, they have the added God-provided resource of a parent to lead them through this transition time! Deep Discipleship must be valued over Neutral Ministries:
While events that feature amusement parks, food, and games, which are just as appealing to non-Christians as to Christians, have their place in building important peer-fellowship and creating bridges through which students can engage their friends with the Gospel, these MUST remain as servants to the big picture, magisterial purpose of the church. Namely, the discipleship of believers toward joyful relationship with God and powerful engagement of the world for God. Biblical Fellowship must be fostered among teens AND between teens and Christians of all ages in the church:
God has geared teens to desire interaction with others in these young adult years more than at any other time in their lives. We will seek to develop this social growth toward Christ-centered fellowship. This means time and activity that fosters relationships will have a place in the ministry. Within these oftentimes otherwise “neutral” activities, we must strive to provide for meaningful Biblically centered interaction with one another, whether that be in the form of conversation starters and Biblically-centered questions, direct Bible teaching, or anything else that helps center the students' fellowship in our fellowship with Christ.
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