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YOUTH MINISTRY

 

Mission Statement

The goal of the Youth Ministry is to nurture the youth of EPC by providing a diverse program that includes education, service, recreation and fun.  

 
Youth Ministry Highlights
This fall, our youth will dive into a 6 week study of prayer following our summer, destination unknown trip to the Charlotte 24/7 prayer room. We will explore how we pray and why we pray using the themes Pause, Rejoice, Ask, Yes, Endure and Repeat. We will work together on mission projects, attend Presbytery youth retreats, a possible weekend mission immersion experience to CROSS in Charlotte as well as our summer trips to Montreat Youth Conferences.
 
 
Youth’s Main Events 2024
  • June 8-15, 2024 – Montreat High School Youth Conference
  • July 17-21, 2024 – Montreat Middle School Youth Conference
 
Spring Schedule: 

4/7 – Youth Game Night (5:30-7:30PM)

4/14 – Youth Sunday Prep (5:30 -7:30PM)

4/21 – Youth Mental Health Survival Guide 5:30 -7:30PM)

4/28 – Mental Health Survival Guide (5:30 -7:30PM)

5/5 – Celebrate our Graduates

5/12 – Celebrate your mom today

5/19 – Pentecost Picnic – parent/youth Montreal Meeting

5/26 – Happy Summer
 
Check out the Full Youth Schedule here!

Youth in Worship

Our youth serve as liturgists for Sunday morning worship as well as ushers, greeters and so much more. The youth plan and lead several services throughout the year as well.

Leadership

Our Middle and High School youth meet each Sunday evening from 5:30-7:30. We will share a meal and programming each Sunday. Our time together will consist of study, mission, fellowship and fun as we seek to follow Christ in our daily lives.

Education

Our Middle and High School youth meet each Sunday evening from 5:30-7:30. We will share a meal and programming each Sunday. Our time together will consist of study, mission, fellowship and fun as we seek to follow Christ in our daily lives.

Summer Montreat Youth Conferences

 Each summer, our middle and high school youth have the opportunity to join with hundreds of other Presbyterian Youth at both Maryville College (Middle School) and the Montreat Youth Conference (High School). During these conferences, we worship, study, play and enjoy time together as we grow in faith together.

Youth Ministry Includes…

 

Outreach and Service Projects:

  • Creating blessing bags for local hospital staff and homeless
  • Mission Trips
 
Conferences and Retreats:
  • Montreat Middle and High School Retreats 
  • Foothills Presbytery      retreats and PYC on the road events
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Leadership
  • EPC Bistro
  • Worship planning & leading
  • Serving on Foothills Presbytery Youth Council
  • Serving on Foothills Presbytery Youth Council
  • Leading and supporting our young children through Building Stories, Brick by Brick

Recreation and Fun:

  • Movie Nights
  • Lock in
  • Ballgames
  • Cooking and baking together
  • Pool Parties
  • Progressive Dinners

Education and Growth:

  • Bible Study
  • Youth Group Discussions
  • Montreat Conferences
  • Confirmation Class
  • Friendship & Fellowship with one another
  • Conversations about Faith in an Anxious World
  • Personal Growth

Check out our annual big Youth Fundraiser – EPC Bistro down below: 

 
 
 
Please contact Joan Jones, Director of Children and Youth Ministries, at joan@eastminster.com, with questions or for more information.