Youth Service Proposal

Introduce them to God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit who can empower them to be life changers. There is so much potential in the youth that is being wasted because they aren’t taught how to adequately defend and share their faith. That is why I want to go a faith-based Christian college who are building up leaders. I want to become one of the leaders that drastically reduces this statistic. To become the great leader that I want to be, I am going to need to go to a great Christian college to further my education in the Christian faith. I want to learn how to more effectively build up other Christian leaders. The church is always one generation away from dying out. If there aren’t leaders who can strengthen the youth, the church is in big trouble. If the church is in trouble, the whole world

I have been a part of different activities for my community service. I offered to volunteer in my church in the Vacation Bible School, Tiger Link Crew, Knight of Columbus, International Dinner, and Fall Festival. What I am most proud of doing is Vacation Bible School. I enjoyed being a part of the Vacation Bible School because it gave me good experience to be involved with children.

Community Service is not strange to me because I have been doing community service at Northview Church since the beginning of my sophomore year in high school. When I saw the assignment that I have to complete 4 hours of community services, I knew that Northview church was my first choice. Northview church was found by Tommy Paino in October 1980. There were only 30 people in the cafeteria of Carmel Elementary School where they formed the church which later become Northview Church. Three years later, in the month of July, 1983. 285 people attended the last service at Carmel Elementary School, then they moved to the church’s new place which is located at 131st and Gray Road. In the late 1985, the church bought an 81-acre of land located at the highest point in Hamilton County on the southwest west corner of Main Street in the city of Carmel. This is the place the church is currently located at (“Northview Church History”). Throughout my service, I learned that the church’s mission is to connect people with God and connect people with people. They value relationships, spiritual growth, and the ability to reach out to those who are far from God.

In 2014 the population of Germantown was 39,267. This was an increase of 423 people in 2010. Since Germantown is a smaller and affluent city I expected the majority of the population to be in the category of 65 and older. But contrary to my original thoughts in 2010 which was the last census only 16.1 percent of the population fit into that category. The age group that has the highest percentage is the age group that is 18 years or younger. This age group takes up 24.1 percent. Since the percentage of people 18 years or younger is so high it would be important for churches in Germantown to have various types of youth ministry. Service projects and after school activities would be a great way to reach the large percentage of youth.

Ryan Moline and I sat down before the service and I got to ask him some questions about the youth group and himself. He graduated from Spring Arbor University and while going there he volunteered at Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church working with the youth group. He has now been a fulltime pastor of the young teens for 3 years making his total amount of time there 6 and a half years. Being the pastor of the young teens he mostly spends time preparing for the Sunday night youth group and the Wednesday night youth group: making up lessons, planning games, making sure he has all the leaders he needs, and setting up the outline for the night. He also plans the youth groups retreat or mission trip they are having that year. Finally, he also is looking ahead for the year, this means coming up with general ideas for the months, figuring out what they will talk about and when they will talk about it.

One organization that is becoming increasingly popular, is the new youth church. These churches are made up primarily of young adults; those that attend gain a sense of belonging by their family-like structures and “cell groups”. They also dabble with the postmodern and nontraditional ways of worship, to attract outsiders, and they have a strong emphasis on missionary work.

In chapter one, Cannister claims that when teenagers matter, student ministries will thrive. Cannister begins by showing what most churches are doing by outlining the “good enough” principle, a mentality and form of organization that states that 80% of youth/parents will be satisfied with only 20% of the effort, much like a consumer. Cannister, however, advocates for a comprehensive youth ministry or a ministry that does not just focus on safety, what the parents want, or only

Dr. Anthony Jordan is the Executive Director-Treasurer of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO). The BGCO is a convention of 1813 Southern Baptist churches comprising of about 614,000 members. This organization’s purpose is to help the churches that are members of the convention spiritually, financially, and structurally. They provide a number of camps and conventions for people to attend and use. They also provide assistance in handling the business and professional aspect of a church’s ministry. One of the most popular camps that the BGCO puts on is Falls Creek Youth Camp where around 50,000 students attend over an 8 week period. Dr. Anthony Jordan has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southwest Baptist University and a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (BGCO.com). He has been the Executive Director- Treasurer for the last nineteen years. Before he became the Executive Director-Treasurer, Dr. Jordan served as the lead pastor at Northwest Baptist Church in Oklahoma City from 1982-1996 (ohbc.org). The members of the BGCO have been very positive about the way Dr. Jordan leads and structures the convention. In the rest of this paper, I will inform you of how Dr. Jordan handles ethical dilemmas, how the convention is structured and the culture surrounding it, and the leadership style and qualities that Dr. Jordan uses and exemplifies as he holds the position of Executive Director-Treasurer of the

CM received an email from Monica Guzman (Hunterdon Group Home- Assistant Executive Director) with carbon copy, Meghan Kelley (therapist at EMYL) regarding a scheduled transition date. CM was informed that Hunterdon Youth Services is ready to admit Jason (youth) on Thursday, 3/2/17 at 3:00pm. CM confirmed and will transport youth to Group Home. Ms. Guzman reported that the following documents are outstanding; school transfer card, psychiatric evaluation (within 1 year), updated physical form, and IEP/school records. CM stated that she will fax the IEP/School records to Ms. Guzman. CM will follow-up with Kerry Lopez (Child Study Team) regarding school transfer card.

How can we minister more effectively to young Latino Catholics and help them increase their participation in the Church? These are key questions that are frequently raised and that must be acknowledged and studied carefully as we consider the future of the Catholic Church as well as her numerical growth. If we bear in mind that 44% of all Catholics under the age of thirty in the U.S. are Hispanics (according to the 2013 Pew Research Center survey of Hispanic adults) it would certainly seem that increasing Hispanic teenagers ' participation in the Church would be beneficial not just for Hispanic families and communities, but also for the future Church in general. To effectively minister to Hispanic teenagers, an understanding of what is happening in their lives is crucial. Indeed, family plays a big part, but what we often neglect is how significantly culture impacts the life of an adolescent.

There are many challenges to ministry in today’s world and having a vital and relevant ministry is even harder. Churches across all denominations face drastic declines in both attendees and financial giving. With this as the background, it is imperative that vital ministries seek out opportunities to grow and engage groups and communities that have previously been overlooked, missed or not involved for other reasons including some theological reasons. With this idea and goal in mind, this essay sets out to examine and design a process by which the Churches of Cherokee, Oklahoma can successfully connect with and minster to the new Hispanic community in Cherokee. Using the pastoral cycle method, a process will be designed in this essay to

The Shiloh Outreach Center is offering individuals who in the pass has made the choice not to complete high school. The Shiloh Outreach Center has a place to achieve that goal for a better future for themselves and their families.

Several years ago God moved upon the heart and mind of Bishop T.T. Scott, prelate of the Northern Mississippi Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, to make choice of Pastor Larry Lee Lewis Sr., to serve as the Jurisdictional Youth Department President. For 16 years, President Lewis led our department with dignity, class, vigor and great distinction. Not only has President

One of the best experiences that I’ve had while doing community service is while I was volunteering at Vacation Bible School through my church. I helped elementary school age kids learn about religion while having a lot of fun. The creative activities that I helped make kept the kids engaged while still teaching them about the Bible.

On January 30,2016 I volunteered to help clean, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Six other members and I from the church gathered at 6:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. The job was to clean the church benches, floors, bathrooms and other areas in the church that may needed tidying up. I was asked to clean the bathrooms and back church benches of the church.