To all who are young and need counsel; to all who are strong and want a task; to all who are weary and need rest; to all who are lonely and want companionship; to all who mourn and need comfort; to all who are sinful and need a Saviour - to whosoever will: this church opens wide its doors and in the Name of Christ says -WELCOME!
St. John's Episcopal Church
Saturday, September 04, 2010
To restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. BCP 855

Youth Group

 

St. John's Youth Group

 
St. John's Youth Group has a steady stream of fun together!
They learn together, pray together and love each other.
They have taken several Mission Trips together.
 
 
2007 Youth Group Mission Trip
"Renovate: Jesus Makes New"
 
The theme for the 2007 Youth Group’s Mission Trip was "Renovate: Jesus Makes New." Our youth were able to experience renovation through the people they served and within themselves. St. John’s youth traveled to Dulce, New Mexico where they helped to repair the homes on an Apache Indian reservation. Our youth experienced projects like:
· Interior and exterior painting
· Building or repairing porches and wheelchair ramps
· Building or repairing steps
· Weatherization and other home repairs
Each person from St. John’s was placed in a different crew for the daily repairs and then gathered at night as a group for devotion together. Crews consisted of people from across the United States and from many different Christian denominations so our youth were able to work, worship and learn from a variety of perspectives. Devotions were held in the morning before crews left for work, at lunch with crews, evening time collectively as a camp, and at night with individual youth groups. Evening programs consisted of worship music and testimonials called "God Sightings" in which people from the camp shared how they had seen God working amongst them during the day.
 
To experience the sights of our trip, please click on the following link:
 
  
 
2008 Youth Group Mission Trip
"Week of Hope"
   
On Sunday, July 13th, 12 youth and 4 adults traveled to Austin, in order to serve the community...a week sponsored by Group Workcamp. Our service included:
 
          ~Home repairs, gardening, cleaning & trash removal
 
          ~Painting, property clearing, removing tree stumps, cutting down trees, raking leaves and pulling weeds (Much of this work was done in a government, low income housing area)
 
          ~Food was sorted and packaged for distribution in a local FOOD BANK
 
          ~Ministry at a Senior Citizens Center (socialization and game playing)
 
          ~Soccer Camp and lunch assistance at at local church.
 
          ~Extensive yard work in a "rectory", where the spouse was terminally ill
 
          ~Inner City "Backyard Vacation Bible School"
 
          ~Hospice patient care (Nail painting, hand massages, listening to their stories, game playing)
 
We would like to express our sincere gratitude for the opportunity to take this Mission Trip to Austin. These trips have proven to be life changing events for the youth as well as the adult sponsors and we’re blessed all the more by the overwhelming support of our Parish family.