Youth Ministry
EVERY WEDNESDAY:
Youth Group Grades 6-12 (6:30PM @ EBC)
UPCOMING YOUTH EVENTS:
At Dunes Bible Camp
- Every parent needs to fill out the year-long permission slip which will cover your students for the year for each youth group activity.
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- The Gospel of Mark – Fall 2022
- Galatians – Summer 2022
- Prayer – May 2022
- Proverbs – February 2022
- Attributes of God – November 2021-January 2022
- Jonah – October 2021
- September 2021
- The Chosen Video Series – Season 2 – Summer 2021
- Sermon on the Mount – Spring 2021
- The Chosen Video Series – Winter 2021
- Fall 2020
- COVID-19 Isolation Time – March-August 2020
- The Story of the Bible – September 2019-2020
- Summer – 2019
- 1 Peter – 2019
- The Parables – September-December 2018
- Inductive Bible Study – July-August 2018
- Christian Purity Series – June 2018
- Ephesians – February-May 2018
- Tough Questions – October 2017-February 2018
YEAR-LONG ACTIVITY PERMISSION FORM
We at times are looking for volunteers to serve with our youth, but to do so you must be a regular attender of EBC for at least six months, and we also ask everyone to have a background check performed. All information will remain confidential and this screening is done at no cost to you. You may request a copy of the screening.
OUR GOAL
To see teens commit to following Jesus Christ and serving Him in His Church for the rest of their lives.
THE GOSPEL
We invite teens to hear and respond to the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection. First, to respond by accepting the free gift of salvation through faith in Jesus. And second, to respond in obedience to Jesus out of gratitude for His great love, shown most powerfully through His death and resurrection.
Teaching the Bible
We are committed to teach from the Bible. Most often, we teach through books or sections of the Bible. This provides opportunities to grow biblical competency among students and instruct them in the whole counsel of God’s Word. We believe the entirety of Scripture is very relevant to the lives of teenagers, so we seek to teach the Bible in ways that are Scripturally accurate and personally relevant to their lives.
Shepherding Relationships
We believe teens need maturing Christian adults in their lives who can help point them to Jesus and can help them walk through the various challenges they face in our modern world. We make sure every student who attends regularly is linked up in a relationship with one or more maturing Christian adults, who is committed to investing his or her life into the life of that teenager.
Connectedness to the Whole Church Body
We want students to graduate from high school but not graduate from the church. For that reason, we are committed to making sure teens learn how to participate as an integrated member of a church body, so that when they complete their time in the Youth Ministry, they don’t feel like they’ve lost their connection to the church. Our hope is to see teens learning to worship the Lord and be instructed in His Word through regular participation in the congregational worship services.
What It Looks Like
Wednesday Night Youth Group – 6:30-8:30
Every week we have a time of teaching in God’s Word and a chance to discuss His Word and their lives with adults in a small group. We play games together and spend time in worship through music. We endeavor for this to be a fun and social night as well as a chance for students to grow in their faith in Christ. Most weeks Middle School and High School function separately, but we do also gather the whole group together for worship, as well as occasionally for teaching.
High School Retreats
The Winter (or Spring) Retreat provides a chance for students to deepen relationships with one another and with the adult volunteers, and to spend some focused time hearing from God through teaching and personal Bible study time. Traditionally, we rent a camp or a retreat center spend a three-day weekend living together, playing around and doing any number of other fun activities.
Middle School Overnighter
This generally happens in May.
High School Hang
These happen once a month on Friday nights.
Middle School Guys Late Night and Middle School Gals Late Night
These are scheduled occasionally.