Youth Ministry at First Church provides middle and high school youth with opportunities for personal growth, Christian education, healthy and enjoyable social interaction, and active exploration and expression of Christian faith.
Members of Senior YES at the National Youth Event in Tennessee
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Y.E.S. is the fellowship program designed to allow youth to experience the transforming power of the Holy Spirit in an open and welcoming Christian community.
Middle Y.E.S. activities for grades 6-8 are typically held on Monday evenings and include movie nights, game nights, cooking nights, and service opportunities. Click here for the current Middle YES schedule.
Senior Y.E.S. meetings for grades 9-12 typically fall on Sunday evenings. Programs include discussions, games, local service projects, and an annual week-long mission trip. The 2008 mission trip consisted of 14 youth and 3 adults from First Church combined with 34 other youth and adults from the Massachusetts Conference of the UCC. They travelled by bus to Knoxville, Tennesseee and attended the National Youth Event. Along the way they stopped in War, West Virginia to lend a hand painting and renovating houses.
In 2009 a group of Senior YES members went to Haiti, to show thei
r support for our relationship with CONASPEH. They visited with Haitian missionaries Rev. Patrick and Kim Bentrott, helped teach some children, and visited an orphanage.
The 2010 mission trip will be to Ashland, Virginia, where the group will work with Harvest of Hope to finish off their year of studying food.
Click here for the current Senior YES schedule.
Youth are also welcome to participate in the other ministries of the church, including singing with a choir, playing in the bell choir, teaching Sunday School, greeting and ushering, and serving as a youth member of the Board of Deacons, to name just a few.
For more information about Y.E.S and other opportunities for youth, please contact Associate Pastor Beth Boisvert.
