Youth

The United Church Youth Ministry is committed to share and celebrate Christ with Children, Youth, and Young Adults in appropriate ways in order that they might commit their lives to Him and His Church, grow in discipleship and partnership with others to transform the community, nation and the world.

THE YOUTH FELLOWSHIP

The Youth fellowship exists to serve the young people of the Church who are between the ages 13 to 25 years old.

Our Youth Fellowship forms a part of the United Church's Young People's Fellowship (U.C.Y.P.F.)

Aims and Objectives:
1. To encourage young people to respond to the saving love of Jesus Christ and facilitate a continuing ministry.

2. To create a United Christian Fellowship of young people within the Church.

3. To provide opportunities for young people to share their interests and problems, and to foster their spiritual, moral, cultural and physical growth.

4. To develop Christian leadership and to encourage young people to serve Christ in the Church and to be His witnesses in the community.

5. To promote spiritual renewal in the Church through the development of new and meaningful forms of worship.

YOUNG ADULTS - Young Adults of the Church aged 21 - 39

U.C.Y.A.A.M - United Church's Young Adults Action Movement

Aims and Objectives:

To form a fellowship of Young Adults within the United Church with common interests in the continued development of the Church and a common desire to serve the Lord Jesus Christ.
To discover and enter into dialogue with Young Adults and to integrate them into the life of the Church, so that their special gifts and abilities may be available for the cause of Christ.
To provide on-going analysis of the principles of the Christian Faith ascertaining their implications for contemporary events and situations
To encourage the development of additional patterns of worship within the United Church.

YOUTH FELLOWSHIP REPORT -2005