At First Presbyterian Church, we place a high level of importance on our youth between the ages of 6^th – 12^th grade.  We are excited about the opportunities opened to this group of people.  We currently have two youth groups available for them.  The Junior High Youth Group is for students from 6^th – 8^th grade.  The Senior Highs are open to youth between 9^th – 12^th grade.

Both of these youth groups meet on Sunday nights from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at the church.  We offer programs that deal with 3 main ideas:

– Faith Development – we will be dealing with issue-oriented ideas.  We will be discussing issues our youth are experiencing today and offer solutions to help them through.  The Bible is a place we will focus on to help them along.

 – FUN!  – We LOVE to have FUN!  Each group will spend much of their time paying games, laughing and enjoying social interaction with both their peers and advisors.  We have a schedule of high energy, interesting activities that will keep the youth engaged!

– Fellowship – Youth groups offer kids a place that is safe where they can let their “guard” down and be themselves.  Youth group is a place where kids can form lasting relationships that will keep them bonded together for their whole lives.

We will also focus on service.  Service projects will be determined as needs arise within our community and world.  We will be designing the service projects to take the kids to places that will allow them to see the difference they are making, such as:  Gleaners Food Banks, Macomb Food Program, soup kitchens just to name a few ideas.

This year we have also added a new piece to our youths’ education.  On Sunday mornings we also offer the youth in grades 6^th – 12^th grade an option of Faith Development on Sunday mornings.  This program will be offered from 9:50 – 11:15 a.m. and will be available in the C.E. House.  The curriculum will follow the curriculum of the Heroes of the Bible.  The schedule will be as follows:

9:50 – 10:15 a.m.      Celebration Choir led by Sue Peters  Faith Development

10:15– 11:15 a.m.     Faith Development

The Youth Leaders from the morning team as well as the Youth Advisors in the afternoon will get together to coordinate our activities.

For more information on our youth groups, please follow the links below.

Junior High Youth Group

Senior High Youth Group