At All Souls, our youth are an integral part of our life as a church on the whole. We don’t see adolescence as a stage of life when teens are separated from our larger family to simply do wacky teenage stuff. We see them as maturing young men and women, who have much to contribute. So, at All Souls, at our regular services, All Souls Youth are greeters and Scripture readers. They remain with us during the whole service as members of our whole body that worships as one. They serve in our community as well, as they took the lead at All Souls last year in serving our homeless neighbors with Helping Hands.
At the same time, we also recognize that this is a unique stage of life, when youth are forming identities of their own, and making their faith their own. So our youth do get together after our services on Sundays as a group to grow in their knowledge of Christ and to bond with one another. All Souls youth are led, taught and cared for by our Youth Leader Charles Loudermilk, who has a noticeable love for them. At the same time we don’t view the responsibility of loving and discipling our youth as Charles’ responsibility but that of our community on the whole, especially their parents. Thus, we see caring for and discipling parents as a vital aspect of youth ministry.
As you would expect, All Souls Youth also enjoy going on adventures. This past year, they enjoyed a retreat weekend away, and trips whitewater rafting and to Great Adventure.
To get connected or for more information email john@allsoulscommunity.com.
