We believe Christ came to bring us life to the full. We seek to connect all of our lives with Him so we can live each day to its fullest. Thus our youth group activities have a wide range of components: “would you rather”-frisbee, group prayer, testimonies, dodge ball, service opportunities, and individual times of reflection on the Bible.
Like any great thing though, it’s hard to fully describe—Come see for yourself.
(all in the Youth Chapel on the east side of the church)
The focus on Sunday mornings is to really root the students in the Biblical story. Each week Jake intros and concludes a lesson, but the majority of the time is spent in small groups based on age. Each small group reads through a portion of the Bible and discusses it with a leader.
Not only is there a hearty portion of the Bible on Sunday mornings, there are usually doughnuts—and on particularly wonderful mornings there are breakfast burritos!
Sunday nights focus on building deep student interaction and response to Jesus. It’s about helping them become personally devoted to Him. Therefore, in addition to hearing a message from Jake, the students get a chance to spend some personal time in an experience activity with God.
Oh, and there is a delicious dinner at the end!
Small groups of students join a couple of leaders for table discussions. Each week we discuss a small portion of the Gospel of John. Students are given a packet with questions and multiple choice answers that relate to the passage and then discuss their answers with the group.
And no table discussion is complete without snacks!
Jake is passionate about relational discipleship. He loves to live alongside people and share Christ. He feels called to pastoral types of ministry—but already God has moved Jake to live out this calling in a few different ways: from working with college students, running a housing ministry in Mexico, and working with youth. He currently is getting his masters of divinity from Central Baptist Seminary. Jake loves Maywood church’s openness to the Holy Spirit and desire to worship Christ with all types of people.
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