Youth

YOUTH M.D.

The goal of YOUTH M.D. here at Shiloh, is to make strong disciples for the Lord, Jesus Christ. By providing bible studies, missions, retreats, and fellowship opportunities, we hope to spiritually develop youth who see the world as God's mission field, and where they may join Him in this task with the spiritual gifts and abilities He has given to them.

Our youth ministry at Shiloh is very active in missions. For the past five years we have collected and have taken winter clothing to the people of Welch, West Virginia. We have done missions work in many states throughout the southeast and we have led internatioal mission trips to the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Ukraine. We are in involved with the Habitat for Humanity Recycling Center. And we recently led a Vaction Bible School for the children of the Lake Park Community.

Discipleship process:

Mission: The youth of Shiloh Baptist Church will become strong disciples for Christ through the Motivate, Make, and Move discipleship process. By attending meeting times, they will become motivated to love God with all their heart and their neighbor (Motivate); by growing as a disciple (Make); and serving others (Move).

Scriptural Basis (Clarity)

Jesus called twelve disciples and through their three year journey serving together in the Lord’s ministry, they were motivated (Motivate) to leave the cares and concerns of this world (Matthew 6:19-33) for the pursuit of the Kingdom of God and to love one another (John 13:34-35). During their time with Jesus, they sat under his teaching and preaching (Matthew 5, 6 and 7) which was making (Make) them look more Him (Luke 10:17) and less like them (John 18:10-11). After His resurrection, Jesus, commissioned his disciples to go (Move) into all the world preaching the gospel, making disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that he commanded them (Matthew 28:18-20).

Church programs through the process (Movement)

1. Sunday School
2. Wednesday Night Discipleship
3. Missions

The three programs incorporating the discipleship process (Alignment)

Sunday School- (Motivate) Youth will nurture their relationship with God and their brothers and sisters through prayer, fellowship and learning and discussing God’s word.
Wednesday Discipleship- (Make) Youth will be shaped into committed disciples through age-based Bible study and appropriate youth teaching methods.
Missions- (Move) Committed Youth will participate in both local and abroad short term missions.

Youth Meetings Breakdown

• Sunday School (Motivate):

1. Both High school and Middle school will be using our curriculum, FOCUS. High school teachers are: Todd Daniels and Keith Mayhew. Middle school teachers are: Gina Daniels and Thea Hawver. Additional adult supervision is led by: Danny and Kym Jewell, Gregg Spence, Chris Salter and Justin and Julie Godfrey.
2. In addition to these, the youth will memorize the books of the Bible and the Apostle’s Creed this year.

• Youth Wednesday night Discipleship (Make):

1. High school discipleship will be focused on a study through the New Testament. September – December will focus on the Gospels and January - April will focus on Acts through Revelation.
2. Middle school will be using a discipleship curriculum titled: Life Connections Youth-Vital Pursuits: Chasing What’s True. Description of the material: Being real in an artificial world: Clarity in the Journey.

• Monthly Bible Studies (Make):

1. The High school bible study will meet monthly on the second Tuesday night of each month at Starbucks (Sun Valley). The purpose of this is to get our youth in the community, with the hopes of getting more unchurched youth involved in the bible study.
2. The Middle school bible study will meet at the home of Thea Hawver. She does a great job and would love for your youth to attend.
   

• Local Missions (Move):

1. Writing cards to Shut-Ins, College Students
2. Habitat for Humanity Recycling Center

2011/12 Youth Activities Opportunities

• Youth Sunday (Spring 2012) (Move)

Youth are responsible for leading the congregation in worship.

• Youth Dominican Republic summer mission trip (June 16-23) (Move)

This is an incredible mission opportunity for our youth. It is a highlight of being in the youth ministry here at Shiloh. Youth get a chance to see the foreign mission field without flying around the world. This trip will be around $1,000.00 per-youth. They will need a passport ($100.00) that is good for 10 years. The first $100.00 deposit will be due in September. Each month will have a deposit due until the time of the trip. The church will pay a part which will be determined.

• Summer Caswell (July 16-21) (Make)

This is a wonderful summer camp/retreat. There will be more details in the future. The cost is about $200.00 per-youth.

The Youth Department Sunday School
The Youth Sunday School curriculum is LIFE FOCUS. This magazine-format learner guide serves as the basis for in-class study and discussion during the weekly sessions. Youth can continue their study of the key Scripture passage with weekly tear-out take-home sheets. Plus, it’s packed with teen-targeted articles and true-life stories.

The Youth Department Rooms
Youth: Middle School (Grade 6, 7 & 8) | Room 300 A-C
Youth: High School Grade (9, 10, 11 & 12) | Room 301 B