Our youth program brings young people together every week to help them grow in faith and to equip them to change history.
- Sunday School - Sundays @ 9:50 am
- Journey to Adulthood (J2A) - 9:00-10:00 am
- J2A meets from 9 am 10 am every Sunday morning. The J2A group can then attend the 10 am worship services with their family
- Is a way for the congregation and families to walk with young people as they move from childhood to adulthood
- It is not a Sunday School curriculum or a youth group although it includes both of those elements
What is J2A?
Began in mid-1980s by parish of St. Philips in Durham, NC and is used by 1500 congregations
Complete Youth Ministry Program of spiritual formation for 6th to 12th graders and includes Bible Study, prayer, rites of passage, and outreach ministries
Core Principles Celebration and Responsibility. Focusing on the concepts of manhood and womanhood as free gifts from God and that adulthood must be earned
Four Areas (Jesus is Model) are Self, Society, Sexuality and Spirituality
J2A is composed of three two-year segments:
Rite 13 (6th and 7th or 7th and 8th grades). This segment focuses on celebrating their individuality and creative potential similar to the Jewish bar/bat mitzvah tradition
J2A (8th and 9th or 9th and 10th grades). The second segment engages youth in skills and critical thinking of adulthood: active listening, negotiation, assertion, research & information management, partnership and leadership, Confirmation, and Embarking on Pilgrimage Holy Land, Ireland, England, etc.
YAC (Young Adults in Church) is the final segment geared toward 11th and 12th grades. This is a Mentor based program used to discern and carry out a ministry within their church
