Engaging the children!

I am most passionate about my ministry and the work I do with the children. I take pride in helping them reach their full potential and strive for excellence!

It is important that we have positive activities available to engage our youth and keep them away from the negative.

~Empower: A Youth and Teen Ministry
Empower is a ministry where teen girls can fellowship and talk about the hard issues they face on a daily basis. This ministry is a forum to build them up and empower them to keep moving forward. This ministry stands on Psalm 139:14 “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made!”

~Reality Check
Reality Check is a group where there is a topic given and they can speak freely about said topic. We discuss things like Sex, Drugs, Peer Pressure, Suicide, Bullying, etc.

*In both Empower and Reality Check the children have taken a pledge to not judge each other or break each other's confidentiality.*

~Lock-In’s
Throughout the year we will host a Lock-In. This is a time when the children spend the night at the church and we have games, crafts, movies, food, all night long. We also have a lesson discussing a topic that is relevant to the lock-in.
This event is currently held 4 times a year, Easter, Back-to-School, Fall Fest (An Alternative to Halloween), and Christmas. Lock-Ins are open to all the children and we usually average about 40 children.

~Youth Bible Fellowship
Youth Bible Fellowship is held weekly for the children. This is Bible Study on a level they can understand. Following the study, the children are offered homework help, and given a meal.

~Other Activities
Throughout the year we hold other activities monthly. The activities include skating, bowling, movies, dinner, and Christmas Candylane at Hershey Park, Washington DC day trips to name a few!