Youth Ministries - Christ Lutheran Church

"Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers

in speech, in life, in love, and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12

Christ Lutheran Church’s youth ministry exists to help youth GROW in Jesus Christ their God, PRAISE God, BUILD relationships through God, SERVE others for God, and SHARE their faith in God.

Our DCE sends out weekly emails to all our youth (and parents of youth), which include a devotional, fun websites, and announcements about our upcoming events. To be added to this weekly email list, please send an email

Current Events Calendar

GROW in Jesus Christ their God involves anything that helps our youth develop their relationship with God. Spending time with god usually involves praying (sharing concerns and listening) and spending time reading and meditating on God’s Word. It also involves just being aware the God is always with us.

From a youth ministry perspective, it particularly refers to opportunities to learn about God and His will for our lives through Bible studies, Sunday School classes, confirmation classes, and intensive discipleship groups. We also provide youth with daily devotionals to help them spend time with God regularly.

PRAISE God involves anything to do with worshipping God. We fulfill the purpose of worship by communicating our love to God through praying, singing, giving, thanking, participating in the sacraments, and listening to God wherever we are in life. In it’s most typical form, it means going to church services. It also refers to helping lead services. Since music is such a large part of most teen’s lives, we focus much of our praising God effects of music. We take our youth to Christian concerts and invite bands to play at our church. We also have a contemporary Christian music library for our youth to use.

BUILD RELATIONSHIPS through God focuses on helping our youth develop Christian friendships. These are the fun activities, retreats, and trips we do to help the youth get to know more about each other and have shared experiences. We encourage our youth to call on each other for encouragement and pray for each other.

SERVE OTHERS for God are the community serve projects that we do. God calls us to be HIS hands and feet, so our youth ministry organizes events to allow youth to reach out with God’s love in physical ways to help others. From visiting shut-ins, collecting canned food for SouperBowl Sunday, picking up trash at a local park, to helping build a Habitat for Humanity house, we serve in a variety of ways.

SHARE GOD WITH OTHERS is our way of reaching out to our community and world with the Gospel. This involves training our youth to share what they believe. It sometimes involves specific events, such as our Easter Celebration where our main goal is to share the Gospel message with others. In many cases, this involves praying for our friends that don’t trust in Jesus and inviting them to come to church and youth group activities with us.

	FISH (5th and 6th grade) Youth FISH stands for “Friends In Safe Hands.” The fish symbol was used by the early Christians to identify each other. Youth at this age are still in the safe hands of their parents, but most importantly are in the safest hands of Jesus. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” - Mark 1:17 This group generally meets once a month during the school year. Parents of youth in the group take responsibility for coordinating at least one event each year, so the time and date varies due to the activity. This also allows the youth to help plan activities that they know they will enjoy. The group’s activities include both fun (such as corn mazes, rock climbing, pottery, ice skating, etc.) and service oriented activities (leaf raking, free car washes, helping with games at our Easter Celebration, etc.) combined with a Bible devotion.
	Pro Deo (7th and 8th Grade Youth) Pro Deo is a Latin phrase meaning “For God.” This is a time when many feel like the world is overwhelming them, and they need to know that when God is for them, nothing can overtake them. This is also a time when youth experience confirmation, which culminates in them making a public statement that they will live their lives “for God.” “If God is for us, who can be against us?” -Romans 8:31b Each month this group does either or both a fun activity (pool party, hiking, skiing, etc.) or a service project (visiting a nursing home, free babysitting for parents, serving lunch at the church fair, etc.). Our 7th and 8th grade youth also attend weekly confirmation classes with Pastor. This group also supports a Compassion Child, who is a child living in poverty in a foreign country. The cost to support a Compassion Child is $32 a month. If members would like to support this project, we ask that they bring $5 a month to help. We also receive letters from and write to our child. This group often does joint activities with our senior high youth group, such as Overnight Events, trips to Six Flags, River Tubing, and helping with our annual Easter Celebration. The highlight of the year for this group is our annual trip to a Youth Encounter weekend in Worchester, where the group hears a great speaker, bands, and participates in activities that brings God’s Word alive. They also meet hundreds of youth from around the area.
	FIRE (9th-12th Grade) Youth After our youth have made a public declaration of their faith, we pray that they will be “on fire” for God. Their faith will continue to be refined (as by fire), and they will also be challenged to share their faith with others, so that God’s love will spread like fire. It also stands for “Following In Righteousness Eternally.” “This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’” - Zechariah 13:9 We have at least one activity each month that generally alternates between service (Serving Easter Breakfast, Habitat for Humanity, Celebration events for kids, etc.) and fun (Laser Tag, Video Scavenger Hunts, etc.). This group has a Sunday morning Bible class. They are also welcome to help teach a younger Sunday School class. During the year, many group members work to fundraiser for our big summer trip.

	College Ministry Although they may be far from home, we continue to minister to our college students. Both our high school and college graduates receive a special blessing and gift in the Spring. As freshman in college, they receive information about area churches and Christian organizations on campus. Throughout the school year, our students are sent newsletters designed especially for college students. Inspirational and funny emails are also sent to our college students on a regular basis. Before both winter and spring finals, our college students are sent care packages made by our senior high youth. College students and parents, please be sure to update our DCE with your current addresses, so that you won’t miss a newsletter or package (691-1893 or by email). We also organize fellowship events when our college students are home, such as during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and summer break. College students are also welcome to participate in our senior high youth activities when they are home.