Below you'll find a list of our various ministries that we do in CBC Youth. We firmly believe
that all of these structures are beneficial for the Christian and for the seeker, and we encourage all our
youth to be dedicated and committed to their spiritual health through participation in these ministries.
We also believe our ministry here at CBC goes beyond our weekly structures! Day-to-day discipleship and
gospel-centered living are also key components to what we're pursuing with our youth!
Sundays
Youth Praise: Every first Sunday of the month at 11:15 am in the Chapel, we will gather together for a time of worship, fellowship, instruction and encouragement. Instead of meeting with your DG's that week, we will spend time as a whole youth group on Sunday 2nd hour.
- Discipleship Groups (DG's):
Discipleship groups are designed for each youth to grow together with other students in order to live life together and pursue Christ together. The main purpose of DG's is more for community and discipleship than it is a traditional Bible study group. The bulk of our youth group's teaching will come from ACCESS and Youth Praise. Each DG is led by a DG leader who is to be their mentor and coach throughout the year. Since the majority of the youth's growth this semester will depend on weekly interactions, we expect each youth not only to attend DG meetings, but also get involved in the lives of their DG members.
What to Expect
You can expect to be cared for and loved on by your DG and its leaders. We want to create a
space where two things happen:
- You can be open and honest about who you are and what you are going through. Come as you are and meet people where they are.
- You can encourage and love on others. Not only do we want your to be cared for but for you to also care for others.
How Did We Get Here?
After a lot of praying and reading, we've decided to take this route and try to do this discipleship group thing. We actually did a lot of analyzing about where our youth have been and what were the results and we noticed that there were two major holes in our youth program:
- Our current youth model wasn't the most effective on Sunday mornings. We've noticed students come in and out of our doors without anyone really knowing and following up on them. Our current Sunday School program was geared towards our members who were Christian and it provided theology in a lecture model. Don't get us wrong, it was awesome...but we were missing a lot of students where they were at.
- We saw many of our students needed to be cared for and loved on. Unless students took the extra initiative, many of them didn't have people who invested in their lives and our leadership personnel didn't have enough help to cover all our youth.
Our Prayer
Our hope is that every student that is a part of our youth group is covered by both our adult leaders and youth members. We want to make it impossible for youth to merely be attendees and just be anonymous. We pray that there becomes this multi-generational discipleship that occurs and we have youth mentoring youth and adults working together with students from all grades. We pray that our students are honest with their struggles, bold in their faith and passionate in their pursuit of Jesus.
Fridays
- ACCESS:
ACCESS is our youth group's version of Sunday School and is designed to provide the youth weekly teaching of the Bible, theology and doctrine. ACCESS will provide various tracks in which a student can sign up for during the semester according to their interests and needs. Meets weekly at 7:30 - 9:15 pm on Friday nights in the Chapel.
Meetings & Training
| Youth Leaders | 1st Sunday / Month | 12:45-1:30 pm | Chapel |
| College Sponsors | 1st Sunday / Month | 8:00-9:00 pm | Zoom |
| Youth Membership | 3rd Sunday / Month | 12:45-1:30 pm | Chapel |
| Parents | Last Sunday / Month | 12:45-1:30 pm | Chapel |