Sunday School classes are offered each Sunday morning from 9:30am - 10:30am. A variety of curriculum is used in each class to help students go deeper and grow in their faith and their relationship with Christ.

• Middle School Class – { grades six through eight } – gathers in the front of The Basement
• High School Class – { grades nine through twelve } – gathers on the couches in the back of The Basement

Our entire youth group gathers every Wednesday night in the basement for our weekly Bible study. We gather from 6:00 -9:00. BUT out Bible study begins at 7:15 and runs till 8:30.

We have several groups of senior high ladies that gather in small groups and also several different small groups for the senior high gentlemen. The junior high all gather into a huge group for some exciting, and entertaining discussions and activities!!!

Each group is lead by an adult and the time is spent growing in Christian Fellowship and accountability. Each week we study a passage from the Bible and apply it to the world we live in today. Time is also spent sharing issues and struggles youth are facing throughout their week and there is time for prayer and encouragement from the whole group.

ALL are invited and welcome to come and join us any Wednesday night. Please feel free to drop by anytime and check out what God is doing, it is AMAZING !!!

Our Sunday night fellowship involves the entire youth group, 6th – 12th grade from 6:00 – 8:00.

We start each evening with one of the youth leading a devotion and sharing what God is doing in their life. Then the rest of the evening is spent in what is best thought of as participatory worship and a celebration of God’s love. Chrsit shows up huge and the Holy Spirit moves in a powerful way and we end each evening with a time of prayer.

Please join us one night and check it out, it promises to be a night where our Living God touches your heart and your spirit is set on fire !!!!

Youth Choir is open to all students in grades six through twelve. Rehearsals are from 5:00 - 5:45pm Sundays in the choir loft of the sanctuary. The youth choir sings every third Sunday at the 8:30am worship service. Meets during school year.

We have at least one special event per month during the school year and several outings and camps during the summer months. These events range anywhere from Laser tag to a Whitewater Rafting Retreat. We also have youth participating each summer in several week-long camps and mission trips.

Once a month we have a fireside chat were we build a bonfire and discuss an individual from the Bible. Afterwards we spend the remainder of the evening roasting marshmallows and visiting with friends.

There is also a Fall Retreat and a Spring Retreat when we head off to a camp to spend the weekend together as a group searching deeper into God’s Holy Word and exploring our relationship with Christ. We also incorporate many group building games and activities and hear some incredible music and hold powerful worship celebrations!

At Aldersgate our youth have many different avenues of mission work. We claim the fact that we are called to be the hands and feet of Christ and are always seeking to go out into the community and make a difference.

On the first Saturday of each month we serve supper at the United Caring Shelter. Through out the month we also try to have several other opportunities to serve and minister in our city.

Each summer we take a week long mission trip and this coming summer we are planning on going to Quest Farm in Kentucky to assist mentally handicapped adults in working the farm they maintain to provide a living for themselves.

The Aldersgate United Methodist youth group would like to extend an invitation to EVERYONE to come and join us at any and all our youth events! Christ calls and invites ALL into His Holy Fellowship & Body and we are excited about what God is doing at Aldersgate and through our youth.

You are welcome to come and see the difference Christ is making in our lives and you are invited to experience the difference Christ so desires to make in your life! We seek to make our youth group a “safe place” where young men and women can explore their relationship with God and seek to build each other up in positive, uplifting ways.

In the words of Philip the Apostle to his friend Nathanael, “COME & SEE!”

“Listen, I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to you, and eat with you, and you with me.”

“The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the lord’s favor …. to comfort all who mourn, …

Youth Pastor - - - Lee Shepherd

Cell phone – 774-6644

e-mail – shepherd319@gmail.com

LINKS:

http://www.sicbym.youthsite.org/index.cfm      

{ South Indiana Conference – Conference Board of Youth Ministries CBYM }

http://www.evansvillechrysalis.com/About.html

{ Evansville Chrysalis Community }

http://www.youthspecialties.com/

http://www.upperroom.org/devozine

{ great youth devotional }

http://bible.crosswalk.com/

{ wonderful Bible resource }

http://www.upperroom.org/emmaus/

http://www.cmcentral.com/