LETTER FROM THE YOUTH DIRECTOR

Here at the Upper Room Worship Center, we are a caring, loving and a devoted bunch of people and it doesn't stop with our adults. Our teenagers, better known as G.E.T. Youth, are just the same. Like teenagers in every church we have our differences but as Christians and with the help of the Holy Spirit we always seem to work it out. Our teenagers welcome all other teenagers with open arms, minds and hearts. We are a small church with a small youth group but the church is on FIRE! We are growing more and more every week. We are growing not only in number but we are growing spiritually also and if that's not God I don't know what is. I would like to give the parents some insight on what we do as a youth group. First of all, in Sunday school I teach on a different subject nearly every week; ranging from music to worship and everyday issues that teenagers deal with like sex, drugs, and peer pressure. On Wednesday nights, we are currently doing a study on the book of Revelation. A lot of questions were being asked about the end times so I felt led by the spirit to start this study (we even have some young adults join us on Wednesday nights). Once a month, on a Wednesday night I try to hold a youth service for our teenagers and young adults. Also, I try to do an activity once a month either on a Friday or Saturday night. This could include but not limited to sporting events, movies, bowling, skating, outings at various places including our house. To do these activities we need money, so we have fundraisers through out the year. Some are a daily thing like a car wash and some are longer such as selling calendars and candy. We also have different ministries for the youth to find themselves involved in; things like the praise team and the Upward Bound Drama Team which was started less than a year ago. Well, if you and your family are in the area and looking for a church where you can be at home. Remember, even Jesus was fed at the Upper Room.