The Youth Group at First Church

We welcome young people in grades 6-12. We meet every Sunday evening from 6:00-8:15 p.m. in our own wild and crazy youth space. Join us for fun, fellowship, service and mission, worship, music and food! Make new friends; see some old friends.
Weekly meetings include our Sunday Light Informal evening service, complete with worship, praise music (kicked up a notch!), and refreshments.

In addition to our weekly meetings, we enjoy a host of  other activities. We have:
attended Christian Rock festivals, met  other youth groups to share activities
engaged in community service, walked for hunger, led worship services
participated in rallies, famine sleep-overs, and retreats.

This past June, five of us participated in the Hartford Mission Project.

First Church Mission Team with Christ Community Presbyterian Church in West Hartford and The Rev. Greg Woods at Hartford Rescue Mission, an outreach program offering the homeless food, shelter, and clothing.   Dan Nieman dancing with a member of the Hispanic Senior Center of Hartford, which was one of the outreach programs in which our Team participated.

We lived at the Salvation Army in Hartford, and volunteered at the Hartford Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter; the Hispanic Senior Center; a home for women with substance abuse; and Peter's Retreat, a home for people living with AIDS. We served over 700 hotdogs and helped with a basketball clinic at a community picnic.

John Thomas and Larry of Christ Community Presbyterian Church ham it up at the Senior Center, learning how to salsa.

Please join us and bring a friend!
Paula Bartlett, Coordinator of Youth Programming
229-3709 at the church or
561-8557 at home