See our Church Diary at this site for other current Church events or current weekly youth activities at the bottom of the linked page.

Click the big blue link below for details of all Term 4 2011 Friday Evening programmes:

       Friday Programme Calendar Term 4 2011   

Call Dave Adams on 04 385 9549 ext 710 or email for questions about any of these groups or to join the activities! Email: dave@bgi.org.nz

St John's youth group is a group of young people that intentionally seek God while reaching out to the community as well as our peers. We have heaps of fun together and value building strong relationships with each other.

Leaders 2011

Dave Adams: Senior Youth Ministry Worker.

Dave is our Senior Youth Ministry Worker.
Prior to 2011 Dave served as a youth worker at The Street City Church.

Ngahuia Larsen: EPIC (Junior Youth Group) Cordinator

Nga has been at Saint John's since she was 14 years old when she joined the youth group, she has since voluntee

St Johns runs two youth programmes that cater to different ages.

For young people in years 9 to 13

Seniors (Thrive) (Year 9-13) Meet: Friday 6:30-8:30pm & Sunday 10:00-11:00am during the school term  

Welcome,

If you are reading this, you are probably wondering what we are like, are we fun? Are we welcoming? Will we have some epic hang times? Will we learn about God? My answer to that is I should certainly hope so! But don’t just take our word for it, come check us out – we’d love to meet you!

It doesn’t matter where you are at in your journey; we’re all walking it together.

We have two sessions to suit, Friday Nights, 6:30-8:30pm during the term, this is our socializing central packed full of games, fun, opportunities to meet new people and a brief faith based thought of the week. It’s pretty sweet! Then once you’re feeling a bit more at home and perhaps a little more curious about the notion of ‘faith’, come join us on Sunday morning, 10:00-11:00am during the term, this is where we take a deeper look into faith, the bible, its application & answer your burning questions (and have a little fun at the same time). You can come to Fridays and/or Sundays, there is no pressure; we’d just love to hang out with ya (the more the merrier)!

Where: St Johns Centre or Spinks Cottage

Cost: $2

Contact: Dave Adams dave@bgi.org.nz , 04 385 9549, 027 4269 782

EPIC (Junior youth group) – for young people in year 7 and 8

EPIC is a dynamic community that caters to young people in years 7 and 8.

During the school term EPIC runs a Friday night programme that includes fun activities for the purpose of building positive relationships and having a blast! Friday night programmes generally run from 6:30 – 8:30pm.

EPIC also meet on Sunday mornings which includes both fun activities as well as teaching with the purpose of building our young peoples Christian faith.   The Sunday morning programmes will be overseen and coordinated with Junior Church programmes by Anna Davis and Heather Walker.  Nga will be involved in both Friday and Sunday programmes for EPIC.

Annual marquee events

Brace yourself. St Johns youth group participates in a series of fun weekend events spread across the year. These include:-

- The Parachute Festival (The largest Christian music festival in the Southern Hemisphere)

- JYMC Easter Camp (A combine camp over easter with other Presbyterian youth groups from the Wellington region)

- The 40-hour famine (A national fundraising event)

… and more…

These are fun events that promote the building of quality relationships and the building of the Christian faith.

St. Johns youth group is open to every young person. Feel free to come visit us, hang out with us and find out more about what we do and why we do it J

For more information on St Johns youth group please feel free to call Dave Adams with any questions you may have about the group. We would love to hear from you.

dave@bgi.org.nz , 04 385 9549, 027 4269 782

Sundays!

The Youth Group meets on Sunday, 10:00 am to 11:00 am at St John's during terms time.  Usually, some of the time is spent in Church as part of morning worship.

Who are we?

We are a group of young people between the ages of 11 and 17 who are interested in knowing more about Jesus Christ, God and the Bible.

Where do we meet?

We meet in our own Youth Group Rooms at St John's in the City, based in Spinks Cottage.  It has a pool table as well as lounges used for studies and socialising and we sometimes hang out there after school to do our homework or to use it as a social meeting place.

What do we do?

We enjoy hanging out on Sunday mornings between 10:00 and 11:00 am when we do stuff like:

* talking about our understanding of the Bible and our faith;
* taking part in art activities and drama;

What about weekends away?

Yes - we do those sometimes and do sleepovers in Wellington too.

What other events are there?

Every year, including in January 2011, we get a group of about 30 people together and travel to the Parachute Festival Extreme in Mystery Creek near Hamilton.  For details, contact Dave on the phone number above, or email on the Youth Group link above.

A St John's Parachute Group