Every Wednesday night, as part of Youth Fellowship, our youth and leaders share a dinner together.  It is a great time of laughter, conversation, prayer and good food.  We would love to have a person who would be willing to make the dinners for these evenings.  Menus are basic, but usually take an hour or so to prepare and get ready to serve at 6 pm, with clean up after. Time commitment is 5-7 pm on Wednesday nights for the rest of this semester then starting up again with the fall semester.  If you are interested and would like to discuss further, please contact Kirk Anderson, Director. of Student Ministry at church or 316-371-0311.

Our Miles for Mission fundraiser runs through Easter to help support our IGNITE 2019 Mission Trip to Denver, Colorado.  Your year on year support has allowed us to take hundreds of youth on our annual mission trip through the years, and this fundraiser helps to cover our transportation costs.

This year we are partnering with the Door Network in Denver. Youth spend the second week of July serving the homeless and disenfranchised urban population in Denver.  Mission-trippers also learn about social and economic justice and how they can take what they learn and apply it at home. We have 30 high school youth along with six amazing guides participating.  We also welcome our friends from Chase Community Presbyterian church again this year.  You can donate at the Miles for Mission table by the coffee bar, and we accept checks, cash or card. Thank you for your generous support of Grace’s Youth Ministry.

If you would like to get on the Student Ministry email list for either IGNITE or INSPIRE/WYLDlife, please email your request to Kirk Anderson at kirk@mygpc.org.

IGNITE (All High School aged youth)

• Sunday School: We only meet on April 7 and April 14.
• Wednesday Fellowship: We meet every Wednesday in April. April 24 is our planned Youth Worship.
  • Schedule (unless otherwise noted)
    • 5 pm Chess Club Study Hall
    • 6 pm Dinner
    • 6:30 – 7:45 pm Fellowship

INSPIRE (All Middle High aged youth)

• Sunday School: We only meet on April 7and April 14.
• Wednesday Fellowship:We meet every Wednesdays in April.
  • Schedule (unless otherwise noted)
    • 3:20 pm snacks / chill time
    • 3:45 – 4:55 pm Fellowship
    • 5 pm Chess Club
    • 6 pm Dinner (Please pick-up by 6:20 pm)

WYLDlife (Middle High Youth)

• Club Fridays are after school until 4:45 pm at Grace.
• We meet on April 12 and April 26.

YaYa’s (College aged youth)

• We meet on Sunday evening at various homes and venues discussing God’s purpose in one’s life during the college aged years. Call Kirk for locations and more information.

The Grace Children’s Ministry department has been busy creating a whole new Vacation Bible School Curriculum for June 10-14, 2019.  We feel strongly that when kids have creative success it opens them up to know their Creator in a deeper way.

This year, our VBS kids pretend we are spending a week in Hawaii learning how to play the ukulele. Each age group has lessons each day along with a Bible story, Hawaiian dance, crafts and snack time all around the theme of being a disciple and making disciples.

Missions and service is a big part of VBS this year. Did you know that the first missionaries to Hawaii were Presbyterian? Our kids are going to learn about different missionaries throughout history and current missionaries as well. They get to meet some of our local service teams and see what kind of mission work is being done right here at Grace Presbyterian Church.

We need A LOT of help this year. Would you consider volunteering your time to serve kids at VBS?  If you have one morning free or all five mornings free, we have a place for you. If you would like to donate items or help decorate and set up/tear down, we have a place for you.

Find the signup sheets on the bulletin board in the coffee bar area and put your name and cell phone contact on the spaces that best suit you and your gifts. If you have questions, please email Jennifer at jennifer@mygpc.org and she will do her best to answer your questions.

A new classroom is being renovated upstairs for our elementary age students.  Stay tuned for a personal invitation and open house as we complete this fun project for our kids.

If you would like to get on the Student Ministry email list for either IGNITE or INSPIRE/WYLDlife, please email your request to Kirk Anderson at kirk@mygpc.org

IGNITE (All High School aged youth)

• Sunday School: We meet every Sunday in the Teen Center.

• Wednesday Fellowship
  • We meet Wednesday, March 6, March 20 and March 27.
    • March 6 includes the 7 pm Ash Wednesday Service.
    • March 20 our Youth Worship .
  • Schedule (unless otherwise noted)
    • 5 pm Chess club study hall
    • 6 pm Dinner
    • 6:30 – 7:45 pm Fellowship

INSPIRE (All Middle High aged youth)

• Sunday School: We meet every Sunday in the Teen Center.
• Wednesday Fellowship
  • We meet Wednesday, March 6, March 20 and March 27.
  • Schedule (unless otherwise noted)
    • 3:20 pm snacks / chill time
    • 3:45 – 4:55 pm Fellowship
    • 5 pm Chess Club
    • 6 pm Dinner (Please pick-up by 6:20)

WYLDlife (Middle High Youth)

• Club meets Fridays after school until 4:45 pm here at Grace.
• We meet on the March 1 and March 29.

YaYa’s (College aged youth)

• We meet on Sunday evening at various homes and venues discussing God’s purpose in one’s life during the college aged years. Call Kirk for locations and more information.