Children & Youth

Children & Youth

Bridge Builders

Youth, in general, are often called the “future of the Church.” I want to invite you to think about this statement in a new way for us at St. Paul. The youth at St. Paul will be the future of the Church AND they are currently a vital and integral part of this congregation. As you all know, I have been on staff here for over a year, beginning as an intern and then transitioning into the full-time Director of…
Fusion 2017

We Believe

We Believe by Jim Rittenhouse, Associate Director of Music Ministries “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal…” These immortal words of Thomas Jefferson indelibly carved into the soul of our nation have been the cornerstone of so much of our public and private belief systems. This is a given – this is something we can all agree to hold dear, the baseline of who we are as a nation, and a bedrock of what we…

Youth Group Resumes!

Youth Group Resumes! by Rev. Griffin Phillips, Minister of Youth & Young Adults Well, St. Paul is just getting back into the swing of things with Youth Group and Choir and planning upcoming trips. And I’m just getting into the swing of things with my recent start at the church. I am so excited and so grateful to be here with you all, and I want to share a couple of thoughts with you today. Some people are going through…

Summer Is Coming

SUMMER IS COMING By Lori Elbert, Worship Assistant Summer is right around the bend and, for me, summer always brings thoughts of camp to mind. “What camps will my kids go to?” always leads to thoughts of my own time at youth camps in the hot West Texas sun: playing kickball, swimming, learning more about God, and drawing closer in my relationship with Him. Mark Angleton (Director of Student Ministries) and I recently had a conversation about why camp plays…

Play Like You Mean It

PLAY LIKE YOU MEAN IT   By Mark Angleton, Director of Youth Last semester during Ignite, our weekly youth group meetings, 
I would step into different small groups to see how the discussions were going. Most of the time I would see kids staring at each other 
in that ever so awkward wait time after a question has been posed. The wait time would extend longer and longer until someone would
 do something silly to break the tension in the…

Faith and Family

FAITH AND FAMILY By Amy Bishop, Director of Children and Family Ministries In today’s culture, we as parents strive to feed our kids the most nutritious foods, give them access to the best education, expose them to the most diverse experiences, all in hopes that they will grow up to be well-rounded individuals. Why wouldn’t we want to be as intentional in our children’s spiritual growth and development? Children involved in a faith community is extremely important because it helps…

FUSION 2015: Chicago Style

FUSION 2015: CHICAGO STYLE By Jim Rittenhouse, Associate Director of Music and Mark Angleton, Director of Youth The dust has settled on another FUSION, but the impact of an amazing week will live on! Our mission this year took us to Chicago and its suburbs. In all, 18 youth and 7 chaperones took off on June 13 (and we are happy to report all came back as well). Here are some of the wonderful things we experienced: a warm community…