Youth

Ministry Leader Name:  Andrew Hale – Associate Pastor
E-mail: southpointyouth@gmail.com

Audience Description:

  • Junior & Senior High Youth
  • Awesome praise, biblical teaching and building relationships with other youth and their Creator and Lord – Jesus Christ.

The Point:  Junior High & Senior High Ministry

Ministry Purpose & Vision: At The Point - our goal is to establish relationships with teens and speak to them where they live. We are absolutely convinced that the Word of God alone is sufficient for addressing all the needs of young men and women today! In today’s culture, teens are exposed to so many different opinions, perspectives, and viewpoints about right and wrong, life and death and everything in between.  However, we want our teens to fully understand concepts like Sin, Accountability, and their Personal Responsibility to a Holy, Loving & Gracious God. Teens enter The Point as youth and it is our hope and prayer that they leave as godly men and women committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ!

 

The name of our Youth Ministry is The Point, because the point of this youth ministry is based on the truths found in Matthew 5:16 and Colossians 1:28-29 – that we preach and teach the truth of God’s amazing Word, so that every teen will grow in wisdom in the knowledge of their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and serve as lights by leading their family and friends to the knowledge of a personal relationship with the Creator and only True God and Father in Heaven!  Youth in the church are often looked upon as a liability rather than an asset. That’s why The Point ministry is focused on helping teens rise above the indifferent culture they live in and see the hope, joy, love and power that is available to them in a personal and committed daily relationship with Jesus Christ.  It is our hope that each person in The Point will grow in spiritual maturity through lives devoted to Christ, His Word, and His church, so that their lives begin to reflect a counter-cultural alternative for their peers to see and desire.

 

The Point Staff’s deepest desire is to see each teen experience a daily supernatural relationship with Jesus Christ through the study of His Word, Prayer, godly relationships, and serving their God & King.  We fulfill this desire through six aspects of ministry.

 

1. Honoring God with Our Praise & Worship

The Point Youth Ministry provides students with a time and a place to honor God with our praise and worship through the Point of Praise band (or POP). Our students understand that true worship is doing everything to the glory of God no matter where they are or what they are doing!  Because most of our teens spend the week surrounded by other teens that are indifferent and even hostile to God, we believe it is important for them to be encouraged on Sundays through worship with other teens who share their love for Christ.

 

2. Sunday Mornings @ The Point: Preaching from the Word of God

On Sunday Mornings at 9:45am in Taylor Hall, we have the entire youth ministry together for a time of music, fellowship and most importantly, preaching & teaching from the Word of God. It is our desire to provide opportunities for our students to hear preaching & teaching which is focused on revealing the incredible truths found in God’s Word. The Point is committed to accurately and consistently teaching the Word of God. Our messages focus on what the Bible has to say about life & death and everything in between which might be unique to teens.

 

3. Ministry & Service Opportunities

The Point youth ministry provides opportunities for our teens to exercise their spiritual gifts in various ways.  We provide opportunities for our youth to serve their Southpoint church family through helping with yard & house clean-up.  In addition, our youth are provided with opportunities to minister to kids located in state housing facilities and the inner city.  Also, we provide opportunities for our youth to share their faith through various neighborhood outreaches and overseas with our annual Summer Short Term Mission Trip.  These ministry & service opportunities give our students the opportunity to proclaim the gospel and pray as Jesus would with people who are hurting physically and spiritually.  Whether it is leading music on Sunday Mornings or Wednesday Nite at The Dominion, or giving a challenge in a small group, taking down chairs after Wednesday Nites, or serving in Church Choir, Children’s ministry or helping clean up around the church, our students show their love for God and for their neighbors by putting into practice the gift(s) God has given them.

 

4. One-on-One Discipleship

Youth Ministry offers opportunities for our students to spend time with a mature spiritual leader who can establish personal relationships with them. Our staff is devoted to being involved in the lives of our students because we know that personal discipleship is the most effective tool for challenging a young man or woman to greater spiritual growth and maturity.  Our staff serves as living models of what we desire in our students.

 

5. Wednesday Nites @ The Logos: Outreach and Bible Teaching

Youth Ministry is committed to helping our youth reach out into their communities to introduce their peers to an awesome, gracious and loving Lord and Savior.  Wednesday night at 6 p.m. in Word of Life Building, our youth come together to hang out with their friends, play games, enjoy awesome food, and then spend time worshipping God with awesome music, prayer, cool teaching from God’s Word, and sharing their thoughts in their Small Group.  Wednesday Nite youth ministry values the importance “small-group” accountability. These small groups are divided into 5-8 girls or guys and they meet with staff members to discuss the evenings lesson, and their relationship and walk with the Lord. These groups are great times together as the students are pressed to make the connection between the teaching that they hear and real-life situations. Small Group ministry is essential to the spiritual accountability and growth of our young men and women.

 

6. Activities & Camps

Finally, The Point Youth Minsitry provides teens with awesome activities within godly relationships. Our ministry provides events to the beach, Paintball, Dinner & Movie Nights, Winter Camp & Ski Trips, road trips to Disney World, Universal, Busch Gardens, Football & Baseball Games, Winter Camp & Ski Trip and Word of Life Summer Camp.  Our Winter & Summer Camps are a vital part of what we do in The Point Ministry.  While a camp is not the end all of ministry, these events have been influential in the lives of so many students over the years.

 

However, our most influential activity and highlight for the year is our Annual Short Term Mission Trip. This event gives students time to be stretched spiritually as they prepare to go overseas to minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a spiritually lost and dying world.  They are given opportunities to share their love for Christ, share their passion for the Gospel, experience a different culture, and see people’s lives radically transformed through a spiritually born again profession of faith in Jesus Christ.  The result of these trips are not just lasting memories, but deepened relationships with other believers, and a greater commitment to Christ in their personal lives and their service to His Church!

 

Final Thoughts: In a day when the success of youth ministry is defined by how many students attend, or how effectively the ministry can meet emotional needs, The Point Youth Ministry realizes that true success is defined by our faithfulness to teaching God’s Word precisely while loving people like Christ, selflessly and unconditionally.  This is what God has entrusted to us. As the Youth Ministry Staff of Southpoint Baptist Church continues to pour their lives into the lives of our youth, it is our hope and constant prayer that God will use us in a mighty way through the teaching and living out of God’s Word and truth, so that our students will see the love of Christ perfected in us and in them.

 

1 Thessalonians 4:1: Finally, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live in a way that pleases God, as we have taught you. You are doing this already, and we encourage you to do so more and more.

 

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