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Youth Ministries

Youth Group Activities
Rev. Christian K. Choi, Associate Pastor for Family Ministry, coordinates Youth Ministries.

We are excited to start a new school year and to resume our youth group fellowship. 


Click here to complete the WPC Child / Youth Registration and Consent Form
Youth Activities
We encourage every youth to participate in worship by being an acolyte, worship leader, and Bible/Cross carrier. Please sign up using the links below.

Junior High (Acolyte): https://bit.ly/3snBc7N
Senior High (Worship Leader, Bible/Cross Carrier): https://bit.ly/3k3auxs

Parents: Youth Group will gather 16 times this school year, and it is truly a welcome fellowship with a great dinner. Could you help us encourage these youth by hosting a dinner? Please sign up at https://bit.ly/3jYYEoc.

Junior high youth serve as acolytes. Senior high youth serve as youth ushers, Nursery and Sunday school assistants, Bible and Cross Carriers (on Communion Sundays) and worship leaders during the worship service. Youth members serve in the governing bodies of our church as youth deacons and elders. Our Christmas Eve tradition is a candlelight service conducted by the high school seniors, and the Children's Service assisted by the juniors and the confirmation class. Youth Sunday  was held on March 21, 2021.
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Confirmation (Grades 6-8)
Sunday 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 beginning on September 19

Confirmation is the process through which youth affirm the vows made at their Baptism and become active members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Three-year Confirmation class provides a comprehensive review of our faith based on the Scripture. We will integrate two curriculums, “Big God, Big Questions” and “Echo, The Story” to connect our confessional faith statements and the Scripture. It is our hope that in the midst of uncertainty, God’s steadfastness will be explained, exemplified, and experienced by being together in this class. 
Teachers: Rev. Choi, Sally Godbey, Jim Kincaid

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Senior High Youth Group 2021-2022
Sundays 5:00-7:00 P.M. Parish Hall/ Youth Room
High School youth will gather in Parish Hall to have fellowship/games and dinner during the first hour, followed by discussion on current topics from Christian perspective, based on PCUSA resource “Faith Questions.”
​Adult facilitators are Susan Day, Bill Deemer, and Mary Ray join Rev. Choi.


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2021-2022 Children of Abraham
Wednesdays, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.

Youth in Grades 6-12 are invited to quarterly gatherings hosted by four faith communities: Grace United Methodist Church, The Islamic Society of Greater Springfield, Springfield Board of Jewish Education, and
Westminster Presbyterian Church. Youth from all faith communities are invited as we build friendships, learn about one another, and share a vegetarian meal. We complete the year with a collaborative service project.
The youth gatherings are coordinated by Shahnila Baqai and the Reverned Susan Phillips.

Click here to learn more about Children of Abraham.


Each year the Senior High take an Annual Mission Trip. 
For information and photos, click here.
Worship Times 
Sunday Service at 10:00 a.m. in Sanctuary and Streamed Online
Child Care Available during Service

Sunday School at 10:15 a.m.
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533 S. Walnut Street
Springfield, Illinois 62704
 217-522-4415