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Youth Ministries

Youth Group Activities
Rev. Christian K. Choi, Associate Pastor for Parish Life, will continue to oversee the Youth Ministries during the interim year.

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

2022-2023 school year
Worship Leadership opportunities: https://bit.ly/3brBcjk
Junior High: Acolyte
Senior High: Worship Leader, Bible/Cross Carrier

Parents:
Youth Group will gather 12 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/3JrGZSp

Junior high youth serve as acolytes. Senior high youth serve as 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. 
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Confirmation (Grades 6-8)
Sunday 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon beginning on September 18

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.). This 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, Karen Sherrick

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Senior High Youth Group 2022-2023
Sundays 5:00-6:30 P.M. Parish Hall/ Youth Room
High School youth will gather in Parish Hall to have fellowship/games and dinner during the first half hour, followed by discussion on current topics from Christian perspective, based on PCUSA resource “Faith Questions.”
​Adult facilitators, Susan Day, Michael Morthland, and Mary Ray, join Rev. Christian K. Choi.

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2022-2023 Children of Abraham
Wednesdays Sept. 28, Nov. 9, Mar. 8, May 10, 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.

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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Westminster Presbyterian Church
533 S. Walnut Street
Springfield, Illinois 62704
 217-522-4415