Q.
What is Youth Quest?
A. Youth Quest is what we call our Christian Education program at The United Presbyterian Church. It is designed to meet the developmental and learning needs of our children and youth from birth through grade 12 through Workshop Rotation Mode classes.
Q.
How is the time structured?
A.
The weekly schedule is as follows:
Spirituality Center, Wk 2*
5:20-5:30
Singing for early birds 6:30-6:50
H.S., gr. 6-8
5:30-6:00
Dinner 6:50-7:10
Little Seekers
6:00-6:25
Worship 7:10-7:30
gr. K-5
6:25-7:10
Workshop Rotation Model*
7:30 Benediction Week
3
Teambuilding
*High School and the 6-8 grade class will meet following their visit to
the
Q.
How often does Youth Quest meet?
A.
The Youth Quest program year begins the Sunday following Labor Day and
ends the Sunday before Mothers’ Day, with a few Sundays off in between.
The 2008-2009 schedule is as follows:
September 13
Youth Quest begins
September 30- December 20
Youth Quest continues
December 27
Christmas holiday
January 3- January 31
Youth Quest continues
February 7 No Youth Quest
February 14- March 21 Youth Quest continues
April 4 No Youth Quest— Easter Holiday
April 11 and 25 Youth Quest continues
May 2 Youth Quest Finale
Q.
What is the monthly Youth Quest theme?
A. The monthly Youth Quest
theme is posted at the top of Youth Quest page along
Q.
What is Workshop Rotation Model?
A. Workshop Rotation Model is a multiple intelligence, hands-on approach to learning. Youth Quest participants at The United Presbyterian Church will learn via cooking, computer software, drama, art, physical activity, and movies sometime during the course of a full program year.
Q.
Will my child(ren) have opportunities to fellowship with other
children?
A.
Yes!
Dinner time is
unstructured, so that our children and youth and adult
Q. What is Tithing Time?
A.
Tithing Time is the time we use to create worship elements for use
during
·
the Music Group suggests music and/or instruments that help tell the
story;
· the Body Group creates a dance or a drama or requests American Sign
Language signs that the whole Youth Quest congregation can learn;
· the Nature Group considers the sensory pieces in the story and
recommends ways to bring those into the sanctuary;
· the Art Group creates artwork for our power points and proposes specific
pieces for liturgical art to help us visualize the setting;
· the Word Group notes words and/or phrases that may need explanation or
emphasis in prayers and in sermons;
· the Logic Group asks questions that may need to be answered, creates
timelines, suggests patterns and/or colors/numbers that could be
highlighted.
As a result of this Tithing Time, our Youth Quest worship is a rich texture of contributions from the gifts our youth and children bring to the table.
Q.
Is Youth Quest worship “kid-friendly”?
A.
It is! Not only is worship
geared to our youth and children with lively music and “praise
moves”, relevant liturgy, power point, and five-minute sermons, but
our children and youth help create worship elements during
Tithing Time
in the closing piece of week one each month.
We like to think of the results of our Tithing Time as
“refrigerator art,” where the gifts of our young congregation are
shared in such a way that it is uniquely distinctive of any other
worship in any other place.
Q. How does Youth Quest provide for my child’s spiritual growth?
Q. How can my child(ren) make use of the Van Ministry?
A.
If you need assistance with transportation, The United Presbyterian
Date
Child’s Name
Child’s Birth date and Grade
Child’s Address
Child’s Phone number
Parents’ Names
Parents’ Phone Numbers if different from child’s
We will call to verify the information before we send someone to pick up
Q.
What is Faithbooking?
A. Faithbooking is scrapbooking our faith. Your child(ren) will use faithbooking to create a visual journal, recording their growth throughout the program year.
Q.
What is a
A.
Our
Q.
What is Teambuilding?
A. As members of the Body of Christ, it is important for us to learn to
work together for effective mission and ministry.
This is a
Q.
What is served for dinner?
A. Who knows?! And that’s half
the fun of it! Parents and
adult volunteers provide dinner each week, and while anyone who
Q. How can I get involved?
A.
We’re glad you asked!
There
are a number of ways volunteers can help
-
Fixing a Youth Quest dinner is a big project, so there are
usually several people involved, from preparation to serving to
cleaning up, and the more the merrier, we always say.
Inviting friends to help halves the work and doubles the
fun. Reimbursement up to
$65 is available through the church office upon request with a
receipt.
-
Another help with meals is the donation of non-perishable
drinks, chips, and/or packaged desserts which alleviate the cost
for those preparing the dinners and can be stored for several
weeks as needed.
- Extra hands in the particularly involved hands-on rotations are always appreciated.
-
We can always use teachers.
Training is available.
Give us a call.
We’d love to talk with you about it.
-
Sometimes, advance preparation is necessary for particular props
or activities. We love it
when folks want to help with those.
-
Donations of supplies are a big help!
We always need glue and crayons and markers and
construction paper. You
can
e-mail the church office to find out if there is
something you can donate for a particular month.
Storytellers sometimes visit our youth and children to bring the story to life. If Biblical storytelling is a gift of yours, we’d love to hear from you.
Q.
Who do I contact for more information about volunteering?
A. You can e-mail the
Youth and
Families Pastor or the
Head of Staff
if you are interested in volunteering in our program.
