What Exactly is PYF?
PYF stands for Presbyterian Youth Fellowship. We love the Word, Christian Fellowship, Praise songs, and of course food (usually Hungry Howie's Pizza). But we especially like visitors and hope that you will consider visiting one of our meetings and become a part of our growing fellowship. Below you will find a list of our usual meetings and a bit of our youth ministry philosophy.
Sunday Night PYF 6:00pm
Monday Night High School Bible Study 6:00pm
Wednesday Night Middle School Bible Study 6:00pm
(All meetings are held in the upstairs youth room.)
THE PYF VISION
The Mission of PYF:
1. To see every student commit to Christ
2. To see every student commit to personal holiness
3. To see every student develop a healthy Christian World and LifeView
4. To see every student commit to the orthodox Reformed doctrines
5. To equip parents to fulfill their Biblical parental responsibilities and establish a godly home conducive to their child’s spiritual growth.
What PYF will not do:
1. We will not play the numbers game! Our focus shall be on each student God brings our way; we will not seek to build a youth empire just for the sake of being big and impressive. Ministry cannot be measured by quantity, only by quality! We will seek to be a healthy ministry rather than a giant ministry. This does not mean that we do not want to expose as many students as possible to God’s truth, but simply that we will not sacrifice quality for quantity.
2. We will not take the place of parents! Parents are the primary youth ministers according to God’s design. Youth ministers can never have the time or the special influence which parents have with their children. The position of parent is a unique and non-expendable ministry role; nothing can take its place.
How PYF will do this:
1. Prayer. We can only present the truth. Only God can enable one to embrace and love it.
2. Regular youth meetings where Worship and the Word is the key theme. We also have a split meeting where focus is just on the Sr. high students or middle school students. Sunday is a joint meeting of both Sr. High and middle school students to build unity in our group.
3. Events where students can have godly fun, build relationships, and draw in other students.
4. Service opportunities where students focus on others rather than themselves.
5. Youth Conferences where students are placed in a new environment and challenged with God’s Word. We also participate in mission projects where students go forth and share the love of Christ and the gospel.
6. Covenant Family Studies to give parents an opportunity to grow in their understanding of God’s design for the family.
Justification for Youth Ministry:
The youth ministry program is essentially an institution where:
1. God is worshipped.
2. Students have fellowship (encourage, rebuke, accountability)
3. Supplemental Ministry of the Word is given (supplemental to the parents' ministry)
4. Un-churched youth are evangelized (the missionary aspect). The children of parents who fail to fulfill their Biblical responsibilities still need ministry!
