Youth Program Year
Sunday School and Youth Group for you grades 6th-12th runs from September to May each year.
Weekly Youth Activities
Youth Sunday School
Youth (6th—12th grade) will meet in the LOFT for Sunday School each week. This year youth will look at Biblical practices that Jesus did and taught to his followers that tie into our theme of being “Freed to Love.” We’ll explore the practice of living in community, forgiveness, loving God, neighbor, and enemy, and worship. During Advent we’ll pause for a four week Film & Theology class. Sunday School participants will get to vote on which film to watch in the weeks leading up to Advent.
Youth Group
Takes place each Sunday night from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
Knowing God’s love means knowing God’s grace. It means reorienting our lives to live in the freedom God offers to us – a freedom that offers deep joy, resilience, and life abundant. It’s a freedom that leads us to live in gratitude to God. It’s a freedom that calls us into shared life and is given to us so that we can all the more fully love others. Throughout the year we’ll explore the freedom that comes with growing up, cultural discourse on freedom and independence in comparison with biblical narratives of freedom, how to use our freedom not to be a stumbling block for others but to build up the body of Christ through forgiveness and even by loving our enemies.
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Mission Projects range from packing up College Care Packages to collecting items to help the Homeless Assistance Team.
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Recreation takes us on field trips to things like ice skating or playing games like Anomia or 9 Square in the Air together.
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Small Groups provide the chance to gather in a smaller cohort of students in similar grade levels to discuss scripture and explore connections the biblical story has with their life.
Special Events
Lock-Ins
Twice a year we gather at the church for an all night lock-in filled with fellowship, food, games, and a mini mission project.
2025-2026 Schedule
Fall Youth Lock-In: September 12-13, 2025
Spring Youth Lock-In: February 13-14, 2026
HAT
Each November we collect items needed by the Homeless Assistance Team which helps our neighbors currently experiencing homelessness and those who are transitioning to housing. Youth canvas the neighborhood alerting them to the urgent needs and return a week later to pick up items neighbors place outside their homes.
November 9 & 16, 2025
Youth Sunday
On this Sunday, youth lead worship. From ushering to writing the liturgy, to preaching, to leading us in music. It’s the youth of RCPC’s chance to share the Good News of the Gospel with their wider church family.
January 25, 2026
Senior Send-Off
Each May we celebrate our graduating seniors through a liturgy during the 11:00 AM worship service and an evening worship service complete with a photo slideshow, and leaving a painted handprint in the children’s library.
Summer
Hometown Mission Week
Rising 6th graders – graduated 12th graders are invited to participate in a week of being the hands and feet of Christ right here in our hometown. Youth spend the week working with mission partners across the valley while exploring their faith through devotionals, service, and fellowship with each other and the wider RCPC congregation. Save the date for the 2026 Hometown Mission Week: July 20-22. Contact Isabella at isabella@rcpres.org to sign up.
Massanetta Springs Middle School Conference
Rising 6th-Rising 8th graders are invited to attend Masanetta Springs Middle School Conference in Harrisonburg, VA each June. This is a four-day event created especially for middle schoolers centered around a theme from scripture with time in worship, small groups, and recreation. Save the date to attend in 2026: July 9-12. For more information click here: massanettasprings.org/programs/msc
Montreat Youth Conference
Rising 9th graders – graduated 12th graders are invited to spend a week at Montreat Youth Conference in Montreat, NC. Montreat is a week of worship, keynotes, small groups, time with our youth group all designed for our high schoolers. Save the date to attend in 2026: June 14-20. For more information click here: montreat.org/events/myc-23