Youth Ministry Update
Author: Pastor Miguel Verazas
July 09, 2020
My greatest passion in
ministry is working with the youth! My mission is Proverbs 22:6.
However, the past 17 weeks of youth ministry has been rather challenging
in light of COVID-19.
Nevertheless,
we have been making the most of our youth ministry downtime by
connecting with our youth in creative ways. Along with reaching out to
our students, we have been taking care of our Sabbath School classrooms
in the following ways:
1.
CLEANING OUT THE JUNK! All of our Sabbath School teachers have taken
the time to come in and clean out their classrooms and this is an
ongoing process.
2. We have purchased new chairs for our Beginner's Sabbath School class.
3.
Toilets and sinks are needing to be replaced between our Beginners and
Kindergarten classrooms. Materials for this project have been purchased
and will be installed soon.
4. A wall
has been built on the stage of the youth chapel. This is enclosing the
gap where you could see the rock wall. This wall has allowed us to do
two things: First, it has allowed us to have storage for youth supplies.
And secondly, it has allowed us to put sound plates on the wall so that
we can connect our instruments and microphones directly to the wall.
5.
New flooring was purchased for the youth chapel and it is being
installed at the moment. Fun fact, did you know that the original carpet
in the youth chapel was red? Yes, that is what we found under what was
the existing carpet along with tons of dirt that had been collected over
the years. Thank you to Nick Belenson, Marc Zarate, and Chad Power for
coming in and working so hard to scrape out all the old carpet and glue!
We have some projects pending that we are working on getting done:
1. All Sabbath School classrooms: painted and cupboards refurbished.
2. New lighting in the youth chapel.
3. Install and hang the sound system in the youth chapel to give us more floor space and keep the system in better condition.
4. Extend the youth chapel stage to allow for more room.
We
have been able to accomplish these projects because of our Sabbath
School Improvement funds which of course are dwindling down. If you are
able to help financially, we would really appreciate your help. You can
direct your funds to the Sabbath School Improvement Fund. I am also
available if you have any questions regarding these improvements.
Let
us work together to better the environment of our children at our
church making it a clean and safe place. But most importantly, continue
to pray for all of our youth during these difficult times as it is the
most important act we can do for our kids.
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