2024-2025 Youth Group Program

This year, we're making some adjustments to the youth group program.  Although the format will be the same (split times for middle school and high school), and a lot of the elements will be the same (Flex Time, worship, message, small groups)...the focus will change a bit.  Instead of prioritizing a large-group message followed by a brief time of small groups, the large-group message will be brief and the bulk of the teaching will take place in the small group setting.


Also, the program will have two different type of program nights: NCC Nights & Party Nights.  NCC Nights are going to be the "normal youth group night" and Party Nights are..well....self-explanatory.  We will have 25 NCC Nights and 7 Party Nights!


Party Nights:

Mar. 9th-Retro Night

May 4th-Casi el Cinco de Mayo y la Dia de Star Wars Fiesta


The other type of program night, the "normal" youth group night, will be our NCC Nights.  We are naming them after the curriculum driving our teaching and discussions: The New City Catechism.  Our heartbeat here is simple...we want our students to not only know WHAT they believe, but also be able to understand WHY they believe it.


"In centuries past, the church used catechisms to teach foundational Christian doctrines.  In today's world of shifting beliefs, this communal practice of learning biblical truths via questions and answers is more needed than ever before.  Seeking to restore this ancient method of teaching to the regular life of the church, The New City Catechism is a gospel-centered, modern-day resource that not only summarizes important Christian beliefs through 52 questions and answers but also helps readers be transformed by those doctrines." -The NCC Team


You can find more information, and resources, at the NCC website newcitycatechism.com


Each week, we'll have a short time of large-group teaching that will introduce the question(s) for the week, followed by a smaller group discussion led by one of our adult leaders where a deeper dive into the question(s) will take place.


Although we are going to strive to update this page with resources, as well as provide regularly resource sheets at youth group, we highly encourage you to familarize yourself with the content, even purchasing curriculum resources from NCC directly.

February

2nd-Retro Night

I'm not sure what decade you'd say is "retro"...the 60's? 70's? 90's?!?  Anyway, dress up as like the folks did in whatever decade you say is "retro", as we blast to the past for the night!!



9th-NCC Q33: Should those who have faith in Christ seek their salvation through their own works, or anywhere else?


Short answer: No, they should not, as everything necessary to salvation is found in Christ. To seek salvation through good works is a denial that Christ is the only Re deemer and Savior.


Big Idea: Salvation is through faith alone in Christ alone.


Bible Passage: Galatians 2:15-21


16th: NCC Q34 & Q35: Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through Christ alone, must we still do good works and obey God's word?  Since we are redeemed by grace alone, through faith alone, where does this faith come from?


Short answer: Yes, because Christ, having redeemed us by his blood, also renews us by his Spirit; so that our lives may show love and gratitude to God; so that we may be assured of our faith by the fruits; and so that by our godly behavior others may be won to Christ. All the gifts we receive from Christ we receive through the Holy Spirit, including faith itself.


Big Idea: Christians have been made citizens of heaven, which should affect the way we live in this world. The Holy Spirit is the means by which a person is washed, reborn, and regenerated.


Bible Passage: 1 Peter 2:9-12; Titus 3:1-7


23rd- NCC Q36 & Q37: What do we believe about the Holy Spirit?  How does the Holy Spirit help us?


Short answer: That he is God, coeternal with the Father and the Son, and that God grants him irrevocably to all who believe. The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin, comforts us, guides us, gives us spiritual gifts and the desire to obey God; and he enables us to pray and to understand God’s Word.


Big Idea: The Holy Spirit is God, and He is an eternal member of the Trinity. God the Holy Spirit is at work in His people convicting them of sin, helping them understand and apply the Word, and helping them pray.


Bible Passage: John 14:15-31; Ephesians 6:10-20


March

2nd-NCC Q38-Q41: What is prayer? With what attitude should we pray? What should we pray? What is the Lord's Prayer?


Short answer: Prayer is pouring out our hearts to God in praise, petition, confession of sin, and thanksgiving. With love, perseverance, and gratefulness; in humble submission to God’s will, knowing that, for the sake of Christ, he always hears our prayers. The whole Word of God directs and inspires us in what we should pray, including the prayer Jesus himself taught us. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, 
 your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.


Big Idea: Prayer is talking to God in response to His word. When we pray, our attitude matters. The prayers of God's people should develop in response to God's word. Jesus gave all believers a model of prayer when He taught His disciples the Lord's Prayer.


Bible Passage: Psalm 62; Philippians 4:4-9; Ephesians 3:14-21; Matthew 6:5-15


9th-Retro Night

I'm not sure what decade you'd say is "retro"...the 60's? 70's? 90's?!?  Anyway, dress up as like the folks did in whatever decade you say is "retro", as we blast to the past for the night!!


16thNCC Q43: What are the sacraments or ordinances?


Short answer: The sacraments or ordinances given by God and instituted by Christ, namely baptism and the Lord’s Supper, are visible signs and seals that we are bound together as a community of faith by his death and resurrection. By our use of them the Holy Spirit more fully declares and seals the promises of the gospel to us.


Big Idea: The sacraments were established by God, for His church, to be a spiritual help to believers.


Bible Passage: Matthew 28:16-20; Luke 22:14-23


23rd-No Evening Programming-SPRING BREAK!!!!


30th- NCC Q44 & Q45: What is baptism? Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself?


Short answer: Baptism is the washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; it signifies and seals our adoption into Christ, our cleansing from sin, and our commitment to belong to the Lord and to his church. No, only the blood of Christ and the renewal of the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin.


Big Idea: Baptism is an outward sign of an inward reality--cleansing from sin.  Only the blood of Jesus can save.


Bible Passage: Matthew 28:16-20; Luke 2:15-22


April

6th- NCC Q46 & Q47: What is the Lord's Supper? Does the Lord's Supper add anything to Christ's atoning work?


Short answer: Christ commanded all Christians to eat bread and to drink from the cup in thankful remembrance of him and his death. The Lord’s Supper is a celebra tion of the presence of God in our midst; bringing us into communion with God and with one another; feeding and nourishing our souls. It also anticipates the day when we will eat and drink with Christ in his Father’s kingdom. No, Christ died once for all. The Lord’s Supper is a covenant meal celebrating Christ’s atoning work; as it is also a means of strengthening our faith as we look to him, and a foretaste of the future feast. But those who take part with unrepentant hearts eat and drink judgment on themselves.


Big Idea: One of the purposes of the Lord's Supper is to nurture thankful remembrance among God's people. There is nothing that can be added to Christ's atoning work.


Bible Passage: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34; 1 Peter 3:18


13th- NCC Q48: What is the Church?


Short answer: God chooses and preserves for himself a community elected for eternal life and united by faith, who love, follow, learn from, and worship God together. God sends out this community to proclaim the gospel and prefigure Christ’s kingdom by the quality of their life together and their love for one another.


Big Idea: God has called people with saving faith in Jesus to unite together as a body called the church.


Bible Passage: 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17


This evening will also serve as our "Senior Send-Off Night", where we'll celebrate, highlight, and "send-off" our seniors in a special way....just a smidge earlier than everyone else.  (No...we're not actually kicking them out...but we want to honor them in a new way this year!)


20th- No Evening Programming


27th- NCC Q49-Q52: Where is Christ now? What does Christ's resurrection mean for us? Of what advantage to us is Christ's ascension? What hope does everlasting life hold for us?


Short answer: Christ rose bodily from the grave on the third day after his death and is seated at the right hand of the Father, ruling his kingdom and interceding for us, until he returns to judge and renew the whole world. Christ triumphed over sin and death by being physically resurrected, so that all who trust in him are raised to new life in this world and to everlasting life in the world to come. Just as we will one day be resurrected, so this world will one day be restored. But those who do not trust in Christ will be raised to everlasting death. Christ physically ascended on our behalf, just as he came down to earth physically on our account, and he is now advocating for us in the presence of his Father, preparing a place for us, and also sends us his Spirit. It reminds us that this present fallen world is not all there is; soon we will live with and enjoy God forever in the new city, in the new heaven and the new earth, where we will be fully and forever freed from all sin and will inhabit renewed, resurrection bodies in a renewed, restored creation.


Big Idea: Jesus Christ rose from the grave and, in His resurrected body, ascended into heaven. The resurrection confirms God's satisfaction with Christ's substitutionary death and assures Christians of the hope of the resurrection.  The risen and ascended Christ is enthroned in heaven and acts on behalf of His people. Those who have been redeemed by Christ have the confident hope of spending eternity with the triune God free from sin.


Bible Passage: Ephesians 1:15-23; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Romans 8:3-39; Revelation 21:1-4


May

4th- Casi el Cinco de Mayo y El Dia de Star Wars Fiesta


Ummmmm.....Star Wars Day AND nachos??  Sign. Us. UP!!!  We wrap up the year with the most flavorful fiesta we've EVER hosted...so, the only question I have is...¿estás listo?

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