Ministry Plan 2015

    The Youth Ministry at Broadway is comprised of students currently in grades 6-12, their parents, and the relevant ministry staff. Its goal is to help these youth understand their faith on a more personal level, and understand how that faith informs the rest of their lives, helping them approach situations with a sense of graciousness and compassion. 

    In an effort to do that, one of the major goals of the 2014 Ministry Plan was prayer. At the beginning of the year, a goal was set to encourage every student pray aloud in some form, and we were able to accomplish that goal. We also wanted the Youth Committee, a resource for planning and coordination, to meet at least once a quarter, and we were able to accomplish that as well. We also implemented a new Sunday School Curriculum which has been well received, especially in terms of increasing conversation among participants. 

    As we begin a new year, we are adjusting goals that we did not meet, as well as making a few more to help us better fulfill our purpose. One goal is to start a tradition of having a senior retreat at the beginning of each new school year for our rising seniors. Through this retreat, we will focus on how youth can begin to see themselves as leaders in the youth group, the church, and in the world. Our attendance goals this year will shift to what percentage of youth are attending, rather than an actual number of students. This should be a more accurate measure of attendance. Our goal for this year will be a 65% attendance rate on Sunday nights for our small group time. The youth will also learn how to love and serve others through a service project of some form at least twice a quarter.