The youth group at First Baptist Church really is a family all its own.  Involving those kids from grades 6 – 12, the group is active in areas of discipleship, outreach, missions, and fellowship.  We have 35-40 Youth who are actively involved in our programs.

This past summer, the youth group took the command of Christ to “go” very literally.  With mission trips to both Africa and West Virginia, a youth camp at Caswell, several local missions projects, and some wonderful regular activities, we stayed busy all summer.

Now we turn our attention to fall, winter, and the "regular" programming we do;  We mix in a variety of activities and fun things like trips and fellowship opportunities.


Wednesday Night Youth is back in session. We meet each Wednesday in the third floor youth room from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm. Our pastor, Shane Nixon is leading these Wednesday night sessions.  We meet every Wednesday at that time unless otherwise noted.

Sunday Night Youth Bible Study starts back up on Sundays, from 5:00 - 6:00 pm, after the first of the year. It will be led by Julie and Will Marklin.  Meeting is again in the youth room and is regularly scheduled as indicated unless noted.  

Other upcoming youth activities:

March 23-25 Youth Spring Retreat - Ridgecrest House Tentative date, More details coming soon.

Saturday, March 31st - Port a Pit Chicken Fundraiser - This will be in conjunction with the Serve Africa Tennis Tournament. The Port a Pit will be a Maine Mission Trip Fundraiser.  All Maine Team Members will be responsible for selling tickets and helping with desserts, etc. This is YUMMY food and a great way to gather friends and family for the cause.

Serve Africa Tennis Tournament will be March 30 - April 1st. The funds raised from this will benefit the children in Korah. More info coming. Africa Team, I will need some volunteers to be tournament hosts/hostesses. The community really looks forward to this event!

May 5th or 12th (leaning toward 5th) - Spaghetti Supper & Auction - This is our biggest fundraiser! It needs to bring in between $6000 - $7000 this year! Start gathering your items NOW!

Senior Roast - date tbd - more info to come.

June 11-16th - Youth Week at Fort Caswell - We will depart at 8am on the 11th and return around 4pm on the 16th. Reservations have gone in. Once I hear from them, I will know if we have anymore openings. Currently we are full with 29 youth, 2 male chaperones and 2 female chaperones. The cost per youth is $150. Payments due - $75 on March 18th and $75 on June 3rd. Or you can pay all at one time and be done. For parents of multiple youth - if you want to break payments up over the next 5 months ($30 each a month), that is fine. Just mark your check clearly that it is for Caswell.

June 30th - July 8th - Maine Mission Trip - We will depart at 8:30 am on Saturday, June 30th. We will spend the night in Allentown, PA. On the 1st, we will continue on to our destination in Maine. On Friday, July 6th, we will depart Maine. We will spend Friday and Saturday night in Allentown. We will arrive home around 6pm on Sunday, July 8th. Complete details and a team meeting coming soon! This trip is full. All payments must be in by May 20th. Each Youth is responsible for paying $200 of your trip. We are fundraising the rest. Chaperone fees and travel fees will come out of the Youth budget. The trip cost is $691.53 per person. We have nearly $10,000 to fundraiser. If you have a friend or family member who would be interested in making a donation to the team, please encourage them to do so!  If you have an idea for a fundraiser that would generate about $2,000, let me know. Each Team Member and Family is going to have to be 100% committed to making our fundraisers a success!!! Thank you! (I have currently included a meal allowance for each person for our travel days. I am hopeful that we raise all we need so it can stay in place.)

July 16-19 or 23-26 - DC Serve - more info coming.

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You can find out more about our youth at the FBC Youth Facebook page!  

Got other questions, suggestions, need directions on getting involved?  Contact Tami Daniels. (memoriestokeep@aol.com or 336-918-5226)