All that's coming up and going down.
This year’s DNow was absolutely amazing! GBYouth partnered with students from Byne Church for an incredible weekend of recreation and study! Pastor Bryan and Pastor Mark led our study on loving God with all your Heart, Mind, Soul and Strength.
See more of our event posts at @GBYouthMin on Instagram.
See the Fireside photos and video here at gbyouth.org
POOL PARTY AND FUN PARK!
GBYouth's 2023 LAUNCH was amazing! We are so excited for our new friends who have come on board! This year is gonna be awesome. Let's GO!
Common Monochromatic, mixed media collage, 11X11”
GBYouth, mixed media collage, 11X11”
GBYoooth
Life Changer
Entry Point, mixed media collage, 11X11”
Are You Listening? mixed media collage, 11X11”
Faith Journey, mixed media collage, 11X11”
Home, mixed media collage, 11X11”
CG, mixed media collage, 11X11”
CG, mixed media collage, 11X11”
G, mixed media collage, 11X11”
Common, mixed media collage, 11X11”
Common #2, mixed media collage, 11X11”
DSN LAB students created mixed media collages incorporating GBYouth logotypes in the style of American designer David Carson.
We are so excited!. As part of our NEXT campaign, the youth building is currently under renovation. The redesign includes:
Chapel: New storage behind and modernization of our stage area. This includes a new cinema wall and projection technology for musical worship and Bible study. Existing wall surfaces are to be amended throughout as well.
Central: A new central/core gathering area will be constructed from the existing cafe, corridor, kitchen and storage spaces. This includes new furnishings, gaming, graphics, DSN LAB and modernized aesthetics throughout. The new design aims to bring a cohesive and focused experience for student arrival and interaction.
New Central/Core Design by Jon Bergrab and Bryan Haynes.
STARTING MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2023 until completion of the youth building central renovation (slated for spring 2023).
Students attending Sunday and Wednesday GBYouth activities will need to arrive at David’s Place chapel via the Worship Center entrance. On Sunday mornings, the youth pastor will direct students (from there) to an alternate entrance to attend their small groups.
Thru-traffic between Children’s and Fellowship buildings will use the Worship Center connector.
We look forward to introducing our new space in to you in spring of 2023. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the youth pastor at 229.395.0026.
GBYOUTH CHRISTMAS PHOTO BOOTH!
A Grandmother is raising 4 children, since their mother died 4 months ago. The children are an 18 year old girl with Down’s Syndrome, a 16 year old girl, an 18 month old boy full of energy, and a 4 month old baby girl. The baby girl has complications from birth and many medical issues. Help us show this family the love of Jesus this Christmas.
Monetary donations are being collected to shop for the family’s Christmas needs. You can contribute by visiting our donation page on Church Center below:
For more information, please contact Maggie Cannady and Angie Turner.
Donations due by December 7.
Thank you for your generosity!
GBYouth enjoyed a special Mission’s Night at this week’s Common Ground. Kate Lundberg, Assistant Director of Called to Care (C2C), spoke to our students about her agency’s services for vulnerable children in the greater south Georgia area.
“It allows a wonderful balance of student discussion and teaching and it does a good job of creating a casual, but serious atmosphere.”
Youth ministry is often times experimental in nature. Teenagers, by design, are quite adventurous and welcome new things. Recently, we began testing a new format for Common Ground. While the front-end of the service remains the same with student-led, contemporary worship, the study aspect has changed significantly. We have switched from a sermonic, pulpit-oration to a socratic, dialogue format. Students no longer sit in lines, but in circles; they have moved from rows to around tables.
Why would we make such a change?
Several reasons. Teenagers are in (what a Classicist would call) the rhetoric stage of their academic development. This means that they are ready to discuss and debate the concepts and information that they have mastered. They are eager to test the connections they have made along the way. With this in mind, the socratic format challenges them to participate and engage the scripture, theological ideas, cultural relevance and personal application head-on. Finally, we believe this makes the information most sticky (memorable) following the session—which is exactly what we want. Dialogue helps to form critical thinkers who can articulate ideas winsomely.
What do students think?
The feedback we have received from our students has been overwhelmingly positive. In a recent survey, one student wrote, that the new format “allows a wonderful balance of student discussion and teaching and it does a good job of creating a casual, but serious atmosphere.” Others responded that they favored the new socratic method, “cause there is more connectedness,” and “more involvement;” “you have to be active.” It is rewarding to see students excited about learning and taking ownership in the study. Our young people are incredibly intelligent, insightful, and contribute well to the discussion.
Bryan Haynes
PC: photos by Amy Haynes
