Youth Ministry
At Immanuel, we are dedicated to handing down our faith to the next generation. We believe that the transmission of the faith happens in a multitude of ways.
Friendship
We believe that building deep friendship between our students as they discover Christ together is essential, On the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month, middle and high school students gather after the service to share a meal, play games, and spend time together. These gatherings provide an opportunity for students to build friendships, strengthen their community, and grow together in fellowship.
Prayer
We believe in helping our teens experience the reality and presence of Christ in their lives and be transformed in prayer, and so we teach our teens how to pray, worship, and practice spiritual disciplines. Our teens worship with us and participate in our services in various ways. We have devotional times as part of our monthly events. And through our catechesis program, our teens practice spiritual disciplines and pray together.
If you would like to know more about our ministry please contact Aliza, our Student Ministries Coordinator, at aliza@immanuelatx.org.
The safety of our students is a top priority in our ministry. If you’d like to know how we protect our children you can visit our Safeguarding page or talk to a member on staff.
Teaching
We believe in teaching the scriptures and the content of the faith to our teens so that they can discern what is beautiful, true, and good. During our church service on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, our 7th–12th graders gather for deeper discussion, teaching, and fellowship.
This fall, our students will be reading through and discussion 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) About Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin. This book will encourage thoughtful conversations about the world we live in and serve as an introduction to a reasoned faith. Through these discussions, we hope our students will grow in their understanding of the Christian faith and become better equipped to follow Christ faithfully in a world that often points them in a different direction.
In the spring, our youth participate in our catechesis program, walking through the Anglican catechism, To Be a Christian. In this process, they study scripture and the sacraments of the church, and they learn the meaning of the gospel, the Apostles’ Creed, The Lord’s Prayer, and the Ten Commandments.