LPC is a Beloved Arise Youth Group. As a designated Beloved Arise Youth Group, we pledge to be an affirming youth group and community that welcomes all youth and explicitly affirms and empowers LGBTQIA+ individuals of faith.
YOUTH GROUP: Sundays from 5-7PM
LPC Youth Group welcomes all community members who are in 6-12th grade. This family-like group meets for faith, fun and fellowship. Dinner is provided. Youth Group activities have included lock-ins, bowling and baking cookies for shut-ins. Each year they have a summer trip, which rotates between retreat, mission, and Triennium. (The 2025 summer trip will be to Youth Triennium.) Youth are encouraged to attend regularly and to bring friends. Youth do not need to be members of LPC to attend the fellowship events. Follow us on Instagram @lpcyouthgroup.
CHAPEL DRAMA CLUB
The Chapel Drama Club is a community theater company for 6-12th grades. This group will hold periodical performances encompassing classical and modern plays that will allow the youth and the viewers to contemplate issues of daily life. Performances will combine:
- Poor Theater style of Jerzy Grotowski, that strips back the set, props, costume, light, and sound to allow the focus to be placed solely upon the actors, their characterization, and the underlying human relationships.
- Stylised Theater, a non-naturalistic performance style that relies heavily on an audience’s imagination using mime, multi-roling, direct address and physical theatre.
- Black Box Theater, a simple performance space, typically a square room with black walls and a flat floor or a flexible, open stage that can be easily adapted to suit a specific (often small-scale) production. The name comes from the shape of the room which is usually square or rectangular with black walls to minimize distraction. Often, contemporary theatre productions with experimental scripts take place in black box theatres.
Plays will be selected to allow youth to explore issues of life and faith through secular topics. Performances will be free with the option of goodwill donations to support the program.
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Please note: Both plays are performed at each performance time. No reservations are needed for the Sunday, June 8 performance.
Youth Sunday
The youth lead a worship service once each year in early spring. It is an opportunity for the youth in grades 6-12 to quite literally “take over” worship for the day and offer their message to the congregation. Topics can range from stewardship of the planet, to world hunger, to the life of a disciple, to loving neighbors as ourselves. The youth class designs and leads an entire worship service. This process helps the youth to understand and integrate knowledge of reformed forms of worship into their theological identity. Each year brings something different, but congregants can always count on a meaningful service and a chance to see our teens grow in faith and in leadership.
Christmas Pageant
The annual Christmas Pageant is a wonderful opportunity for the youth and children to worship God with their time and talents. Our talented kids have presented the message of Christ’s birth from a different perspective each year. All children and teens who have a heart to participate are encouraged to join through song, acting or enthusiasm, and work with our Director of Faith Formation and Minister of Music.
Confirmation
Confirmation is offered as needed for youth in grades 6-12. Confirmation is designed to allow youth to explore the deep questions of our faith. By asking questions and learning what it means to be a Reformed Presbyterian, the youth are guided as they decide if they will choose to join the Church and confirm the vows, which were made for them at their baptism. Confirmation explores many topics including:
- What does it mean to be Presbyterian?
- Where does Christianity fit in with other world religions or denominations?
- Can I still be a Christian if I have questions and doubts?