Youth Groups

Identify and relationships

Student ministry at Park Street focuses on instilling the truth of Scripture, stories to build your life upon, and above all else, helping parents and youth establish their Identity as being rooted in a child of God.

Park Street junior high (6th-8th grade) and senior high (9th-12th grade) offer multiple opportunities to connect. Unique times for these age groups occur on Sunday mornings for relationship-building with each other, gifted college students, and church members who have a passion for loving this age group with Christ's heart.

Junior High youth group meets at 9:00 AM in the Ministry Center (the newest looking building closest to College Avenue)
Senior High class meets at 10:30 AM in Room 403. (top floor in our main Worship Center)
Senior High youth group on Wednesday Evenings at 6:00 PM in the Ministry Center

Wednesday evening gatherings provide additional opportunities for teaching, serving, exploring creative expressions of worship, playing games, or simply hanging out to form deeper relationships.

Who is our Youth Staff?

Josh Vanderzyden is Park Street’s Youth Coordinator, but many other dedicated church members and college students also volunteer for YBS, Youth Group, and Sunday School.

So Youth Ministry is just like it used to be?

Today's students face challenges that many adults and even youth adults could never have dreamed of.

Sure, some of the challenges of being a youth are the same.

What am I here for?
Where do I fit in?
How does God fit into my life?
Balancing school, sports, and life are complicated.
Relationships with friends can be complex.

What has changed is the amount of false information that students have access to in the world. Trying to make sense of a broken world requires help from their parents, grandparents, family members, church leaders, youth leaders, and peers.

At Park Street, we want to help students know the Truth of Christ, and we want to help equip families to be everyday disciple-makers.

Let's get my kids plugged in.

We're ready as well. Sometimes our youth gathering locations or times change due to busy schedules or creative events. If it's your first time stopping by or you've been out of the loop, you can always reach out to us to confirm the right day, time, & location.

Youth Email SignUp

Generally there is a once a month newsletter that goes out to all who have joined the email and group texting to keep you in the loop to week-by-week changes and opportuniites to connect deeper.

What about the parents/guardians?

Park Street occasionally has classes, specifically for parents raising kids, and our youth staff is always eager to talk with you about your kids. Your kids don't need to be in crisis. We just desire to know how we can partner with you to help your kid(s) love Jesus and love others.