Gabriel’s Middle and High School Youth Groups
St. Gabriel’s offers a guided faith journey for middle and high schoolers with weekly worship, fun get-togethers, service projects, and special activities.
Acolyting: Middle and high schoolers (as well as children over 10 years old and adults) are invited to serve as acolytes, assisting the clergy for all services. Acoltying is not only a way to learn more about the Episcopal rituals and traditions and an opportunity to serve your church, but it looks great on a job or college resume! Trainings are held frequently- look in the church bulletin or on the youth bulletin board for dates and times. If you are interested, contact Tim Reifsteck at timreifsteck @ stgabrielonline.org
Sunday morning worship: Middle and high schoolers who aren’t acolyting are invited to sit together along with a youth leader in the Sunday 10:00 AM service- look for the purple fleece pew covering. Youth are provided with personal journals to take notes, ask questions, sketch or doodle in during the service, and are provided with a reflection question every week about the readings or sermon. Youth will take Communion early and adjourn to the youth room for a discussion and snack. Youth acolytes are welcome to join in the discussion when their tasks are completed. Friends are always welcome.
Service Projects: St. Gabe’s youth are involved in at least one service project a month, including putting on a Palm Sunday egg hunt for the community, serving as counselors for Vacation Bible School, doing fundraising to buy and sort Christmas gifts for migrant worker families, working with the homeless, delivering meals, etc. We hope that our commitment to serving others will form a life long habit for our teenagers, inspired by the teachings of Christ. Friends are welcome to join us.
Fun Outings and Events: Our youth get together for bowling, movies, rock climbing, miniature golf, snow sledding, swimming, going to the beach and other outings. Friends are welcome to come. Any event that includes transport by youth leaders or volunteers requires a parent trip permission form or one on file, updated yearly. Download a form at the bottom of this web page.
Leadership: St. Gabriel’s Youth Group is led by Kelly and Nelson Sigrah kellysigrah @ stgabrielonline.org and Page Clothier pageclothier @ stgabrielonline.org. Parents and other adults are relied on as volunteer drivers, teachers, and chaperones, and are relied on to encourage their youth to attend, as well as drive them to and from meetings and events.
Youth activities are often subject to change. Please check St. Gabriel’s newsletter The Messenger, the service bulletin from Sunday morning, the website, the youth bulletin board in the church’s narthex, or call or email one of the leaders for the latest information. If you would like to be on our email list for youth events, contact Page Clothier.Youth activities are often subject to change. Please check St. Gabriel’s newsletter The Messenger, the service bulletin from Sunday morning, the website, the youth bulletin board in the church’s narthex, or call or email one of the leaders for the latest information.
