Youth Program
"God is calling Killarney Park MB Church to be
a Christ-centered, Spirit-filled people who embrace
the City’s multicultural identity by
welcoming and caring for all people.
Through Biblical teaching, service and worship,
we celebrate our gifts and talents in our desire
to impact the City with righteous living and God’s message of hope.”
Diversity
Vancouver is a city rich with ethnic diversity
and Killarney Park MB Church understands this.
God has called us to reach into our community,
and we’re seeing changes within our faith community.
The Youth at Killarney Park MB Church come from many
different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
They are a mosaic of people learning what it means
to be an intentional follower of Jesus Christ.
Relationships
We understand that building relationships is key to reaching the youth
of our generation. Ironically, this is the time when technology has made
communication so much more efficient, and possible. The fact is that even
with all the technology, people are not connecting with each other in ways
that are meeting their needs. Killarney Park Church is a place where we’re
trying to learn together what it means to have a passionate faith that is
real and attractive for those who are searching for deeper meaning in life.
Real, Passionate Faith
Playing games and having fun is a great way to attract youth to our ministry,
but we believe that if we want these kids to stay and grow in their faith,
we must understand their deeper spiritual and emotional needs. We will work
together to learn how to move past the superficial and how to minister to our
students in a biblical way that will bring them face-to-face with God’s desire
for their lives.
We meet together every Friday @ 7:00pm-9:15pm (gr. 6-11) at the church.
Balanced Approach
Like all living things, we understand that a spiritual life needs to have
a balanced diet. In order to raise up a generation of spiritually sensitive,
educated and caring Christ-followers, exposure to a number of different events
and opportunities for service is a must. Not only is learning with our minds
important, but so is learning with our hands, feet, and hearts as well.
Discipleship / Teaching
We aim to provide good teaching in following Jesus through Bible Study,
GodTalks, and being with each other. We want to know that our lives are
being lived out through serious reflection of the Word, the Bible.
Fellowship / Relating
Doing, playing, and just having a good time together is important for
building relational glue with so many different people, with varied
backgrounds, ages, ethnicities and interests. Playing games is fun,
but playing with a purpose is what we do.
Exalting God / Worship
We want to learn what worship is – a life filled with the wonder of God,
and that includes music, being in awe of God’s creation, and the work of
His hands. Learning to recognize that our God reigns throughout all
creation, and that He is Creator God.
Evangelism / Sharing our Faith
As followers of Jesus Christ, we want to learn how to share our faith
with others. We can’t do that with strangers if we can’t even do that
with our friends! How do we do that? Bonk them over the head with a
Bible? Or do we learn what it means to be a friend? We want to learn
that sharing our faith can take many different shapes and forms. We
may need to respond to people in pain, people in crisis, or people who
are just interested in spiritual things. Being the hands and feet of
Jesus is one part, but also sharing about what God has done in our lives
is another component of that. What is the Good News to us? What does it
mean to have salvation? Salvation from what?
Serving / Being a Ministering Neighbour to Others
We are a community of ministers and a ministering community.
All who are in Christ are ministers of His good news.
We will learn to be equipped to do the task.
We want to help those around us.
We want to be good neighbours.
This is where we learn to do things for others,
sometimes not the most glorious of tasks – in the name of Christ.
