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Christians in Action (CIA)
Christians in Action (C.I.A.) is North Spring's awesome youth department. Starting in the fall, C.I.A. meets once a week on Sunday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00pm. All youth in grades 6 through 12 are encouraged to attend. The youth meet for Sunday School on Sunday mornings. As an integral part of our worship community, C.I.A. participates in the following activities:
- present the entire Sunday morning service on Youth Sunday
- perform a drama and music service for Easter Sunrise Service
- serve as part of the Vacation Bible School staff by providing music and recreational supervision
- participate in Sunday worship services as ushers and greeters on the 5th Sunday in a month
Additional CIA Activities
- Winter night snow skiing trip to Weston
- Ice skating at Crown Center
- Halloween Outing
- Lock-ins
- Salvation Army Bell Ringing
- Russian orphan sponsorship/pen pals
Youth Bible Study
During the Sunday Morning Bible Study hour there is a bible study class available for youth in 6th to 12th grades. We do a variety of different studies that class members help pick. You do not have to have a Bible, there is no homework required and no prior knowledge of the Bible is needed. Come learn about the Bible and how it is relevant today! If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Sloop via email (michelle@sloopnet.com) or leave a message with the church office.
Mission Trips and Related Fundraising Activities
The Youth Department's annual summer mission trips provide an opportunity for the youth to grow spiritually through daily devotions and form lasting relationships with each other and their adult sponsors while serving the less fortunate. They make use of demolition, painting, and some construction skills in rehabbing houses and perform some minor new construction.
- The Youth for Hire program lets teens participate in weekend projects for church members in which adult sponsors and homeowners provide training and confidence-building experience. The money they earn funds their mission trip.
- For the youth Spuds & Suds project, they wash and wrap potatoes and prepare condiments for baked potato bars for a local business
- Car washes
- Christmas in the Park at Longview Lake
- Wacky Dinner and Talent Show: our teens help prepare the food, serve it, and provide the entertainment
- Each year the mid-high youth and their adult sponsors participate in a two-day mission project in the community
- Senior high youth fund a week-long mission trip with their adult sponsors to be of service around the country. Their projects include rehabbing houses in Appalachia, the St. Louis inner-city, and the Crow Creek & Rosebud Indian Reservations in South Dakota.
CIA Mission Statement
The mission of North Spring Youth Ministry is to HONOR God and to ENERGIZE fellow believers through ACTS of service while REACHING out to other youth and TEACHING the word of God. (HEART)
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