YOUTH

SB Community's youth ministry helps students cultivate a love for God, for His Word, for His church,
and for His world in order that they might be conformed into the image of Christ.

We hope that you will find our youth ministry to be a welcoming place that feeds your soul and encourages you to pursue a life-transforming relationship with Jesus Christ. We can’t wait to meet you!

For more information about Youth Ministry, please contact Caleb Bagdanov or Mandy DuPar.

STAFF

Both of us desire to know, love and pour into our students, leaders and parents from all three groups. We really see ourselves as pastors to our whole ministry. So always feel free to contact either of us with any questions you may have or to get together! That said, we also have some specific areas of emphasis detailed below.

Caleb Bagdanov, Associate Youth Pastor

Hello, I am Caleb. When I was 15 years old I was in a rock band with my 3 best friends. We were not very good, but it was awesome. A few things I love are: my wife Marie, cycling, fly-fishing, and the Dodgers. I also love being a youth pastor. For me being a teenager was both painfully awkward and incredibly formative. What I valued most in those years were the people who took time to make me feel like I belonged. This is what I hope that I can do with our students. I want to help them feel like church is the place where they belong.

My specific areas of emphasis are program development for our High School Ministry. This includes Sunday youth group, high school events, worship teams, and student leaders. As well as discipleship of leaders and students, 5th-12th grade.

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Mandy DuPar, Associate Youth Pastor

Hi all, I’m Mandy! Growing up, I was a funny combination of “gregarious Pastor’s kid”, “overachieving firstborn” and “loud class-clown”—which constantly reminds me to have humility & grace when working with youth of various ages and stages. I absolutely love working with students and walking alongside them. Although it’s often easy to get wrapped up in the events, programs, and noise (quite literally) of youth ministry, I believe my highest responsibility is to communicate to students that they matter, and that they are deeply loved by their Creator. Everything else is secondary to that.

My specific areas of emphasis are program development for our 5th/6th& Jr. High Ministries, as well as discipleship of leaders and students, 5th-12th grade.

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Kathy Roberts, Camp Registrar
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Need to speak to us? Give us a call at 687-7797

DISTINCTIVES

There are a lot of great ways of doing ministry, but you can’t do them all. We’ve landed on what we think really works for us – but at times feels unique to those who are new. Some distinctives that we are excited about include:

A small-group centric model of ministry

A Bible-based teaching ministry that is coordinated with the larger church body

The intentional pursuit of long-term discipleship relationships

A high priority on the engagement of our students in the larger church body

A strong feeling of community

SMALL GROUPS

Small groups are one of the key centerpieces to our ministry. They provide opportunity for long-term discipleship with a leader, fellowship with other students, and the experience of pursuing your Christian life in community.

Starting in 7^thgrade, we aim to put together groups of 4-8 students with a leader who will walk with them through High School. In Junior High, small groups meet every otherweek, and then move to meeting weeklyin High School. In Junior High, we have all of our groups work through The Gospel-Centered Life for Teens, and in High School, the study is chosen at the discretion of the leader.

For more information about Small Groups, please contact ">Caleb.

MONTHLY EVENTS

CAMPS & RETREATS

SBCC Youth Ministries go to Forest Home for a weekend in the winter, and a week in the summer. We’ve been going to Forest Home as a church since 1995. We LOVE it there!

Summer Camp – 2020

Because of the pandemic, camp is cancelled for this summer. Stay tuned for other opportunities this summer in youth ministry.

Questions?

Please contact Caleb Bagdanov or Mandy DuPar for anything else you may be wondering about.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

SUNDAYS AT 11AM

Our youth group meets during the 11am service.

We place high priority on the engagement and incorporation of our students in the life of the larger church body. We do this in two ways. First, we coordinate our teaching with the larger church body so families can leave on Sundays having studied the same passage. Second, once a month we have our students attend a main service to begin experiencing worship with the larger church body.

5th & 6th

We seek to engage our 5th & 6th students in new and meaningful ways as they transition from Sunday school to youth group. In order to meet our 5th & 6th graders where they’re at, we focus on both concrete teaching as well as beginning to introduce them to more abstract thinking when looking at the Bible. At 11am on Sundays, 5th & 6th graders start off in the sanctuary and then are dismissed to their youth room after worship. Additionally, there is no youth group on the fourth Sunday of every month so that students can worship and learn corporately with the whole church body. For more information regarding our 5th & 6th ministry, please contact Mandy DuPar.

JUNIOR HIGH

Asking questions is a big part of junior high adolescence, and we desire to meet them in the midst of that. On both Sunday mornings and in small groups, we aim to create environments where junior highers can seek Christ and unpack Biblical truths together. Our junior high youth group meets on Sundays at 11am in the Christian Education building for games, worship, and teaching. Additionally, there is no youth group on the fourth Sunday of every month so that students can worship and learn corporately with the whole church body. For more information regarding our junior high ministry, please contact Mandy DuPar.

HIGH SCHOOL

In our high school ministry, we aim to build a community where students belong and can be equipped to follow Jesus after they leave high school. Through our time on Sunday mornings, small groups, and our events we hope to help students integrate their faith into every area of their lives. Our high school youth group meets on Sundays at 11am in the Upper Room. Additionally, there is no youth group on the fourth Sunday of every month so that students can worship and learn corporately with the whole church body. For more information regarding our high school ministry, please contact Caleb Bagdanov.

“…speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ”

Ephesians 4:15