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Student MinistriesTeen Bible Fellowship
TBF meets on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. This is a time of Bible study for our Jr. and Sr. High ministries.
Straight Up
On Wednesday nights our teens meet at 7:00 for a time of praise and worship, a Bible study by Pastor Dean and then small group sessions. Praise and worship music is a teen ministry with teens providing the music as well as the singing. Small groups are divided by Jr. High or Sr. High and between boys and girls. The small groups are a time to share prayer requests, concerns that teens may have as well as to take some time to discuss the Bible study in a little more depth. Small groups are designed to develop a relationship not only between peers but also between youth advisors and teens.
Parent Ministries
We want to reach the family and work with them during their children's teen years. We have quarterly Parent Meetings in which we discuss upcoming events, materials, and/or topics to be discussed, and other things relevant to our youth ministry. We also send home monthly Parentline newsletters to help keep parents informed.
Nursing Home Ministry
On the second Sunday of every month, a group of teens invade the halls of Palm Garden Nursing Home. They quickly spread out to pick up residents in their rooms and push their wheelchairs into the meeting room. The teens sit next to the residents throughout the service as they sing, give testimonies, puppet presentations, and then one of our teens shares a short devotional. They then begin taking the residents back to their rooms where they say goodbye until the following month.
Word of Life Teens Involved
Teens Involved (TI) purpose is to "develop my gifts and abilities to serve my Savior." Teens choose to participate in a variety of events that range from singing, musical instruments, drama, preaching, puppets, and children's Bible storytelling, with many more in between. All are based on gifts and abilities that can be used to minister in the local church. Area TI which includes churches from Pinellas and surrounding counties is held right here at Starkey Road Baptist the end of February. Teens begin preparing months in advance. The top five qualifiers in each category are then able to move on to Regional TI which is held in Jacksonville in late April. Regionals brings churches from all over Florida and Southern Georgia. This is a wonderful opportunity for our teens to explore the gifts that God has given to them, to develop ministries here in our church, as well as gain confidence in themselves as they minister to those in attendance.
Teen Leadership Conference (TLC)
One of the big highlights of the year! We pack a large bus and head for a four day conference at Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, PA. Designed for 10th ? 12th grade teens, workshops and preaching sessions include powerful messages that help teens identify and strengthen the gifts of leadership that God has given to each one. It's awesome to see how these truths are applied to lives, brought home, and lived out.
Snowbird Wilderness Outfitters
To get teens closer to an extreme God, this camp uses "high adventure recreation" or to put it plainly, extreme sports. Their campus touts "cable swings, zip lines, and climbing elements, including a climbing tower that reaches over 60 feet high." Swings include a 3-person swing beginning with a 60 ft drop then accelerating, pulling nearly 3 "G's", and a one person swing beginning with a 15 ft. free fall from 47 ft. about the camp! Snowbird also offers canoeing, caving, horseback riding, mountain boarding, mountain surfing, paintball, puddle jumping, rappelling, rock climbing, skate park, slip-n-slide, and white water rafting. On top of all that, this camp gives the campers meaningful praise and worship times, intense dramas, and life-changing devotions daily. Snowbird, not exactly what teens had planned, but exactly what God has planned for teens.
Missions
In past years we have had opportunities to share in serving the Lord through inner-city ministry in Chicago working with a community that was diverse in ethnic backgrounds from Puerto Rico to Afro-American. Our teens had opportunities there to do VBS, clean streets, build relationships with other teens and children and tell them about the love of Jesus Christ. Our student missions have also included VBS for a Haitian church in Ft. Lauderdale and in Lafayette, LA, and cleaning a camp in Chattanooga, TN. Another wonderful opportunity has been to minister and work with the mentally handicapped at a facility in Wisconsin called Shepherd's Home. SRBY wants to offer opportunities for our youth to serve God and experience in just a small way the possibility of full-time service through missions. These trips are opportunities for a student to grow spiritually in preparing to be part of a mission team, as well as putting into action what it means to be a servant of Jesus Christ.
SNAC
What is it and why do we do it? SNAC stands for "Sunday Night After Church." The reason we do it is to provide something that all teens are looking for ... EXPERIENCES! Our teens will take the opportunity to spend time with their friends to eat, play, fellowship, or just talk. According to George Barna, author of Real Teens, "experiences are what rule their lives." So once a month, we take an evening after church to let our teens be teens. SNAC is for our Sr. High students (9th - 12th grade).