Youth
Welcome Richland Baptist Church's Youth Ministries. We invite you to be an active part of what God is doing at RBC! For more information, call 509/943-9177 or e-mail Ron Shelby.
Our goals are to reach the lost for Christ, train the youth in the life of a Christian, and provide learning, leading, serving, growing, and ministering opportunities. We will also have some just plain fun and fellowship enjoying each other, and showing others that Christians have a lot of fun, too!!
Sunday School (Bible Study)
At the center of our youth ministry here at RBC is the Sunday School. If you or your youth come to Sunday School, they will be informed about what else is going on in the RBC youth ministry. The classes (7th grade through high school) meet at 9:45 am Sunday mornings in "The Refuge," which is in the new basement portion of the church.
Let me introduce you to our youth teachers:
- 6th-8th grade girls: Athalia Clower, Tricia Downard
- 6th-8th grade boys: Randall Clower, Dick Downard
- High School Girls: Cindy Guttromson, K.C. Clements
- High School Boys: Duke Mitchell, Jay MacLellan
All of our youth teachers are wonderful people who have a deep relationship with God and truly love the youth. We are very blessed to have them serving in our youth department.
Regular Activities
Twice a month, there will be some type of activity, whether it be an Afterglow, Youth Family Night, or some other special event as described below. The Afterglows and Youth Family Nights are after Sunday evening worship, beginning about 7:15 pm. They include some games, food, and a short devotion time and are either held in the Fellowship Hall or at the home of a church member.
Special Activities
Summer times are busy for the youth with Youth Camp, Mission Trips, summer kick-off party, back-to-school party, cookouts, water skiing, and other fun stuff. Other events include the Youth Convention for all Northwest Baptist Youth, Disciple Now weekends, snow skiing trips, retreats, concerts, and co-sponsored events with other churches in the Columbia Basin Baptist Association. We also participate and support nationwide youth events such as "See You At the Pole" and "True Love Waits".
Youth Choir and Prayer Time
The Youth Choir meets on Sunday evenings at 4:45 pm in the choir room and is led by our Minister of Music, Scott Wells. The choir sings mostly contemporary Christian music, which appeals to the younger crowd. Youth Prayer Time is after choir at 5:30 pm in the Prayer Room.
Wednesday Nights!
On Wednesday nights we have a youth gathering after our dinner here at church. We have Youth Worship from 5:30 - 6:00 pm in The Refuge, and then we have Youth Discipleship Training from 6:00 - 7:30 pm also in The Refuge. The youth discipleship training provides multiple options for discipleship.