We welcome visitors and all new children to our Chippewa Valley Youth, Confirmation and Sunday School.
Our Sunday School for pre-school through 5th grade is
called Faith Quest. The students and children leave the sanctuary after
the portion of the service called "Children in the Chancel". They then
go to our classrooms and participate in workshops, music and classes.
Chippewa Valley Confirmation classes (grades 6, 7, 8) are also held on Sunday following the “Children in the Chancel” portion of the service.
Chippewa Valley Youth Group
Youth in grades 6-12 are invited to be a part of the fun and
exciting youth group of First Presbyterian Church. During the school
year, the group meets weekly on Wednesdays from 4:00pm-6:00pm. We will
start out with a large group meeting and activity, followed by breaking
into small groups. The grades 6-8 group will meet with Pastor Barry
Boyer and the grades 9-12 group will meet with Noelle Chaltry. We will
have a meal at 5:30 which families and friends are invited to attend.
All youth are invited and encouraged to bring their friends.
Monthly events
are scheduled in addition to regular Wednesday activities. Past events
include lock-ins, video game marathons, trips to Action City and much
more. We also have at least one service activity each month. Those have
included volunteering at the humane society, putting on a talent show
for nursing home residents and making stockings for homeless children of
the Beacon House. The youth also lead at least one worship service each
school year, called Youth Sunday.
Each summer the youth really dig in and get dirty for the Lord on their
annual mission trip. They have gone to International Falls – painting
houses, remodeling the Salvation Army and teaching kids in Vacation
Bible School; Denver – more painting/remodeling, working in a nursing
home and running a summer camp for kids; and to Atlanta in 2008 where
they harvested vegetables in a Community Garden for impoverished women
and children, packed boxes of food at the food pantry and yes, more
painting and remodeling!
For any information about our Chippewa Falls Youth programs or suggestions of things you
would like to see on the calendar, please contact
Noelle Chaltry.