Your prayers are powerful. Our teenagers need them!
Join the Pray for Me Campaign and become a Prayer Champion for one of our amazing youth. This isn't just about praying—it's about discipleship through friendship.
What you do:
Pray for a teenager for one year using a simple, guided prayer book (or pray in your own way!).
Be a friend. Show a young person that an older, wiser adult is faithfully following Jesus and that they are a loved, essential member of the church.
Disciple doesn't mean simply teaching doctrine—it means being an older sibling in Christ who cares, listens, and is willing to share about your own life with Jesus. If you can make a friend, you can disciple a teenager!
Why Should I be a prayer champion?
Because “the prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective” and we all know that adolescence comes with a whole host of challenges that call for powerful and effective assistance. The Spirit wants to work in our lives and the lives of our youth, and this is great way for us to participate in that work. Moreover, Jesus calls us as older church members to form discipleship relationships with young men and women so that they know they are valued members of the Body of Christ and can observe how to best live out their faith. If we expect young people to stay in the church we need to show them that they are part of the church.
What if I don’t know how to disciple Teenagers?
I promise that if you know how to build a friendship with anyone then you have all that you need to disciple teenagers. Don’t be intimidated by the formality or churchiness of the word “disciple”. No one’s expecting you to educate anyone in the finer points of doctrine or to have any special instructing ability. In this context discipling just means being and older sibling in Christ who is willing to share life with a new friend. Our teens don’t need more teachers. What they need is to see that there are adults other than their youth leaders and parents who are faithfully following Jesus, to see that other older, wiser, experienced people think it’s real and important to know Jesus as Lord. And they need to know that they belong in the church, that they are loved and supported, and that this is place where they know people and have friendships that extend beyond their experience of youth group. So, as I said, if you can make a friend you can disciple a teenager!
Ready to get started?
Sign up and become a Prayer Champion by filling out the registration form [Click Here to Register].
Order your prayer book [Click Here to Order] or contact us if you need the church to provide a copy.
Save the Date: Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 25th. All Champions, students, and families will meet at the Garrett Road Park Picnic Shelter for a potluck meal and to exchange contact information and begin these vital friendships! Please make every effort to attend.
Register for the Pray for me Potluck<— Click Here