Youth & Family Ministry
MPC has a richly rewarding Youth & Their Families multi-disciplined ministry. This is a safe haven where the children and youth of MPC, which includes those from 6th grade through college, have a place they can come knowing they are loved and accepted for the special individuals they are in Christ; knowing at all times they are not alone because God is there for them to help in times of need and times of joy.
The main purpose of the Youth & Families Ministry is to teach Christ’s love to the children and youth of MPC and to help them grow as a new generation of Disciples of Christ. We help them see and to understand that God puts people into their lives at times of need so that they are never alone.
All of this is accomplished by MPC having developed a series of relational programs in Youth Club with special parent’s dinners that are designed to teach Christ’s love, develop lasting friendships, teach the value of mission, and give parents a venue in which they can speak with other parents to help circumnavigate the emotional teenage years of their children’s lives.
Each and every event in this ministry teaches the youth of MPC spiritual formation disciplines that are easily grasped and acted upon by the different age groups. We hope to develop the awareness in the youth of God’s love for them every moment of the day so that they are more aware of God’s actions in their lives and who they are in relationship to God. This works out of Calvin’s principle that “To truly know God is to know ourselves and to know ourselves is to know God.”
The Youth & Their Families ministry is a well-developed ministry here at MPC. We believe in our youth and the leaders they will become in society as they mature into women and men. We want them to live and thrive in their faith and the life of the church by creating a vibrant ministry as we live our lives together as the body of Christ in this community of faith.
Rev. Trent Hancock is the MPC Youth and Family pastor. Please feel free to call in at the church office at (215)–295–4191 or you can send him an email.