The Classical Youth Ministry Committee (CYMC) will:
  1. Give youth a voice in Classis Alberta North (CAN) by taking feedback to the committee via leaders and pastors;
  2. Encourage and support the local church’s youth ministries by giving attention to their youth leadership, both volunteers and professionals;
  3. Promote ministry opportunities (i.e. Intergenerational ministry, serve, encounters….) to the churches in CAN;
  4. Encourage networking among the churches in the CAN;
  5. Supervise the work of the youth ministry consultant;
  6. Understand specific needs ministering to the youth in CAN;
  7. Make grant money available to support classical multi-church youth ministry and leadership development and
  8. Evaluate and hold each other accountable through prayer, encouragement, and verbal assessment.

Websites for Youth & Emerging Adult Ministry:
  1. CRC Faith Formation.
  2. ​Fuller Youth Ministry Institute.
  3. Growing Young.
  4. Growing With.
  5. Faith for Exiles.
  6. Renegotiating Faith.

Recommended Materials for Emerging Adult Ministry:
  1. Renegotiating Faith Full Report.
  2. Renegotiating Faith Executive Report (4 page summary).
  3. Renegotiating Faith Power Point Presentation.

Top Books for Youth and Emerging Adult Ministry:
  1. Growing Young by Kara Powell, Jake Mulder & Brad Griffin
  2. Growing With by Kara Powell & Steven Argue
  3. Faith for Exiles by David Kinnaman & Mark Matlock

Downloadable Printable or Presentation Ready Resources:
  1. 10 Ways to Build a Stronger Youth Ministry.
  2. REVEAL Survey Top Fives for Movement in Faith.

Presentations for Councils, Youth Leaders, Parents and Congregations:
  1. Emerging Adult Ministry.
  2. What the REVEAL Survey reveals about Faith Formation.
  3. Bible Study Tools Workshop Training
  4. Introduction to the Growing Young approach to Youth Ministry.

Youth Ministry Grant Guidelines for the Churches of Classis Alberta North
  1. ​Grant Guidelines Document.
  2. Application Form for youth ministry event grant.

Contact Classis Alberta North Youth Consultant Pastor Bill Nieuwenhuis:

Email address:  newiebill@gmail.com