YOUTH MINISTRY
Welcome to the Youth Ministry
Welcome to the Youth Ministry at First Baptist Arlington! We hope that through your time here, you'll belong, grow, and serve. We aim to connect students and leaders in significant relationships to form intentional community. Through worship, prayer, Bible Study, and discipleship, we seek to grow in our walk with Christ and honor God by following the Jesus Way. We live out the mission and story of God by equipping and sending students to live out their faith in our church, in Arlington, and beyond!
Youth Gatherings
Join us for Sunday Bible Study
We meet for Sunday Bible Study at 9:45am in the Student Center. Hang out downstairs for a few minutes and enjoy some complimentary coffee. Our classes meet upstairs by grade level for announcements, and then break into small groups. Most of our students head over together to the 11am worship service after Bible Study and sit together in the front right section of the Sanctuary!
The Break on Wednesday Nights
Join us from 6-8pm in the Student Center each Wednesday night for The Break. We start each week with wild and crazy games, then have student led worship, Bible Study, and end with dinner and discussions. Dinner is free each week, and there's always a seat at the table for you! In the middle of hectic weeks, we hope this really does serve as a Break for your soul.
Events
Family Resources
The Counseling Center connected with our church is The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psychology.
- Grace Based Parenting by Dr. Tim Kimmel
- Don’t Miss It: Parent Every Week Like It Counts by Reggie Joiner and Kristen Ivy
- The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family by Dr. Kara E. Powell
- Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right by Dr. Tim Kimmel
- 12 Huge Mistakes Parents Can Avoid by Tim Elmore
- Parenting Beyond Your Capacity: Connect Your Family to a Wider Community by Reggie Joiner and Carey Nieuwhof
- Artificial Maturity: Helping Kids Meet the Challenge of Becoming Authentic Adults by Tim Elmore
- Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens by Paul David Trip
- Understanding Your Young Teen by Mark Oestreicher
- Raising Kids for True Greatness by Dr. Tim Kimmel
- Why A.D.H.D. Doesn’t Mean Disaster by Dennis Swanberg & Diane Passno
- Have a New Teenager by Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman
- Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No by Dr. John Townsend
- Parenting Teens with Love and Logic: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Adulthood by Foster Cline & Jim Fay
- Confident Parenting by Jim Burns
- Right Click: Parenting Your Teenager in a Digital Media World by Kara Powell, Art Bamford, and Brad M Griffin
- The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch
- Common Sense Media- research, parent tools, reviews and more for current movies, shows, games, apps, etc. (commonsensemedia.org)
- Covenant Eyes – books, research, articles, and tools to help you address pornography in your family (covenanteyes.com)
- Fight The New Drug- organization using science, facts, and personal accounts to educate about the harmfulness of pornography (fightthenewdrug.org)
- X3watch - X3watch monitors websites visited, generating a report of all the questionable ones, and sends that report periodically to a loved one, relative, friend, or pastor (triplexchurch.com)
- Every Young Woman's Battle: Guarding Your Mind, Heart, and Body in a Sex-Saturated World by Shannon Ethridge & Stephen Arterburn
- Every Young Man’s Battle: Strategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation by Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker
- The Gospel and Pornography by Russell D. Moore
- Teaching Your Children Healthy Sexuality: A Biblical Approach to Prepare Them for Life by Jim Burns
- Love & Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
- Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas
- Grace Filled Marriage by Dr. Tim Kimmel
- The Parent Cue - a great site to help parents do family better
- The Phase Project - resources for parents and those who work with children and students
- RightNow Media - a digital library offering thousands of videos, resources and Bible studies for those who attend FBCA
- Center for Parent/Youth Understanding - helping parents, youth workers, educators, pastors and others understand and reach today's youth culture
- Bible Study Methods by Rick Warren
- Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
- The Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard
- FBCA's Daily Bible Reading
- She Reads Truth and He Reads Truth
Meet the Youth Staff
Chelsea Judkins
Interim Youth Minister
Find out more about the Youth Ministry
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Youth Ministry is for students in 7th-12th grades! We have kids from most every school in town - so you're sure to meet someone!
We meet every Sunday, most every Wednesday during the year and then have special events all the time. Check out the Events tab above for all the latest!
No. I mean you can if you want, but we are pretty casual around here.
Get a behind the scene view of things as well as upcoming events at the Youth Ministry Facebook Page and our Youth Ministry Insta.
We have a place for you!
We are ready to welcome you at Church.
Let us help you get connected.
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