Utilizing our youth to set an example, we will represent God's love to our Congregation, Community, and the World!

As an active part of the ministry at Bethlehem, our youth combine fun, fellowship, and service. They meet often to uphold one another spiritually and support the congregation.

We meet the first Sunday of the month after church.

CURRENT OFFICERS ARE:
President -Amber Molitor
Vice President - Michael Kettler
Secretary -Caleb Kettler
Treasurer - Colin Schomburg

We live in a culture of blurry religious distinctions and do-it-yourself spirituality. Youth, especially, need solid ground that will nurture lasting Christian faith. Rather than treating youth as an adolescent subculture and confusing them with religious experiences that cannot be replicated at home, Higher Things believes in challenging youth to learn the pure doctrine of the Christian faith. By teaching them the same message that they hear at home, youth grow in the fullness of the Christian faith as they come to appreciate historic liturgical practice and its unique focus on God’s gifts of forgiveness, life and salvation for us delivered in Word and Sacrament.

We are still in the early stages of planning and will have more information in January.  We plan on attending the conference on June 23-27,  at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, in Amherst, MA. 

Please complete both the Individual Registration Form and the Medical Release/History Form to insure your child has a spot available.

**Links Coming Soon**
Go to Medical Release/History Form
Go to Individual Registration Form

To pay for your child, please write a check to Bethlehem Lutheran Church and submit to Pastor Krieg or to the church office.

The one who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Jesus promises that just as He is risen, we will rise. The last great enemy has been destroyed. Everlasting life belongs to all who believe…one day.

But for us, some days, that day feels far away. Like it’ll never come… like it’s been made for someone other than you.
 
Dear one, hear the promise for you today, too. “Behold, I am making all things new.”…right now. It doesn’t just mean that one day, everything will be fixed. It means that things are allowed to be broken today. Nothing can be so damaged that it can’t be made new. Nothing broken will say that way. There is a resurrection of all flesh.

We can look forward with hope, even when everything falls apart around us. The promise isn’t held at arm’s length. When today is still broke, He who sits on the throne wants you to cling to the promise now. You are already a child of God, and so you are already a child of the resurrection. Call the sin that destroys what it is. Call death the last great enemy. It has already been defeated.
 
Live a steadfast faith today no matter what things look like because you rest on a yesterday that was made whole on the cross. Realize that God hates the same things you war against too, but He has already won the victory… the victory that makes All Things New.
 
Join us in 2025 for All Things New. 

We want to encourage the youth. Every day, young people deal with very serious issues. Whether it is sex, drugs, peer pressure, whatever, it is important for  adolescents to know that the church is the place they can turn to for help. We want to encourage them to take refuge in Christ and His church. Also, it is important to encourage the youth to know that they are part of the church right now and they do not have to wait until they are adults to serve. We see in 1 Corinthians 12:12-20 that we are a body made up of many different parts. It is crucial for teenagers to realize that they can worship and serve Christ right now. 

We want to equip the youth. We firmly believe that adolescents need to be equipped with the tools of a solid faith, a servant's heart, and a working knowledge of the Bible. These are the things that will serve them their entire lives. We develop a solid faith through devotionals, thought-provoking retreats, and regular worship. We develop a sense of being a servant by helping our neighbor and each other. Finally, we develop a working knowledge of the Bible by spending time in the Word. That is the only true way to know what God really says. 

We want to establish the youth. We want to establish the youth on the firm foundation given in faith by the Holy Spirit, to know that Christ is the solid rock on which they stand, all other ground is sinking sand. Because of the many snares and temptations that will be thrown at them by the devil, the world, and their own sinful flesh, it is essential that they have a sense of spiritual integrity founded only in Jesus Christ and grounded in His Word and Sacraments. This foundation comes from knowing the Bible, having spiritual role models, and maintaining an active worship life so as to receive God’s Means of Grace for the strengthening of their faith on a regular basis.