Youth Leaders: Jesse, Matt, and Rebecca. (all pictured above) Youth Pastor: Akita Olsen. (pictured to the right) Postal address: Bunbury Vineyard Church PO Box 1475, Bunbury, WA 6231.

BURN

We provide the following services for youth:

BURN 10.9.8 activities are for youth in school years 8, 9 + 10.
BURN 11+ activities are for youth in year 11 and beyond.

• BURN 10.9.8 Sunday am study session
  During the school terms, there is a morning session during the church sermon time. Youth not wishing to be in the main auditorium during this time are welcome to attend this study. It is held in the youth Shed and aimed at this age group. This is a teaching time.
  
  
• Questions and Answers - BURN 11+
  During school terms we have a dinner and study night for BURN 11+ youth. We call this fortnightly study "Q+A's", as after eating dinner and fellowshipping the youth gather and raise questions, and chat about answers. This is aimed at the older youth, who wish to know each other deeper, and expore common questions (related to their faith) in a group setting. This happens every seond Sunday night, normally 7pm - 9pm. For more detail see the youth board at church.
  
  
• Youth Worship Nights ("Tomatoes")
  Throughout the year, the youth of the church run a worship night session. The evening is held at our church in the main auditorium. This service provides our young people opportunities to use and develop their giftings. Equipping our youth is a high priority. Keep your eyes open for the next Tomatoes event!
  
  
• Opportunities: Short Message.
  Here is a short 4 minute message by Jason. It is very raw but has a great impact and good message. It is great to give the youth opportunites, as often there are gems, like this one: LISTEN.
  

  
  
  
  
• “Thrive” teaching
  We send a weekly email newsletter, called Thrive, to the youth. This is a tool that we use for teaching and encouraging them…. to thrive and be the men and women of God that they were called to become.
  Click here to signup for Thrive or to view past editions.
  
  
• School involvement
  Our youth team has been involved with a local high school with a ministry program. We were working with a local Chaplian, this involved a term of X-Box entertainment, encouragement for the Chaplain, and pray sessions:
  
  - X-Box days: they ran once a week, X-Box session during the lunch break. This gaves us an opportunity to bless the students by providing an activity where they are safe and interacting with others. This helps us build relationships with many students.
  
  - Prayer Days: was held once a week, a prayer session during the lunch break. During this time we get to know students better and pray for individual needs and pray for the school as a whole
  
  
• Internship
  Our church provides opportunities for young people to assist and learn through internships with various ministry programs. A couple of our young people have completed a ministry traineeship with Harvest West. We enjoy assisting them as much as possible to train and equip them in their studies and future ministries.
  
  
• “Oxygen” events
  Each month the local churches of Bunbury host an evening worship service or an outreach event, for the youth. Oxygen is a premier citywide event that allows young people between the ages of 13 and 24 to connect with each other and with God. The Rally nights provides highly energetic music and dynamic youth speakers. This event gives our youth a great opportunity to meet and develop relationships with fellow Christian in the local community as well as being blessed by some awesome worship and impacting teaching! Visit the Oxygen website at www.oxygenyouth.com
  
  
  
  
• Missions + Outreach
  The youth desire to assist other communities and countries in a practical way. They have such a great desire to be involved with missions and outreach activities. There are hundreds of possibilities and hundreds of countries.
  In January 2007 we had two young ladies, Joanna and Rebecca who both attended different YWAM missions. They had a wonderful time, learnt a great deal, and were thankful for the church's support.
  In February 2007 Jesse, Akita, and Jason travelled to Tanzania, Africa. They joined the Oxygen Youth team and assisted with the Imara Foundation. Activities included teaching English at schools, preaching at a Leaders Seminar, visiting widows, playing with orphans, and visiting local churches. It was an incredible time which has impacted them all greatly. They are also thankful for the church's support and they look forward to the next adventure.
  There are ongoing plans and ideas for furture missions and out-reaching projects, as they bless others and also help to develop the participants both personally and spiritually.
  
  
• Camps + Conferences
  We encourage our youth to attend various Christian camps and conferences. We have seen amazing results from the conferences that they have attended. These events are displayed on noticeboards, printed on church bulletins, online, etc
  
  
• Small groups
  There are various small groups, run from our church or home based, that the youth are involved in and welcome. Small bible studies, DVD teaching nights, Sound + Media workshops, Compassion ministry, leadership study, worship ministry…. etc. We encourage the youth to link up in some way.
  
  
• BURN youth group
  During the school terms, there will be gatherings for youth. The youth group is run by the youth leaders. Building relationships is the main focus, where other things can be built from. For more details see one of the youth leaders.
  
  
  
  

For further information on Youth programs, or if you can support any of the above programs, please contact us.

For information on programs for children under 12, click here.