Volunteer with Youth Ministry!

Our Core Team are volunteers who strive to be those much needed role models for our youth by developing healthy and Christ-centered relationships, leading small groups, and supporting them in their lives. The students desire the same things we do: love and time. Come spend time with our students and help us show them that they have a home with us, Christ, and CtR.

One of the biggest responsibilities of a Core Member is that they facilitate discussion within small groups each week at Rise or Encounter. When possible they are assisted by either a Core Team Assistant or a Teen Leader who helps them guide the conversation.

Rise Core Team - 6-8th grades
6:45-9:00 p.m. on Wednesdays

Encounter Core Team - 9-12th grades
6:30-9:00 p.m. on Sundays

Sometimes jumping right into a position as a Core Member can seem a little overwhelming at first. One way to see what being a Core Member is all about is to spend your first year as a Core Team Assistant.

Core Team Assistants are similar to Core Members in all ways except that they are assigned to a small group with a Core Member who will help guide them in what it means to be a Core Member. In a way, it is like being a Core Member in training.

Rise Core Team - 6-8th grades
6:45-9:00 p.m. on Wednesdays

Encounter Core Team - 9-12th grades
6:30-9:00 p.m. on Sundays

• Encounter hall monitors work with our high school students and Encounter Core Team at Encounter from 6:15-8:35 p.m. Sunday nights.
• Rise hall monitors work with our middle school students and Rise Core Team at Rise from 6:30-8:35 p.m. Wednesday nights.
  
  This helps ensure the safety of everyone and allows our youth and volunteers to know that the Church is a safe place where they can grow in faith and love without fear.

From the very beginning our faith has centered around meals. Jesus was known for eating with tax collectors and sinners, and he chose a meal to be the way that we continue to receive him today in the Eucharist

To help create an environment where the teens can relax and feel at home, the youth are invited to come early to Encounter to share a meal together. This is a great time for relationships to be made which often make the difference between a young person who keeps the faith and one who falls away.

There truly is something powerful about sharing a meal together, and to make that possible we need volunteers to help provide meals each week with the guidance of our Food Team Director.

With over 700 teens and families involved in CtRYM, there is always a need for volunteers to help with general office work (i.e. filing, sorting, data collection, informational phone calls, etc.)

Office Assistants schedule a day of the week (Mon-Thur) that is most convenient for them with our Office Manager, Stacie McKay.

Koinonia is an initiative for teens who are eager to go deeper in their faith. Every Koinonia group has two adult leaders who are deeply rooted in prayer and are eager to share their faith with teens who are hungry to learn more about the deep faith of our Church.