The Joint Youth Ministry is pausing all in person gatherings for the duration of California and Santa Clara County's "Shelter at Home" Mandate.
Check our Instagram for some virtual lessons, activities, and messages from Lisa & Kat in the meantime! We will have official "Zoom Meetings" so we can see each other as a youth group while apart, and will also be implementing a secret penpal challenge, and an outdoor running/walking challenge!
We want to hear how YOU are coping with all the life changes going on right now. Parent or teen, please fill out the survey linked below. Your answers will remain in the confidences of Lisa, Kat, and Leigh. We want to know the best way to offer spiritual and practical support for you and your family at this time.
May Challenges-
Service project challenge and
Walking/Running/Biking challenge
Check out the weekly email for the links
The Joint Youth Ministry is for any 6th-12th graders interested in being part of a community of faith. You don't have to be from our churches, know anything about God, look or believe a certain way, have money, dress a certain way, have your life perfectly together or be any degree of cool. We are family of students and leaders learning how to Love God and Love others together and we'd be thrilled if you joined us at any event, anytime.
Thanks for checking out the Joint Youth Ministry! It's hard to capture the "feel" of the JYM with words but there are lots of pictures below that might give you a better idea. We are a comprehensive ministry for 6th-12th graders from all over San Jose. We have students from over 28 schools who participate regularly in a variety of different weekly programs, weekend mission trips and retreats, camps, ski trips, summer outdoor adventures, family events and so much more. In additional to the two full time staff members, Lisa Jacobs and Katrina Kraynick-Baker, we have a ton of volunteer leaders who love to teach, hang out and listen to your students as they figure out how to grow up in a faithful and healthy way in busy Silicon Valley. The best way to see what we are about is to show up! Any 6th-12th graders, regardless of church, belief or faith affiliation are welcome at all our events! Check out our online calendar link to see when and where we meet.
Our consistent programming happens Sunday and Tuesday but we have additional things each week too!
All Tuesday nights include dinner
A. Feed the Need (cooking class and meal making/delivery for those struggling),
B. Guys night/Girls night (Gender split groups, games and growth),
C. Topic Tuesdays - Every month we will look in depth at a different topic and how it relates to our faith. Guest teachers come to lead
D. Student leadership team
In August/September & February/March we meet at Willow Glen UMC- 1420 Newport Ave, SJ 95125
In October/November & April/May we meet at Almaden Hills UMC- 1200 Blossom Hill Rd, SJ, 95118
In December/January & June/July we meet at Cambrian Park UMC- 1919 Gunston Way, SJ 95124
Our consistent programming happens Sunday and Tuesday but we have additional things each week too!
- Sunday Nights- 5pm-7pm- Junior High and High School Youth Group (separate youth groups, meeting at the same time with small groups based on age with consistent leaders all year long)
All Tuesday nights include dinner
A. Feed the Need (cooking class and meal making/delivery for those struggling),
B. Guys night/Girls night (Gender split groups, games and growth),
C. Topic Tuesdays - Every month we will look in depth at a different topic and how it relates to our faith. Guest teachers come to lead
D. Student leadership team
In August/September & February/March we meet at Willow Glen UMC- 1420 Newport Ave, SJ 95125
In October/November & April/May we meet at Almaden Hills UMC- 1200 Blossom Hill Rd, SJ, 95118
In December/January & June/July we meet at Cambrian Park UMC- 1919 Gunston Way, SJ 95124
