[North Georgia Conference Youth]

Conference Council on Youth Ministries
North Georgia United Methodist Churches

Navigating the living waters of ministry with youth by stimulating, helping, and equipping dis ciples.

We minister to the youth who are involved in our local churches, and help build their faith by creating and implementing conference youth events.

We help youth develop into leaders at all levels of the United Methodist Church:
*our local church youth groups
*our conference boards and agencies
*our national and jurisdictional councils on youth ministry.

We educate youth on social and missional issues, and advocate for these issues on behalf of our youth.

We promote the Youth Service Fund. YSF is a mission fund supported by youth and provides a way for youth to be in real ministry with each other. United Methodist teens raise money for other teens doing ministry in their churches and communities by impacting poverty, illiteracy, delinquency, and social justice! Donations are sent from local churches or raised at conference youth events. There is an application process for the distribution of grants. Projects should be emerging ministries by, with, or for youth in grades 6-12.

We support the local church in their mission to create disciples for Jesus Christ.

We get guidance from three sources:
The Bible
The Spirit that lives in each CCYM member
The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church. It contains our Constitution (how we are structured and held accountable); our Theology (what we believe about God and how we know it); and our Social Principles (our conscientious stand on environmental, economic, political, global, and moral issues). It also contains a specific listing of the purpose and role of CCYM in ś 648.