In 2025 we saw God working powerfully in our youth ministries here at St Phil's.
At Amplify we had steady growth in our numbers across the year, with an average of 35 youth present every week in Term 4, and on one night we even reached a high of 45 students! Praise God that Amplify has grown into a warm and welcoming community where youth continue to invite their friends and find belonging in God's larger family.
This year we were thankful for Alec and Shawn as they joined the Amplify leadership team just for the year, and for Nomi and Jaedan as they wrapped up their time as youth leaders. Micah also joined in a more hands on role as he supported our large year 12 cohort in their transition into young adulthood.
This past year more and more of our youth grew in their faith and stepped into serving opportunities across the church. We held leadership training at our Sunday afternoon group, Toast, and took a small group of youth to LIT Camp run by Youthworks. Many of our youth from yrs7-12 helped out in various roles at our July holiday kids program, VKP. We also saw 14 youth take ownership over their own faith at our Confirmation and Baptism service in October, one of them having committed their life to Jesus at KYCK earlier in the year.
To kick off 2026 we ran Full On Utopia, our annual summer camp in Springwood. This year 40 students learnt about living life before the end from 1 Thessalonians, with Anna and Josh Hoole as our guest speakers for the week. We welcomed several new leaders on camp, with Georgia and Alex C deciding to continue on as Friday night youth leaders in 2026.
In 2025 we were able to rejoice in the way God continually worked in our youth's hearts, growing them in faithfulness and maturity as the gospel continues to impact their lives. We have been very blessed to see many of our youth becoming young adults who are keen to continue growing and serve their younger brothers and sisters in Christ. We are so grateful for your continued prayers for our leadership team and for the work of the gospel amongst our young people, and we can't wait to see what God does next in 2026.
Jo Scott (Assistant Children’s and Youth Worker) and the Youth Leader Team.