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ASSISTANT PASTOR & YOUTH PASTOR

 REV. VIDAL RODRIGUEZ

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:6

Statistics show that by the time a child reaches the age of thirteen they will decide on their spiritual future.  The questions that we ask are simple.  Will they serve the Lord by staying on the straight and narrow, or travel down the rocky path of destruction? 

One way to help them make that decision is by keeping our young people involved in various activities.  Whether it be a gym night, fellowship hall/chapel service, H2H (house to house prayer), sports at the park, retreats, summer youth camps, or just hanging out we try to keep them in the right direction.  Our youth pastor, Bro. Vidal Rodriguez, who had taken on the position in April of 1989, and his wife are here to do just that.

Starting at the age of twelve and up, young (and older) people are invited to join and be a part of the ongoing activities.  We also have various classes to help mold and assist in the direction our young people including the Teens, High School, and College and Career Classes.  These classes offer life assessment and teachings on each individual level.  The Bible states in Romans 12:2, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” 

We feel that by keeping our young people active they will discover what the perfect will of God is for their life.  Speaking of which, we have had many testimonies of the direction that God lead us in our youth.  One being, a young lady that was in our youth group married and has become a “missionary” to Tijuana, Mexico.  She and her husband are now the youth leaders in the church there and she leads a growing youth choir.