Youth Ministries

Our Mission

“ To create a safe and irresistible environment that loves youth in the name of Jesus and leads them to love others in the same way”

Sundays

IGNITE SUNDAY Mornings (In-Person)
Age: Grade 6-Grade 12
Meets: Gym, 9:30 & 11 AM
Contact: Adrian Lucio or Marlie Riojas
Our goal is to create a safe space to have fun, make and enjoy friendships, interact with loving adult mentors, create an environment that allows for worship, and dig into the Bible. We start off with fellowship, followed by a lesson and small group. Contact Marlie to find the exact meeting place (either in the Sanctuary or on the Gym, location varies)

Sunday Night Youth Group (In-Person)
Age: Grade 6-Grade 12
Meets: Gym, 5:30-7:15 PM
Contact: Adrian Lucio or Marlie Riojas

Wednesdays

Connect Wednesday Nights (In-Person)
Age: 6th-12th Grade Students
Middle-School meets 5:45-6:45 PM in the Coker Gym
HS Girls meet 7:15-8:15 PM Coker Gym
HS Boys meet 7:15-8:15 PM Coker Gym
Contact Adrian Lucio or Marlie Riojas for address & additional details.
Note: Youth Connect Wednesdays will end on Nov 18th and resume on January 13th.

New Youth are always welcome!! Reach out to Adrian Lucio or Marlie Riojas and she’ll be sure to share what you can expect from each Youth Gathering, where to meet, etc! You are welcome here!!

Youth Choir (Online via Zoom)
All youth, girls AND guys in grades 6-12, are welcome in the Youth Choir. We are a smaller ensemble, but we sing challenging music in 2 and 3 parts. The Youth Choir meets on Zoom weekly and records videos to play in worship once a month. For more information contact Director: Valerie Thompson, vthompson_sing@satx.rr.com

Upcoming Events

Spiritual Gifts Test

If you have accepted Christ into your life, God has given you gifts of the Holy Spirit. Those gifts, when used together, make up a properly functioning body of Christ. You may wonder how you know what gifts God has given you. Coker has partnered with an online Spiritual Gifts platform so that you can take a 10 minute test that will help identify your God-given gifts. You can access the test online at Coker.org/SpiritualGiftsTest (or if that link does not work, you can try https://spiritualgiftstest.com/spiritual-gifts-test-landing/). Once complete, you can hold results for your own knowledge or share them with us by e-mailing your top 3 to CokerSpiritualGifts@gmail.com (we will add them to your church profile and alert you when volunteer opportunities arise that fit your gifts).

Please send any questions to Communications@coker.org

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Middle School Mission Trip | June 28th – July 2nd

Middle-Schoolers, 6th-8th grade, SAVE THE DATE FOR THIS YEAR’S MISSION TRIP. More information on this trip and how we will be serving in our community, will be available in the March Family Ministries E-mailed newsletter.

Contact: Adrian Lucio or Marlie Riojas

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High School Mission Trip | July 10th – July 17th

High-schoolers, 9th-12th grades, SAVE THE DATES (and go ahead and register & pay your deposit). This year we are partnering with YouthWorks and we will be serving in St. Louis, MO from July 10 – 17th, 2021. Volunteers are needed as well.

Contact: Marlie.Riojas@coker.org
Register at: https://www.shelbygiving.com/App/Form/70014374-3048-471b-9e8b-e0b8c3b017a9

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Volunteers

On June 9, 2018, a new Child, Youth, and Vulnerable Adult safety policy and accompanying procedures went into effect for ALL Rio Texas Churches (including Coker UMC). Every adult who works with children, youth, and/or vulnerable adults (Staff, Volunteer, Clergy, or Lay) must be certified through the new TRUSTed con Confianza certification process. This includes but not limited to those who volunteer with the food pantry, Eagle Pass, ERT, mission trips etc. If you fall into any of these categories please contact Mario Garcia at mario.garcia@coker.org for more information to get trained.