LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH MINISTRIES INC

THE LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER IS A PARA-CHURCH ORGANIZATION EMBRACING THE VISION OF REACHING UNCHURCHED YOUTH WITH A RELEVANT MESSAGE OF THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. WE WORK ON THE PREMISE THAT THE CHURCH MUST REACH OUT TO UNCHURCHED YOUTH AND THAT A GENUINE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST DEMANDS A HOLISTIC APPROACH WHEN DOING SO, THUS MINISTERING TO THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THOSE YOUTH. WE ALSO REALIZE THAT FOR THE MOST PART, THESE UNCHURHCED YOUTH WILL NOT COME TO A TRADITIONAL CHURCH SETTING, THUS THE NEED FOR A FACILITY THAT IS NEUTRAL WHERE VOLUNTEERS CAN BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE YOUTH ON 'THEIR TURF' SO TO SPEAK. BASED ON THESE PRINCIPALS, OUR APPROACH TO YOUTH EVANGELISM IS TO REACH OUT TO YOUTH THROUGH PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: ART AND MUSIC PROGRAMS, HOMEWORK HELP, TUTORING, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, CAMP, AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES. OUR FREE SUPPER MEAL IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER TO