AI Youth kicked off their first meeting on Friday. (Photo via Facebook by Suzanne Escobar Bang Kane)
NEWPORT, R.I. – A menagerie youth groups from multiple churches across Aquidneck Island will come together Friday nights for a new program entitled AI Youth (Aquidneck Island Youth).
The program, which kicked off on Friday evening at Evangelical Friends Church in Middletown, invites junior high through high school students to enjoy games, skits, a live youth band and a message. “We will be coming together once a month to gather all students of the faith in Christ, to provide a platform for relationships, growth and unity overall in the family of God,” says Ed Pichette, Youth Pastor at EFC Newport.
Collaborating with churches island-wide, Pichette says the various youth leaders he has been working with “are pumped about the potential here.” He explains that with only three high schools on the island, many of students, even if they don’t go to the same school, know one another, but when it comes to worship, are often segregated. “So this promotes unity. We’re all in this together, and we’re all like minded,” he explains.
The program is planned for the first Friday night of every month at different locations now through the springtime, and Pichette says depending on the success of the program, there’s a good chance it will continue through the summer.
For more information, visit the AI Youth Facebook page.
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