NSY (English Youth Ministry)

Ps. Eric Lai

NSY (North Side Youth) is our youth group for high school students and high school-aged youth that meets on Friday nights during the school term. Over the last twelve months, NSY has been able to meet in person. Since the end of 2023, we have had a new addition to the leadership team with Ray from CS2 joining out NSY leadership team. Ray is involved with leading the year 7-9 boys in Bible study and disciple training.

Over the past four terms, we have focused on encouraging the youth to know, grow, show and sow Christ in their daily lives. In term 1 this year, we explored God’s characteristics through Exodus 1-20. In term 2, we did a series on “joy” with the Philippians letter. This series aims to look into Christian growth and what it means to be a follower of Jesus.

At the beginning of term 2, we were also to invite LOGOS HOPE for a mission sharing at NSY. It was a one-night event to help youth understand the purpose of cross-cultural mission. This took place at church and we had a team of 3 missionaries to share with us. We’ve also conducted youth service for MES at the end of term 2 where youth are encouraged to serve in various roles for leading the service. We also had Adrian and Gabriel as speakers for our services.

In term 3, we have the privilege to invite David Perrott from CRU to share about youth ministry and camps for highschool. This is a promotional event for youth to discover various CRU camps available throughout the year. We hope that our youth will be eager to join and connect Christians from other schools and grow together as fellow brothers and sisters. At the end of term 3, a group of NSY youth and leaders also went on went to Katoomba to attend the KYCK youth conference held by KCC. The theme is “Creation”, which encourages the youth to discover God in His creation. We currently have 21 youth coming and we will have 6 talk sessions with time in between for bonding and relationship building. Throughout this year, we have continually seen God’s work and love in this ministry. There have been challenges along the way, such as in the influx of new youth (in particular youth with special needs) and planning for leadership development and the future of NSY. But, we thank and praise God, who has been carrying us through each step and growing the ministry, the youth, and their relationships with one another.