Youth Leader
Joe Brubaker
We are excited to have our new Youth Leader, Joe Brubaker on board. Our Youth meet on Sunday mornings at 10:45 AM, and Wednesday nights at 6:30 PM. They sometimes have a "lock down" where they spend the night at the church, go out bowling and other various activities together.
Joe Brubaker began serving as youth minister in April of 2023. He hails from South Central Pennsylvania, where he was inspired by his extended family's commitment to striving to live for Christ through serving others. As a youth, he served children as a volunteer for Child Evangelism Fellowship, as a CEF summer missionary, and worked with adults, children, and teens on the streets of the Bronx, NYC. During those ministries, he learned to apply the ideas Jesus expressed in Mark 10:13-16 and Matthew 18:3-6--Do NOT hinder the little children. He built on his passion as an elementary Sunday School Teacher and Missions Committee Member, before the Lord called him to minister as a teacher in NC.
Viewing Facebook LIVE, God led Joe to attend Wednesday evenings at REM, "the first time as a visitor and second as family." He grew to love the people and the atmosphere and joined in membership months later. It is his desire to "bloom where he is planted,"-the Lord certainly has allowed that here. Joe began to lead the youth because God gave him this opportunity to serve in "such a time as this" (Esther 4:14); he seeks to serve the youth in prayer and Bible reading. Through the past months, God has molded him with the verses and concepts of 1 Peter 3:15-16 and Colossians 4:2-6. These verses solidified his calling to minister to the youth, both as a high school teacher and in God's church.
To fulfill this calling, he is motivated by Paul's command in 1 Timothy 4:9-14a. With the support of prayer partners, his mission is to instill the wisdom of God for the youth to use in contemporary society; teaching them to always serve and care for others (before themselves) with a focus on personal growth in Christ.
This will be done with the motto: "Running the Race (Hebrews 12:1-2); Reaching Others (Hebrews 10:24-25 & 1 Peter 1:9-11)."
Pray for our youth and for Joe as he leads our young people.
