The Northside YG (youth group) exists to provide a welcoming, fun, and loving environment that continues the spiritual development of our youth. We offer classes, small groups, service opportunities, and relationship-building activities for students in 6th–12th grades. These are often tailored for our specific middle school and high school ministries, but we enjoy a number of combined events as well.
We believe that God has gifted our young people to serve in many different ways starting right now. It is our goal to help them discover those gifts, and provide opportunities to serve others using these gifts. In doing so, they provide new life and energy to our Northside body, as well as learn how to be a healthy member of the body of Christ once they graduate from our ministry.
Come join us!
We believe the Bible is amazingly cool and invites us into a lifelong journey of discovery and transformation! We eagerly invite you to join us in this daily walk, as we seek to grow deeper in relationship with our creator.
During the school year we offer Sunday morning classes, Sunday evening small groups, and Wednesday gatherings. During the summer we have a full calendar of activities including bible studies, local outings, service opportunities, camps, and mission trips.
Stay connected
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Text YG to (210) 934-1121.
Meeting times
Sunday Class: 10:30–11:30 a.m.
Sunday Thrill: select Sundays, 6–8 p.m.
Intern Hangs: select Tuesdays, 12–2 p.m.
Wednesday Gathering: 6:30–8 p.m.
Awesome Adventure Thursday: select Thursdays
Current Series
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and started writing the most incredible story. It’s not a story meant to be put away on a shelf somewhere, but it’s one we’re meant to explore and experience because we’re deeply connected to it. God created a role for each of us to play.
In this series from the Old and New Testaments, we’ll take a look at the story of God as we learn more about our lives and our roles within it. We’ll see that God is writing a good story, how sin isn’t the end of the story, the way Jesus can rewrite our stories, and that we can be part of God’s story.
Join us upstairs on Sunday morning for middle school and high school classes.
Upcoming events
Sunday Thrill: June 8, June 22, July 20
Awesome Adventure Thursday: Middle School: June 12, July 3; High School: June 26, July 17
Serve Camp: June 1–5
Trek:Odyssey: June 13–20
Camp 51: July 6–11
For more details, visit nscoc.org/events
Volunteers
Our youth ministry is full of passionate volunteers that have a genuine desire to share the love of Jesus. If you want to serve in the Northside YG we have a place for you! We need volunteers to help with teaching, cooking, transportation, hosting, small groups, and more. Fill out this form and we will contact you the next time we have a need that you can help with!
Ben Crain
Youth Minister
Ben Crain began serving as the interim Youth Minister in August 2020, and became the full-time minister in January 2021. After a long career in Retail Management, Ben is thrilled to be working in full-time ministry, alongside the youth of Northside. Ben has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting/Drawing from Abilene Christian University. He loves incorporating his passion for art and all things visual, into his teaching of God’s word. His other interests, like Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, hiking, sports, and eating, help connect him to the youth group. Or, as some like to say, he doesn’t act or talk like someone his age. Ben takes this as a compliment. He sees the young people of Northside as a mission field, and feels called to share the love of Jesus with them, in the hope they will choose to follow Jesus and be blessed all of their days. He and his wife Rachel, have been married 22 years, and enjoy living in Bulverde with their two dogs.
Rachel Starr
Associate Youth Minister
Rachel Starr is incredibly excited to be joining the ministry team at Northside and working alongside Ben with the youth group. She loves baking, hiking, and playing all kinds of sports, as well as nerding out over Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. She has served as a youth intern for three different churches during her time in college and is eager to enter into full-time youth ministry now. Rachel is passionate about walking alongside teens as they navigate who they are and how to live meaningful, Christ-like lives. Rachel graduated from Lubbock Christian University with her Bachelor of Arts in Youth and Family Ministry and loves using that degree to serve the youth of the church today.