Christian Youth in Action

Christian Youth in Action (CYIA)

is a program designed to train your teen in effective and engaging ways to teach children about God. They will attend a one-week training at Camp Fairwood with teenagers from across the state where they will learn to present the Gospel clearly on a child’s level, counsel a child for salvation, and lead a dynamic club ministry for kids. Components of this club include teaching a Bible lesson, a real-life missionary story, and a Bible verse as well as leading songs, games, and a fun review time.

After the week of training at Camp Fairwood, they will have a week of hands-on training in the local chapter. During this week they will be able to practice the skills they learned with the other teenagers from their local chapter and a staff member who will be there to help sharpen their skills. They will also be able to put them into practice by teaching a real Summer Good News Club each day. There will also be a chapel time each afternoon where they will connect with the other teenagers from around the state and dig into God's Word together.

After this training, they will teach anywhere from 2-6 weeks of Summer Good News Clubs at various locations with a team of other young people from the local chapter. They will be able to take the light of the Gospel to children in their apartment complexes, daycare centers, neighborhoods, schools, churches, and other community locations.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The CYIA program exists to develop leaders by challenging students to grow in their relationship with Jesus and to train and equip them to share the Gospel with children in their communities.

The teenagers who go through CYIA training are required to teach at least 2 weeks of Summer Good News Clubs (4 weeks if they are paid summer missionaries instead of a volunteer). The Summer Good News Club is an exciting, fun-filled one-and-a-half-hour experience held each day for five consecutive days. It includes dynamic Bible lessons, creative learning activities, inspiring missionary stories, meaningful songs, and life-changing Scripture memorization. The teen will teach anywhere from 1-3 of these clubs per day.

The teenagers will need to raise support for the cost of training. If they desire to be paid instead of volunteering, they will also need to raise that support. Their local chapter will help them in raising this support through letters, a Bible study on support raising, and any other help they need to raise the full amount. If they cannot raise the full amount by camp, they and their family will be responsible for covering the remaining cost.

The cost for training (camp, teaching materials, shirts, and second week of training) is $550. If they wish to be paid for the time they teach the amount they need to raise will be calculated at the interview.

Your teenager will need to attend a one-day orientation in May, a one-day pre-training session in May, one week of training at Camp Fairwood in June, and one week of training in the local area in June.

They will then be required to teach at least 2 weeks of the Summer Good News Club program. If they wish to be paid, rather than volunteer, they will need to teach at least 4 weeks of the Summer Good News Clubs.

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Dates

Winter Retreat

February 7th-9th, 2025 at Camp Fairwood (Optional)

Application Deadline

April 1st, 2025

Interview

After application is turned in and before orientation

Local Orientation

To be determined

Pre-Training Class

To be determined

CYIA Statewide Training

June 15th-21st, 2025 at Camp Fairwood

CYIA Local Training

June 23rd-27th, 2025 from 9:00am-5:00pm each day

Summer Good News Clubs

June 30th-August 15th (2 weeks required for volunteer summer missionaries and 4 weeks required for paid summer missionaries.)

Christian Youth in Action