Xtreme Youth Ministries

At Bayside Woodland, XTREME Youth Ministries (XYM) exists to to unleash a generation of youth to extremely change the community of Woodland and the world around it.  It is a great place to become connected with God and other students, prepare and grow as a follower of Christ, and be released to serve the church and community of Woodland. We love to get together for big group hang outs at “The Warehouse”, intimate weekly small groups, short-term mission trips (Mexico & Inner city), summer and winter retreats and camps, and special fun events such as scavenger hunts, carwashes, mini golfing, and concerts.  The leaders of XYM are committed loving students for who they are and letting all students know they have an adult who cares about their life.

XYM meets on Sunday evenings during the school year - doors open at 6:30, group starts at 7pm in the Warehouse.   During the summer, we meet every other Sunday for Pool Daze at different homes around town.

First Time Visitor:

Had a good weekend and want to end it right?  Had a bad weekend and you want to redeem it?  Either way, we have the place for you on Sunday evenings!

AT XYM, we’ve created a large group environment that attracts students just like you.  After all, we figure you want to be wherever your friends are!  We make this time as fun and relevant as we possibly can.

But we go one step further and do two things that we believe are vitally important for you:  we pay attention to what’s going on in your life, and we care about you.  This happens in our small group evironment, where each week you leave the large group and spend time in a more intimate setting, talking, processing and praying about what’s going on in your life.

It’s simple – big group to small group. The goal is for you to leave feeling energized to go out there and tackle another day.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

8 Essential Truths                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

We have drawn eight essential truths about God from the Bible. These are the core beliefs of scripture – the foundation of a Christian life.  ALL our youth small group studies teach these truths.

GOD IS

Only one true and living God exists. He is the Creator of the universe, eternally existing in three Persons—the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—each equally deserving of humanity’s worship and obedience. He is infinite and perfect in all His attributes

THE BIBLE IS GOD’S WORD

The Bible is God’s written revelation to people, divinely given through human authors who were inspired by the Holy Spirit. It is entirely true. The Bible is totally sufficient and completely authoritative for matters of life and faith. The goal of God’s Word is the restoration of humanity into His image.

PEOPLE ARE GOD’S TREASURE

God created people in His image for His glory. They are the crowning work of His creation. Yet every person has willfully disobeyed God—an act known as sin—thus inheriting both physical and spiritual death and the need for salvation. All human beings are born with a sin nature and into an environment inclined toward sin. Only by the grace of God through Jesus Christ can they experience salvation

JESUS IS GOD AND SAVIOR

Jesus is both fully God and fully human. He is Christ, the Son of God. Born of a virgin, He lived a sinless life and performed many miracles. He died on the cross to provide people forgiveness of sin and eternal salvation. Jesus rose from the dead, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return in power and glory.

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD AND EMPOWERER

The Holy Spirit is supernatural and sovereign, baptizing all believers into the Body of Christ. He lives within all Christians beginning at the moment of salvation and then empowers them for bold witness and effective service as they yield to Him. The Holy Spirit convicts individuals of sin, uses God’s Word to mature believers into Christ likeness, and secures them until Christ returns.

SALVATION IS BY FAITH ALONE

All human beings are born with a sin nature, separated from God, and in need of a Savior. That salvation comes only through a faith relationship with Jesus Christ, the Savior, as a person repents of sin and receives Christ’s forgiveness and eternal life. Salvation is instantaneous and accomplished solely by the power of the Holy Spirit through the Word of God. This salvation is wholly of God by grace on the basis of the shed blood of Jesus Christ and not on the basis of human works. All the redeemed are secure in Christ forever.

THE CHURCH IS GOD’S PLAN

The Holy Spirit immediately places all people who put their faith in Jesus Christ into one united spiritual body, the Church, of which Christ is the head. The primary expression of the Church on earth is in autonomous local congregations of baptized believers. The purpose of the Church is to glorify God by taking the gospel to the entire world and by building its members in Christ likeness through the instruction of God’s Word, fellowship, service, worship, and prayer.

THE FUTURE IS IN GOD’S HANDS

God is actively involved in our lives and our future. Through His prophets, God announced His plans for the future redemption of His people through the life, death, and resurrection of His Son. With the call of the disciples, God prepared the way for the future of His Church. In scripture, God promised that Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth to resurrect and judge the saved and unsaved. As the all-knowing and all-powerful Creator and Judge, God can and should be trusted today, and with our future.

For more information,  call the office at 530-406-1134 or johnh@baysidewoodland.com