Youth

YOUTH OFFERINGS / grades 6-12

YOUTH ED HOUR

Middle and high school students meet for Education Hour during the spring and fall semesters from 9:45-10:45am.

SUNDAY NIGHT YOUTH GROUP

During the school year, middle and high school students meet for games, teaching, and fellowship on Sunday evenings from 5:45-7:30pm.

RETREATS & SPECIAL EVENTS

Besides Ed Hour and Sunday Night Youth Group, we also plan retreats and other special events throughout the school year! Please follow the link to the church calendar for all scheduled events.

Youth Director

Dustin Williams is the Youth Director here at Grace & Peace.

Dustin grew up in North Carolina. Here, his parents ran a children's camp and taught him how to clean cabins, play games, and love Jesus. He earned a BA in Biology from UNC Chapel Hill, minoring in Spanish and intramural sports. Dustin is currently working on a master’s degree in Theology and the Arts from Fuller Theological Seminary. He loves his little family and is passionate about helping people find life in Christ.

Dustin can be reached at dustin@graceandpeacepres.com.

Meet Your Youth Leaders

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Catherine Elbaum

7th Grade Girls Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.’” Revelation 21:3-4

Fun fact: I'm a twin!

Meyers Massey

Upper High School Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” Psalm 8:4

Fun fact: I love grandma hobbies—sewing, reading, needlepoint, baking sourdough.

Sam Line

Middle School Ed Hour Teacher

Favorite Verse: "Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves." Philippians 2:3

Fun Fact: My two front teeth are fake.

Katherine McCann

8th Grade Girls Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: Micah 6:8-- "He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?"

Fun Fact: My goal this year is to camp/backpack once a month!

Mitchell Outlaw

9th Grade Girls Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10

Fun Fact: Married William just for the last name…. Kidding….maybe. I have more pictures of my pup, Bo Diddley, on my phone than anyone or anything else.

William Outlaw

8th and 9th Grade Guys Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “Being confident of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6

Fun Fact: I have more comic books than I can count! (Okay, you got me. 3,071.)

Anna Grace Reeves

6th Grade Girls Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “Set your minds on things above not on the things of this world” Colossians 3:2

Fun fact: I worked as the Chick-fil-a cow in Montana

Andrew Wetzel

Middle School Boys Small Group Leader – Music Leader

Favorite Verse: “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” Psalm 23:1

Fun Fact: I once taught an ultimate frisbee course at Clemson.

Victoria Seidner

6th Grade Girls Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Psalm 23:5-6

Fun fact: I’ve eaten a fish eyeball before.

Emma Hughes

7th Grade Girls Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12

Fun fact: My thumbs are two different sizes.

Seth Seidner

6th Grade Boys Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: Matthew 17:20 “He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Fun fact: I love strawberry milk and will drink it with any dinner. TRY ME

Drew Hughes

7th Grade Boys Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” -Psalm 51:10

Fun Fact: I have a scar the shape of a ‘C’ on my chest.

Madi Coggin

8th Grade Girls Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. -James 1:2-3

Fun fact: I grew up a vegetarian and didn’t try bacon until I was 19 years old.

Sarah Hanson

9th Grade Small Group Leader

Favorite Verse: “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” - 1 Corinthians 13:13

Fun Fact: I played piccolo in the Carolina Band at USC!

Emily Gibbs

Middle School Ed Hour Teacher

Favorite Verse: “The Lord your God is within your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you by His love; He will exult over you with loud singing.” -Zephaniah 3:17

Fun Fact: I have a goal of seeing all the national parks- I’m currently at 20!

Chris Howat

Middle School Ed Hour Teacher