Report of the

Board of Youth and Young Adults

      The Board of Youth and Young Adults seeks to glorify God as it ministers to youth leaders, teens and young adults by promoting unity, providing training and to be a catalyst for networking. We met three times as a whole board.We have four sub-committees:

The Events Committee, which plans our major events: Sno Glo, and the Thanksgiving Rally.

The Leadership Committee, which plans the Leadership Retreat and the “Here Am I, Send Me” Retreat.

The Missions Committee, which seeks to encourage missions among our constituents.

The Young Adult Committee, which plans a Young Adults Retreat and Spring and Fall Picnics.

      These sub-committees and the Board as a whole are constantly searching for ways to better serve the Bible Fellowship Church. One of the ways we are seeking to achieve this is by hiring Missy Kauffman as Administrative Assistant to the Board of Youth & Young Adults. Already, we have seen the benefits from her fine efforts.

      The Board presents the following:

Legislation to revise 512-18.2

1.    Whereas, the Board of Youth and Young Adults (BYYA) ministers to youth and young adult leaders and students in the Bible Fellowship Church (BFC), and

Whereas, the BYYA would typically be comprised of youth leaders and youth pastors, and

Whereas, youth leaders and youth pastors are not typically ordained when first coming to a church yet become ordained later thus changing their eligibility to serve on this board, and

Whereas, there is a need for stability and continuity in youth and young adult ministry in the BFC,

Whereas, this stability and continuity would be found most readily in those who have been ordained as ministers in the BFC, and

Whereas, the BYYA now have several youth pastors who are ordained ministers, therefore be it

Resolved, that the 120th Annual Conference change the composition of the BYYA to the following:

Composition

1.The Board will be composed of five(5) ordained ministers and four(4) laypersons.

2.They will be elected for a term of three years in classes as follows:

Class Itwo ordained ministers, one layperson

Class IItwo ordained ministers, one layperson

Class IIIone ordained minister, two laypersons

** Changes would be from 3 to 5 ordained ministers and from 6 to 4 laypersons, Class I one to two ordained ministers and two to one layperson, and Class II one to two ordained ministers and two to one layperson.

2.    Whereas, the BYYA sees the benefit of continuity on this newly elected board, and

Whereas, the BYYA has a man who was considered a layperson member but has recently been ordained and is up for election this year, and

Whereas, there are two ordained ministers who are now up for election this year, therefore be it

Resolved, that by rule of exception the above be put into effect at this Annual Conference to be voted on for second reading at the next Annual Conference.

3.    Whereas, the classes will need to be changed to accommodate the change in the structure of the Board, and

Whereas, the BYYA has consulted with the BFC Nominating Committee, therefore be it

Resolved, that the following be approved with regard to changing the classes:

CLASS 1 (2003) be changed from one ordained minister and two laypersons to two ordained ministers and one layperson.

CLASS 2 (2004) be changed from one ordained minister and two laypersons to two ordained ministers and one layperson.

CLASS 3 (2005) will remain as one ordained minister and two layperson.

4.    Resolved, that the election of Class 1 be implemented in 2003 and that the elections of Classes 2 and 3 be implemented at the 121st Annual Conference.

       We thank those churches who have graciously added us to their budgets and request all churches to consider adding us on to their budgets.

Board of Youth & Young Adults: Clyde D. Bomgardner, Jr., Chairman; Andrew T. Crossgrove, Vice Chairman; William J. Dunn, Treasurer; John C. Vandegriff, Jr., Secretary; Sue Homsher, Ron Kohl, Dennis J. Lawrence, Charles A. Mann, Dorothy L. Ruch