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St. Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church
 20 Pope Avenue
 Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
 (843)785-4711
 fax: (843)785-5716


 e-mail: hhiumc@hargray.com

Youth Program
Come meet Jason Leadingham,
our fantastic new Youth Director and
"S.U.R.F." at St. Andrew!
Our Youth Mission Statement:
SEEK a relationship with God
UNITE with others to build community
READ scripture to learn about Christ
FEEL the Holy Spirit in our lives

On the homepage, click on the Current Newsletter link for the upcoming happenings.
And register below for ....

Click here for the May 16 Middle School Lock-in Sign-up Link and

Sign up for Bridging the Gap, Summer Youth Camp 2008
for grades 7-12 from Aug. 1-4 in Dayton, TN.  Cost is $240 and the deposit deadline is $100 by May 30. Includes 4 days and 3 nights at this special camp established in 1998 by our youth pastor, Jason Leadingham.

This link takes you to our EasyReg sign-up where you can also pay on-line!

About Jason:
     Jason Leadingham has been hired as St. Andrew's Director of Youth.  According to Mike Rogers, chairman of the search committee, Jason was selected from a field of approximately 55 resumes applying for the position. Jason comes to St. Andrew from Haymount United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, NC.
     "I was surfing the Youth Specialities website for youth resources and saw the job posting, and then went to YouTube and saw the video produced by the St. Andrew youth," said Jason.  "It definitely had an impact. I felt compelled to send a resume, and God worked it out."
     His own passion for performance and technology has lead him to use video regularly in the youth services he helped to establish for grades 6-12 at Haymount, where he had served since 2002.  From 2000-2002, he was the full-time Youth and Young Adult Pastor at Cornerstone Free Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, FL, and from 1997 - 2000 served as part-time Youth Director at New Life United Methodist Church in Knoxville, TN, and at Pathways Community Church in Sevierville, TN. 
      Jason is a graduate of Carson Newman College in Jefferson, TN, where he earned a B.A. in Religion and Communication Arts (Drama).  He met his wife, Christy, the first day on campus in the same religion and theatre classes.  Christy is currently earning her second masters degree at the School of Religion at Wake Forest, NC, and hopes to eventually earn her doctorate. She specializes in Greek, Hebrew, and the role of women in early Christianity.  Jason is also currently working on his Masters of Divinity through Asbury Theological Seminary.  Hailing from a family with many in the ministry, Jason says he had not wanted to follow suit.  But after being urged to work with a struggling youth group at the age of 19 near his home in Florida, he literally "heard" his own message and with teens praying over him, he responded to the call, and has been doing it ever since.
     "The thing that really stood out for me," explained Rogers, "is that at Haymount, Jason built a program from 20 to 125 students with an average attendance of 75 at the youth worship services.  He's very versatile in not only his experience with youth, but also his background in writing and performing for the theatre, as a musician, managing sports and with leading mission trips. He is really a team builder and involves students in leadership and mentoring."
     Jason also has worked with Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troops, Sunday School classes, youth camps and bible studies, alternative worship, parent shepherding teams, and special events including a mission fundraiser that last year raised $33,000 for the youth trip to Costa Rica where they worked at an orphanage and a facility for underprivileged disabled. He also develops small groups, and created 12 small groups at Haymount - not including Sunday School.  A seasonal recreation coordinator will report to him.