Worship Services: Sunday 8:30 and 11:00am in the Sanctuary. Child care available.
Sunday School for All Ages: Sunday 9:45am   [More Info]

Acolyte Ministry

The Acolyte Crucifer Program at Buford Presbyterian Church was born in 1987 under the direction of Gran Betts. It began with a handful of seven or eight youth and two very generous members who gave a memorial gift of six robes. Today we have almost 75 young people from 3rd grade through 12th grade participating! Every Sunday they light the candles at the Communion table, lead the choir and clergy in and out of worship, and receive the offering from the ushers and present it for prayer. During Communion Services, they prepare the bread and wine for consecration, and cover the communion table after the service is complete. We are thankful for these young people who serve their church faithfully, and with reverence and dedication.

Guidelines for Crucifers and Servers

Guidelines for Acolytes

Youth Music Ministry

The Cherub Choir is a beginning experience for the young singer. Children in Kindergarten and first grade are eligible to join. They practice from 5:00-5:30 p.m. in the Choir Room.

The Junior Choir is made up of 2nd through 7th graders. They practice from 5:30-6:15 p.m. in the Choir Room.

The Youth Choir is assembled of 8th graders through High School Seniors. Rehearsals are on Sunday afternoons (before Youth Group meetings) from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. next to the choir room.

The Chime Choir meets on Sunday afternoons with Jennifer Marietta from 4:30 to 5:30 in the sanctuary.

High School and Middle School Youth Groups

Do you know how far across the room you can shoot a miniature marshmallow ... from your nose? Do you know how long it takes to remove 5 marbles from a bowl of ice ... with your toes? The answers to these and other very interesting and fascinating questions are answered each week at the Middle School and High School Youth meetings!

Approximately 40 young people and their advisors meet on Sunday evenings for dinner in the Fellowship Hall at 6:30. (Dinners are provided by our wonderful parent volunteers).

At 7:15, they split into separate Middle and High School meetings for discussion and activities. The High Schoolers, led by Rix Threadgill, have been very busy so far this year with church activities, community service, and fund raising. At the end of the summer, they were in charge of organizing a shoebox campaign for residents of a local Buford nursing home. BPC church members supplied personal items, candy, stationary, socks and other goodies to go into the shoeboxes, which were delivered by the youth to the nursing home residents.

The High Schoolers serve the church on a regular basis by ushering at the 11:00 worship service. They've also helped the Property Committee by spreading pine straw. In addition, they assemble and decorate the Christmon tree for the Advent season each year.

Fun activities have included a fall lock-in and an overnight trip to the Floyd's horse farm in White County, where they were almost lost in a corn maze! Their summer retreat this year will be to Montreat in North Carolina, and successful fund raising activities have included preparing and serving the Fall Festival dinner, and selling live Christmas trees and wreaths. One of the most lucrative fundraisers is the annual BPC Yard Sale in the spring, so keep the youth in mind as you do your spring cleaning!

The Middle Schoolers, led by Eleanor Thompson, began the year by organizing the games and activities for the BPC Fall Festival. This was followed by a Fall Retreat to the Calvin Center, the Atlanta Presbytery's Retreat Center in Hampton, Georgia. The theme for this year's retreat was "In the Middle of In Between", and nineteen of our kids, along with four adults, enjoyed a weekend with middle schoolers from several other churches in the metro Atlanta area.

The Middle Schoolers always enjoy lively, noisy Sunday evening meetings. They've had discussions on turning worries over to God, and the different ways that God speaks to us. One of the special activities of the fall was finishing up their new room by writing their favorite Bible verses on the "verse" wall in the Middle School room. They've also planned and presented a stewardship skit for the congregation at both worship services during the Stewardship Campaign.

Both Middle and High Schoolers are active in all aspects of the church's life. They volunteer in the Special Needs class during worship services; they serve as acolytes, crucifers and servers; they are members of the Junior, Youth, and Handchime Choirs; and they regularly volunteer in the nursery and Children's Worship.

Service, learning, and fun ... they do it all, and with energy and enthusiasm!