C.O.O.L. (Children Of Our Lord) is the youth group of River of Life Community Church in Diamond Bar/Walnut, California. Our church is a Chinese church with its members emigrating from Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and various other Asian countries.
The youth group was formed in 1997 with a handful of teenagers (about 7) after the previous youth ministry failed a few years back. The name of the group was thought of and adopted by those teens.
1. Because RLCC needs something for teens
2. Teens don�t fit in with kids or with adults
3. RLCC teens can worship at the same church as their parents
4. For the community
5. So people can hear God in a language they are more comfortable in (English)
6. To expand RLCC ministries
7. To serve the next generation of Asian-Americans
8. To serve the Chinese church
9. Because we don�t give into past failures
1. Understand what it means to be Children of God (Christian Identity/Discipleship)
2. Telling people how to be a child Of God (Mission/Evangelism)
3. Know what it means to be part of Our Lord (Fellowship)
4. Having Jesus as the Lord of our lives (Christian Disciplines/Ministry)
We are:
1. Servants
2. Open to new things and people
3. Caring and unselfish
4. Good worshippers of God (God the Father, Jesus the Son & the Holy Spirit)
5. Patient
6. Fun and cool (not suck; excited about God!)
7. Challenged spiritually (serious about God)
8. Safe place to socialize
