{"id":12680,"date":"2017-06-06T08:20:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T07:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rivers.church\/sandton\/?page_id=12680"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:25:21","slug":"youth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rivers.church\/durban-north\/youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"7630\" height=\"1901\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rivers.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/04\/04083126\/Clean-Logos-10.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- .container --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <!-- .overlay --><\/p>\n<p>Youth is held every Friday night on our Durban North Campus. It runs from 6:30pm \u2013 8:30pm and is for teens from Grade 8 \u2013 12.&nbsp;At Rivers, all age groups have a part to play in the life of the church. Our young people are not the church of tomorrow but the church of today. We include young people in all ministries so that they learn to carry spiritual responsibility from a young age. We are raising and developing their gifts and abilities so as to have godly young people and a steady flow of emerging leaders. Our Rivers Youth program at Rivers is geared at developing young people and releasing their potential through fun, friendship and ministry. 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