History of the S.I.Y.M.N.
1995-2015
The South Iredell Youth Ministry Network in 1995 to network youth ministries together to positively affect teens and our community.
Fuzion Teen Center
We are in the midst of fundraising for a teen center in Iredell County, NC.
Vision Statement for Fuzion:
To provide a safe environment that would become the central social hub for teenagers in the South Iredell region where they could develop socially and explore faith in a comfortable and inviting atmosphere through strategic programming and positive semi-structured activities.
Fuzion Teen Center will seek to provide the following services and activities for teens
Game Room, High Speed Internet, Restaurant, Afterschool Tutoring, Recording Studio, Open Mic night, Concert Venue, Parent Seminars, Basketball, Office Space, Muti-Media room, Lock-in space, Counseling, Guitar Lessons, After Prom Parties, After Football Game Socials, See You At The Pole Rallies, YCI Club Networking, Individual Church Usage (after hours and Sundays)
Bonfire School Releases 2009-Present
From 2009-the present the SYYMN has brought in Bonfire Ministries to do equal release time in our local public schools. We partner with them to provide religious instruction to public school students who are off campus with their parents permission. We done six school releases including seven schools in the Mooresville, South Iredell region. The following schools have had two school releases each in the past few years: Mooresville High School, Mooresville, Middle School, Lake Norman High School, Lakeshore Middle School, Brawley Middle School, South Iredell High School, Troutman Middle School.
Youth Leader Network Meetings 1995-Present
The SIYMN believes in networking together with other churches. The network held monthly network meeting from 1995-2005 and has held weekly meeting from 2005 to the present. These give youth leaders a much needed place for exchanging ideas, accountability, and encouragement.
Bible Clubs 1996-2012
The SIYMN has been involved in student led Bible clubs in the public schools since 1996. We joined First Priority, which since then has gone from Carolina Youth Commission to Youth Commission International. Through YCI we have partnered we have helped plant Bible clubs in nearly every school in the South Iredell region.
Gladiator Night 2009-2011
The SIYMN has ran and sponsored three multi church Gladiator nights. This is a high energy event involving tennis balls, safety goggles and barriers in a capture the flag style game.
Super Bowl Parties 2009-2010
The SIYMN has hosted two Super Bowl Partys the first at Red’s Gym in 2009 was attended by close to 400 people from five different churches. The purpose of this night was to talk about the possibility of a future teen center in Mooresville. The 2nd was held at the Charles Mack Citizen Center in 2010.
SIYMN Office 2008-2009
From 2008-2009 SIYMN operated an office in downtown Mooresville. This office housed our conference room for networking and planning as well as a resource library for youth pastors and volunteers. We also had work space available for youth ministers to use as a get away from the routine. In time the SIYMN closed this office as the dream of a local teen center began to emerge.
After Prom Events 2003-2008
The SIYMN has hosted six parties that became much needed after prom alternatives. We began small, renting the Catawba Queen for a night cruise on Lake Norman from 2003-2005, where food and fun were readily available. From there we doubled our efforts, moving to the Lowes YMCA in 2006 and 2007 and to Club FX in 2008. We have had as many as 125 students participate in this event which was well over 25% of all students attending the Mooresville prom.
Our Partners in these events have included:
Participating area network churches , Lowes YMCA, Mooresville High School, Mooresville Community Pregnancy Center
X-treme Community Makeovers 2005-2007
As a network SIYMN has done three Xtreme Community Makeovers in Mooresville.
In the Summer of 2005 after a great deal of planning and collaboration with the Town of Mooresville the SIYMN set their sights on the Mill Hill in downtown Mooresville. Thirteen churches came together for this event bringing in well over 300 teens. Porches were built, houses painted, and trash hauled off for a combined total of 54 houses in one day.
Then in the fall of 2006 the SIYMN went back into the Mill Village. This time teens raked leaves for residents who could not do it for themselves. The teens were able to rake 46 yards in just a half day of work.
Finally in the spring of April 14, 2007 the teens of the SIYMN again revisited residents of the mill village to wash windows and haul off trash. We were able to clean the windows of 60 houses in one day.
See You At The Pole Rallies 1995-2004
The SIYMN had organized ten events for local churches relating to “See You at the Pole”. From 1995 to 2004 SIYMN held See You At The Pole rallies to aid and encourage teens as they geared up for this nationwide student led event.
Sunday Nitro 1995-2000
The SIYMN networked local churches together for six events from 1995 thru 2000. These events were called Sunday Nitro and were designed to network teens of all denominational backgrounds. Sunday Nitro was held at First Baptist Church of Mooresville and averaged 300 teens in attendance.
