Jamestown First Assembly hosts youth meal fundraiser for missions
A Sunday youth eatery at Jamestown First Assembly drew families after worship, with proceeds from the full-menu meal sent to Speed the Light.
Jamestown First Assembly turned a Sunday meal into a youth fundraiser that put students, parents and church members at the same table. The Emerge Youth Eatery was offered after the 10:30 a.m. worship service on Sunday, June 14, with a full menu and proceeds designated for Speed the Light.
The event fit neatly into the church’s regular youth schedule. Emerge Youth invites students in grades 6 through 12 to gather every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., and the church also points to Sunday and Wednesday programming, youth ministries and connect groups as part of its broader ministry life in Jamestown.
The congregation’s address is 1720 8th Ave. SW, and the wider youth program also meets at the Slater Center, 805 17th St. SW, where Jamestown First Assembly Emerge Youth activities are listed for students in grades 6 through 12. Doors open there at 5 p.m. before the 6:30 p.m. meeting, giving the ministry a steady weekly rhythm that extends beyond a single fundraiser.
That structure helps explain why the meal event mattered. Instead of asking families to sign up for a separate church function, the eatery gave people a practical reason to stay after worship, buy food and support the youth group’s mission giving at the same time. For teenagers, it created a setting to serve, work together and take part in a project with a direct purpose.
Speed the Light, the Assemblies of God youth missions-giving program, has operated since 1944. Assemblies of God materials say it provides missionaries with transportation and communication equipment and supports missions work in more than 180 countries.
In a city with an estimated population of 15,688 in July 2025 and 15,849 counted in the 2020 census, and in Stutsman County, where the U.S. Census Bureau estimates 21,414 residents, events that bring together food, youth programming and fundraising can have a wide reach. At Jamestown First Assembly, the meal was more than a dinner. It was another way to keep teens connected to church life while channeling local support toward missions work far beyond Jamestown.
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