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Wild Street Youth is a community within Wild Street Church in Maroubra. Every high school aged person is welcome to explore life with Jesus as we share life together.

Friday Youth — School Years 7-12

Friday Youth runs from 6-8:30pm during the school term. It's a time for all teenagers to come together to eat, play games, learn, enjoy relationships with one another and Jesus as we meet him in the Bible.

A normal week at Wild Street Youth looks like eating dinner together, hanging out and playing together, engaging with the Bible in a talk and in discussion groups, and then finishing off the night with a fire and some snacks.

Cost: Free for first time visitors and $5 each week for everyone after that to cover the cost of dinner.

Where do we meet?

Friday Youth- In the hall on the corner of Wild St and Hinkler St in Maroubra

 

Sunday Morning (SUMO) Youth — School years 6-9

Sunday Morning Youth group runs at the same time as our morning church gathering at 10:30am-12pm. We the whole church family in welcoming, singing and prayer before moving to an age-specific time of Bible study and prayer over games and some good food. Our Bible time involves gathering in small groups to meet Jesus in the Bible in a group of peers with adult leaders.

Where do we meet?

The main building on Wild Street before moving to next door at 18 Holden Street

 

Connect with us

To find out more, please get in touch with our Youth Pastor, Cooper Ingram-

cooper@wildstreet.org.au 0481 132 573

Wild Street Youth is committed to creating a safe environment for young people to meet Jesus in. All of our leaders are open and known members of our church family who have valid Working With Children Checks and other Safe Ministry Training.


Program Dates 2026:

Friday Youth-

T2 First Night 24/4. Last Night 19/6.

T3 First Night 24/7. Last Night 18/9.

T4 First Night 16/10. Last Night 11/12.

SUnday Morning Youth-

T2- First Day 26/4. Last Day 28/6.

T3- First Day 26/7. Last Day 20/9.

T4- First Day 18/10. Last Day 13/12.

Special events-

Youth Camp: 17th-19th July (in-house registration In The Middle of Term 2)

Assemble #2: 6th November at St Jude’s in Randwick (Register individually in early Term 4)

LiT (Leaders in Training) #1: 20th-24th January 2027 (Register individually at www.youthworks.net/lit in early September)

Events explanation

KYCK is a Bible conference for teenagers throughout NSW. It is a ministry of Katoomba Christian Convention and teenagers from our church travel to and from Katoomba with adult leaders. Food, transport, accomodation and conference tickets are included in the in-house ticket price.

Assemble is a regional event run by a network of Christian youth groups in Sydney’s East with the goal of strengthening, inspiring and reaching teenagers with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Teenagers and leaders from each youth group go to this event and every teenager is invited to come too! No transportation is provided to this event.

Youth Camp is an annual camp run for teenagers who are a part of youth programs and church at Wild Street and St Matt’s. Youth Camp is led by adult leaders who are a part of church at Wild Street and St Matt’s. Food, transport and accomodation are included in the in-house ticket price.

Leaders in Training (LiT) is a Christian leadership training conference run by Youthworks for people starting year 10 to having just finished year 12. Those who attend grow in understanding and teaching the Bible in order to lead others in their churches and beyond.


 

Youth Camp

Youth Camp 2026

17-19th of July

The Tops Conference Centre

What is Youth Camp?

Youth Camp is an annual camp run for young people across school years 6-12 from Friday afternoon to Sunday evening. Youth Camp is all about Jesus and at the very core of Youth Camp is meeting Jesus in the Bible and growing as a follower of his in community.

A typical day on camp looks like waking up to eat a nice hot breakfast, reading your Bible in the fresh air, enjoying our main session, eating and discussing the Bible together in small groups, playing some great games, singing Christian songs around the campfire and then heading to bed.

Our main sessions are a highlight of our time together. In them we get to sing of God’s greatness, pray, read the Bible, sing a memory verse and hear a Bible talk.

The cost of camp includes all accomodation, activities, and food (besides takeaway dinner on Friday night which you’ll need to bring money for). If the cost of youth camp is a problem for you then please get in touch with our Youth Pastor Cooper Ingram at cooper@wildstreet.org.au to discuss some low stress options.

Registrations close on Friday the 3rd of July

Topic this Year — God Speaks

This year we’ll have the joy of seeing studying God’s important and life changing teachings about how to know him and how to make him known.

Drop off and Pick Up

Meet on the Wild Street side of Wild Street Church at 4:30pm on Friday the 17th of July. We’ll pack cars, share some camp rules and information before praying for God to be changing our lives over the weekend. After this we’ll head off for a takeaway dinner in our car groups.

Cars will either be driven by trusted leaders on their green P’s or above or by a trusted parent. If you want to organise your child’s way to and from camp then you can indicate that in your registration form.

At the end of camp on Sunday the 19th of July we’ll be joining together for church at 5pm at Wild Street. All family members are encouraged to hear how camp was and join in praising God for his work in the lives of their young ones. If your family isn’t able to be at church we should be back at Wild Street by 4pm.

What to Bring:

-Bible 

- Pens/Pencils

-Linen bottom sheet (and top sheet if you don’t have a sleeping bag)

-Pillowcase

-Sleeping bag (optional as there are blankets available)

-Clothing for the weekend

-Towel

-Toiletries

-Solid shoes

Phones

All children’s Phones will be kept in a locked box for the duration of camp. Children will be able to access their phones if they really want to during a part of free time on Saturday for an hour and at as we prepare to leave at Sunday lunchtime. They won’t be able to bring phones into their rooms.

If you want to get in contact with your child or your child wants to get in contact with you then our leaders will happily lend their phones for that use.

Other Rules

-No drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, vapes, etc. Prescription and reasonable (e.g. panadol) medications only.

-No boys in girls cabins, girls in boys cabins, or going off alone.

-Remain in sight of leaders if going away from main areas.

-Behave appropriately at all times and listen to leaders. 

-Persistent disobedience will result in warnings, removal from activities, extra orderlies, and parental calls with the possibility of the child needing to be picked up by a carer and sent home.

Safety

Youth Camp has been running for over a decade now and our team of leaders are committed to making camp a safe environment for everyone. Each year the young people on camp have a great time together. We have first aid officers and a great system of camp rules which help all young people to be as safe as possible.

If you have any questions or concerns at all, please get in touch with our Youth Pastor Cooper Ingram at cooper@wildstreet.org.au

Secret Servant

Part of the joy of youth camp with us is the opportunity to serve one another. Each camper will be given the name of someone that they need to do some nice things for throughout the weekend without revealing who they are. This is up to the imagination of the secret servant and could be as simple as getting them a free hot chocolate from the hot drinks machine to something as extravagant as writing a poem for them or getting them some lollies.

Pray

Please be praying for your kids as they go to camp! The leaders are praying that your kids will have a wonderful time meeting Jesus in the community of one another but we are also praying that their encounter with him over this weekend will bless them, your family, and the world as Jesus works in them. (We're also praying that you will have a wonderful weekend too parents!)

Closer to the date of camp we will send out a WhatsApp group to get updates and prayer points in.