Our Oxys are an active group of Christian youth in grades 4 through 6. They go on outings and do service projects. Of course, older and younger siblings are welcome to join in the group activities.
Please see the Calendar for current Oxy (Youth) events.
Oxymorons 4th - 6th Grade
The Oxymorons are an energetic, lively bunch of 4th to 6th graders at First Congregational Church. The youth group was named by one of its original members. "We are all one in Christ's family - but we are each unique individuals."
During the school year, the Oxys are involved in a number of fun and service activities. For example, each year the Oxys choose a project through the Christian Children's Fund and hold a Children's Garage Sale, contributing their outgrown toys, games and books to the sale to raise funds for their project. Over the past three years, they have given their funds to school children in Afghanistan for school supplies, families in Uganda to buy pigs, and to help babies in Sierra Leone with the purchase of mosquito netting.
In 2010, the Oxys are raising money to purchase a water pump for a community in Timor-Leste, located in Indonesia off of the northern coast of Australia, so that women and children do not have to walk so far to get drinking water. Click here for photos of the April 11 garage sale.
On March 21, 2010, the Oxys made dog and cat toys and delivered them to the Anchorage Animal Control Center, where they were treated to a special tour of the facility and a training session with Kathy Broome and one of the shelter dogs waiting to be adopted. Click here for highlights of the outing.
Other activities the Oxys have participated in are swimming, sledding, hot tub parties, and have gone out to lunch together. They've even performed at the church auction!
The Oxys have also filled Easter baskets for Alaska Children's Services kids, baked cookies for the homeless, and have collected big cans of fruits and vegetables - to give to Elgin Jones, founder of Kids' Kitchen, on his birthday each year. 
The Oxys have taken enormous pride in discovering how much they can contribute to the church and the community - and have had a great time doing just that!