YUK stands for Youth Under Konstruction and is a youth group for young people in years 7-10 who live in the north and north eastern suburbs of Adelaide. We meet together every Friday night of the school term for different activities, games, camps, out-nights, adventures, crazy challenges and more.
YUK is a non-profit organization aimed at young people from all over the north and north east of Adelaide to get out and to have some fun in a safe environment, providing them with experiences and activities that they normally wouldn't have access to or be able to afford.
YUK is a ministry of church@paravista. To find out more about the church please visit their website or contact Luke.

YUK is run by a dedicated team of volunteer leaders, from church@paravista whom have all passed a Police Check.

All of our events start and finish at 308 Nelson Road, Para Vista. While we do go out for some events, eg: Swimming, laser skirmish, etc, we will always begin and finish the night at the church. We have 2 starting and finish times for YUK events. 7:30pm - 10:30pm for an in-night or, 7:00pm - 11:00pm for an out-night.

Once the night starts we run through a few announcements and welcome everyone to the event. We then kick off and being the activities or head out, travelling in buses, vans and cars. Towards the middle of the night we have a short devotion, in which various leaders encourage the youth with a short, relevant and engaging gospel message which promotes positive lifestyle choices and teaches everyone about Jesus Christ. We don't force our beliefs on anyone, nor do we expect youth to attend church, mass or any other religious event when they attend YUK. For more information about the devotions, please contact Luke.
We then continue the activities and finally conclude the night. Transporting the youth home or waiting for them to be collected from the church.

A youth camp generally lasts for 2 days, starting at 7pm Friday night and concluding at 4pm on Sunday afternoon. An overnighter generally starts at 7pm Friday night and concludes 10am on the Saturday morning. All camps and overnights start and finish from the church building - 308 Nelson Road, Para Vista. The cost of the camp/overnighter includes food, activities, accommodation and any other special events or places that we may go to are/or do. We do have canteen facilities that youth can purchase cans of drink and other snack food from for a small cost. For a copy of the rules for camp, please download the Camp Guidelines.

PLEASE NOTE: We don't offer a bus service to pick up or take youth home before or after a camp or overnight. It is the parents/guardians responsibility to drop them at the church and pick them up after the camp. For more informaiton about the transport we do offer, please download the Bus Timetable.

YUK is a non-profit organization, any profits made are put back into subsidizing activities, camps, hire charges etc. We generally charge $5 per night. Some nights YUK will lose money overall, this is offset by nights that we make money and from fundraising efforts. When we have a camp, overnighter or special event, we will occasionally charge more than $5 to cover the costs involved. The usual cost for weekend camp or event is $60 per person. This includes food, transport, accommodation and all activities.

We have four rules we ask teenagers to obey

• No Smoking
• No Drinking
• No Drugs
• No Weapons
  

We seek parental consent whenever we have an event that is overnight. For instance, we typically have an overnighter once a term and several times a year we have camps. A Consent Form must be filled in and returned for every Overnighter or Camp. A Medical Form must be filled in and returned only once, or whenever medical details need to be updated. It is the responsibility of each youth to advise us of any new or updated medical details.

We transport teenagers by bus, van and car. At this stage, we have a 20 seater bus and a 13 seater van, with the remainder of the youth being transported by leaders in their cars and a bus which we hire each week. We have plans to purchase further vans and buses.

For more information about the transport services we offer, please download the Bus Timetable.

MoXies is an expansion of the devotions that YUK has each Friday night. Leaders run different groups where guys and girls can join in and be involved in a safe, open environment to talk about God and how he can impact our life today. There is also Powerhouse which is a friendly exciting way you can worship God though live music, singing, dramas and challenging talks. MoXies is held at 5pm before YUK starts each week and is free. For more information please contact Luke or visit the Moxie website.

You can contact Luke Dahlenburg on 0422 214 603, 08 8289 1022 or luke@yuk.com.au.
Luke is the youth Pastor at church@paravista who is responsible for all the youth work.

You can also speak with Danny Lanthois, who is a Pastor of church@paravista for any further questions about the church or other activities that we provide members of the community. You can contact Danny on 08 8263 2344 or danny@churchatpv.org.au