STUDENT SUNDAYS
Students in grades 6-12 meet once a month during our worship service on what are called Student Sundays. (This allows our student ministry volunteers to participate in the adult Sunday experience for the rest of the month.)
- eat free food
- play games
- hear a helpful teaching created just for students
- meet in small groups for connection, discussion, encouragement, challenge, and prayer
Check out our Events Page to see upcoming Student Sundays.
On the alternate Sundays, students can sit together or with their parents in the adult experience, or they can choose to serve in our Student Impact program.
STUDENT IMPACT
Here’s where the rubber meets the road! We believe that if middle- and high-school students want to grow in their relationship with Jesus, it is critical for them to learn to be the church, not just attend church. Student Impact (SI) is where students grow by strategically serving others.
Every other week, students can be found leading small groups in Waumba Land and UpStreet, running sound, computer graphics, and lights, or directing traffic.
To sign up for SI, complete this application packet. Questions? Contact Rich.
7 CHECKPOINTS
These are seven principles that are discussed throughout our student environments.
God designed you to have a relationship with him. Your intimacy with him will provide the foundation you need to face whatever life can possibly throw at you. His friendship with you provides ultimate fulfillment and security.
Purity paves the way to intimacy. The most important thing you can do is to establish specific guidelines in your dating life. You need to learn how to protect your body and emotions by honoring God’s plan for sex and morality.
Your friends determine the direction and quality of your life. If you walk with the wise, you grow wise. Spending time with the right kind of friends definitely helps you grow in a positive and healthy direction. Scripture also teaches that the companion of fools will suffer harm. Learn to build healthy friendships and avoid unhealthy friends.
In light of your past experiences, present circumstances, and future hopes and dreams, you need to ask yourself, “What is the wise thing to do?” Good decision-making is more than simply choosing between right and wrong. It is the skill of applying scriptural principles so you can make smart choices that will protect your future.
Scripture teaches that God has created you to do good works and that he has given you unique gifts and talents. Discovering those gifts and using them to make investments in others is the key to lifelong fulfillment.
To have authority, you must be under authority. The parents, teachers, and leaders that God has placed in your life are there to guide you and guard your potential. The greatest lesson you can learn is to respect and honor those who are in authority.