Leading youth into a genuine and growing relationship with Jesus...

As spiritual caregivers we see ourselves as members of your team in the spiritual formation of your teenager.  As a Youth Department we seek to create environments that encourage spiritual responsibility, spiritual friendships, and spiritual practice. 

We know that today's youth face real issues and have real needs. That's why our youth ministry meets teens where they are with real answers from God's Word.  Our lively and energetic youth leaders challenge students to get involved in everything from summer camp to retreats to service projects.  We offer teens the chance to get real in their relationship with Christ, while finding a network of support for their high school years.   

Check out what we have going on below!

Sunday Morning Fellowship

Sunday morning from 10-10:45am, students meet in the Junior Varsity (7th-9th) and Senior Varsity (10th-12th) rooms located off of the Fellowship Hall.  Students are challenged straight from God's Word in a Sunday School setting that prepares them for Sunday Worship. 

Wednesday Evening Life-Point Class

Wednesday night from 7:30-8:30 is our Life-Point class, which is a combined youth night of 7th through 12th graders.  The Life-Point class carries momentum and more intensity in a centralized effort to get students to participate in their learning and into God's message for their lives.  Each month, the Life-Point class is filled with passionate teaching and small group dialogue that fosters discipleship-relationships.  

Life-Point Class Youth Speak

Once per month the Life-Point class embarks into “Youth Speak.”  “Youth Speak” allows the the entire group to be interactive and exploratory about the month's topic.  “Youth Speak” uses dialogue and the teacher facilitation of the Word of God to meet questions, comments, and to provoke more learning.  

Wednesday Evening Oxygen

The youth group meets at the campus parsonage on the last Wednesday of each month.  This is the time for the teens and the leaders to breathe a bit in a mid-week time of friendship-building and one-on-one dialogue. 

Activities

The Junior and Senior Varsity classes both host an activity each month for their classes.  These events are promoted in the classrooms, can be found on our webpage.  Parents can also receive a monthly e-mail directing you to the activity information on our website by submitting an email address to the youth department.   

Life-Point Student ministries divide their activities into two groups: recreational and spiritual.  We are all about having sporty and fun activities, but we also feel led to host spiritual activities such as retreats, outreach events, 30 Hour Famine, and Journey (a 24 hour spiritual-renewal event).

 Friday Night Vertical!

We offer an alternative for teenagers every Friday night in our Activity Center.  From 7 to 10 pm we host a night of music, free food (pizza, hot dogs, ice cream, tacos, burgers, various snacks) and games for 7th through 12th graders.  Vertical games include Basketball, Volley Ball, Football, Whiffle Ball, Ping Pong, Foosball, Air Hockey, and Murder Ball.  Vertical also has a half-time where the teens receive a brief challenge from God's Word. Vertical runs each year from January to the last Friday of March, from May through the last week in June, and then from September through November.