teens - 6th through 12th
chi rho (6th-8th grades)
Chi Rho is our student ministry for all teens in junior high, including grades 6th, 7th, and 8th. Their regular meeting time is Sunday evenings from 5pm-7pm in the main building of our Church facility.
This evening includes a snack supper from 5:00pm-5:30pm (with all the youth groups) followed by their specific youth group meeting from 5:30pm-7:00pm. These moments include team building activities, games, time for prayer, and a curriculum that engages the students to develop their faith in Christ through either music, music videos, or movies. One of our favorite outings is to go to some of the music concerts in the DFW area that include some of our favorite Contemporary Christian artists! We have three adult sponsors that lead this group of young people and they all have hearts to serve and love!
Beginning last year, our chi rho group began to incorporate continuous acts of service throughout the school year. These are referred to as "Mission Saturdays" and consist of one Saturday each month that is filled (7am-4pm) with acts of service. In the past, the group has gone to help an area animal shelter care for the animals but they have also gathered supplies and filled bags with items to give away to those in need. With moments to break and play (and eat), these Saturdays have proven to be extremely fruitful to our vision of nurturing young people toward lives of service!
Chi Rho also gathers for Sunday school in between our worship services, from 10:15am-11:00am on Sunday mornings. This class is taught by our Youth Pastor, Rebeccah Anderson and their study is topical (from scripture) and on a monthly rotation. These are valuable moments where our young people can learn about the authentic spirit of their peers. We dig into scripture and encourage conversation about active Christianity that will begin to revolutionize our world with the Love of Christ!
CYF (9th-12th grades)
C.hristian Y.outh F.ellowship is our student ministry for all young men and women in high school, including grades 9th-12th. Their regular meeting time is Sunday evenings from 5-7pm in the main building of our church facility. The evening always includes a snack supper to begin but can then range from a variety of activities and directions.
We strongly encourage fellowship with other youth groups, and so there are many times when we travel to join other high school youth groups to play kickball tournaments, engage in worship together, etc. Many weekends we have also split-up the time to include a fun, game activity in the beginning and then transition into either a worship setting or a discussion / devotion where the group engages in conversation.
We also end each week with a time of prayer, where we share with one another our own hearts and also pray for others. This year, our prayer is to include consistent team building activities as well as opportunities to become authentic with one another (to battle the superficiality lie that the world sends)!
One of the things we always look forward to is the opportunity to lead our Easter morning sunrise service, where we creatively offer the community a new way to worship! We have four faithful adults who guide and nurture this group of young men and women with lots of laughter and Love for Christ!
As service is included in our vision statement, the CYF group approaches different opportunities to serve throughout the school year. The opportunities are not consistent and come at different times during the year, due to the crazy schedules of most young people! In the past, we have gone to serve “The Stew Pot” in downtown Dallas, which is an organization which feeds the hungry and also offers a Saturday gathering for all children from the downtown area. We have also helped Jonathon’s Place which is a facility that houses children with HIV-AIDS. Our experience has proven that when you feed one another, your soul is fed in indescribable ways!
CYF gathers for Sunday school in between our worship services, from 10:45am-11:00am on Sunday mornings. This class is taught in rotation by faithful servants from our congregation. The study for our high school teens varies but has ranged from a survey of all the world religions to a new curriculum called, The Wired Word, where they read a current news article that relates to the post-modern culture and then discuss ethical questions that lead them to scripture. This moments prove to be an incredible opportunity for mature growth in their faith journey, as young men and women.
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