Activities for
YOUTH of all Ages!

AFTER SCHOOL ADVENTURES
Thursdays, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
(during the school year)

Thursdays 3:00 - 5:00 PM
After School Adventures is for all children grades 1 – 5.  This is a great time for kids to play games, study the Bible, snack, work on crafts, and learn more about faith in Jesus Christ. We pick kids up after school and parents pick their children up from the church at 5:00 pm.

JUNIOR HIGH FELLOWSHIP
Wednesday, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Meets in the Youth Room at the church

The craziest games, the most adventurous staff, and of course the coolest students, make Jr. High Fellowship a unique blend of fun, fellowship, learning, and laughter. Our students have experienced this to be a safe place to be themselves and to search out spiritual truths. The staff sincerely wants the very best for every Jr. High student and is dedicated to providing opportunities for them to grow in faith and love.
 

SENIOR HIGH FELLOWSHIP
Sunday, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Where else can you seek after meaning and hope for your life and have so much fun doing it? Among this group you will find incredibly friendly and hilarious students whose  sincere appreciation for each other and for life make for tons of fun on a Sunday evening. All high school students will find this to be a great place to ask those big life questions. Our hope is that together we can seek out answers. If you are looking for a place to laugh, learn and love, look no further!

Road Trip '07:
18 students. 4 adults. 8 days. 2000 miles. 2 showers. Just a glimpse of this summer’s “Road Youth” trip. This is our third year adventuring on Road Youth. Every year is different and every year is an exercise of trust for the students, because they have no clue where we’re going or what we’re doing. Which makes them a little vulnerable, sometimes a little irritable, but mostly they love the surprises and adventures that await them every day. This year’s trip was no exception.

The days leading up to the trip my head was spinning. There were so many details and facets to this years trip – cave exploration, site seeing in Yellowstone, creating a baseball field for a YMCA camp, scavenger hunts, daily teachings and devotions. I was beginning to doubt the method to my madness.
But this wild, sometimes hectic pace just kind of works for the students. Really the whole idea behind Road Youth is that we get a bunch of students together to have an amazing, fun-filled week. Then, we throw in a little community service, add some team challenges, and leave plenty of space for Christ-centered activities and spiritual growth.

This year our spiritual focus was on the connection between emotional maturity and spiritual maturity. We explored issues like self-awareness, masks, brokenness, vulnerability and insecurity. The method we chose for exploring these tough issues was really fruitful. We had the students participate in a variety of exercises that forced them to get out of their comfort zones, and to relate to one another in new ways. Through the activities, and their own personal devotion time, the students grew to have a real sense that they needed God. They were able to recognize more clearly those broken places and so they were really receptive to what the leaders taught. I was incredibly pleased by the students’ and leaders’ depth of insight and their level of vulnerability.

Another aspect of Road Youth 07 that I’m really excited about is the relationships that were formed. We had a lot of students come this year that had just recently joined our youth group. These students were really able to connect, and share in some wonderful experiences. I look forward to see how God will move in the lives of these incredibly valuable new additions to our youth group team.

Thank you so much church family, for your support of our youth ministries. I hope that you can share in my excitement for what God is doing in the lives of so many students. Please partner with me in prayer as we begin another school year and endeavor to show the love of Christ and to be a movement of God in the Woodland schools.

 Brad Tricola