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MISSION STATEMENT:
Grace Youth Ministry exists to partner with
parents and with God to help merge
students to pursue God and His Mission.
WHY MERGE?
MERGE is a very visual word that illustrates process, a road, and a crossroad moment. Merge means to align, to join together in purpose, link, partner, or fuse. Students need to be merged into a life long pursuit of God and his mission to have real purpose and direction.
4 CORE VALUES
GOSPEL-CENTERED ministry
A gospel-centered ministry is one where the Gospel is the core message of all we do. Our teaching and discipleship must be Biblical and gospel-centered. This means that the Gospel Story of God’s redemptive work is seen from cover to cover of the Bible and it is the core context from which we teach and equip. The Gospel must drive and motivate our strategy.
PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS
We believe that God has given parents the incredible privilege of being the primary disciple-makers of their children. We also believe that the “church” and the “family” need to work well together to see the effective growth of students. These two institutions are designed to work hand in hand, and not apart from each other. At each step in our process, we are trying to think how we can practically resource, equip, and involve parents as we all seek to disciple students.
BIBLICAL COMMUNITY
Students need multiple voices saying the same thing about Jesus. God designed people to grow in the context of relationships. The church (other students, youth leadership, other adults) offers meaningful and authentic relationships which will reinforce a parent’s voice.
GO and BE ministry
For too long, “church” has been “done” primarily in one location (typically the church building). We want to communicate that the Christian life is not about showing up somewhere once a week. It is not so much about come and see as it is go and be. Faith is active, alive, and adventurous. An incarnational ministry is one that happens in various locations, wherever the Lord has planted us. We believe that our students, in the context of relationships, are the FRONT DOOR to the youth ministry at Grace and to Christ. We believe that they are called to lead others to Christ through relationships “as they go” throughout the week.
SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE DO:
Sunday Morning Bible Study: 9am-10am
Youth Group Wednesday Nights: 7:00 pm at Grace
Misssions and Service:
Local mission & service opportunities for students and parents
Summer Missions Trip (June-July)
Big Events:
2 big events each semester which are great for inviting friends.
Winter Retreat:
Usually in January. This is an incredible time of being together, studying the Word, and worship. | 
