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Welcome to the Student Ministries page! Please scroll down to find out more about us, meet our director, and see what events are coming up for youth at First Alliance Church. You can also find our weekly update on this page, so you know what your student was learning about this week on Wednesday night. Questions? Go all the way to the bottom and contact us!
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Who Are We? |
The Crash is the name of our Student Ministry at FAC. We meet Wednesday nights (from September-May) from 6:16-8:18. In this environment all students benefit from a small group setting with one or more caring adults whose mission it is to love students to and through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
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What's with the Name? |
Just as a group of elephants are known as a HERD, a group of rhinos is called a CRASH. Rhinos are unique animals that, despite their incredible mass, can run at speeds up to 40 mph. What is even more remarkable is that a rhino can only see about 15 feet ahead. It takes a great deal of faith to run at 40 mph with such limited visibility, but ultimately it doesn’t matter what is 15 feet in front of the rhino because it had better get out of the way. We want our students to exercise this kind of faith in life. That is why our guiding verse is 2 Corinthians 5:7, “We live by faith, not by sight”.
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Where can you find us? |
On Wednesdays during the school year, you can find us in the worship center or in small group rooms from 6:16 - 8:18. We have a large group time of worship, announcements, a speaker, and often a crazy game - followed by small group breakouts based on grade level and gender. When small groups end, students enjoy free time in our open gym, snack bars, game room, and cafe! On Sundays at 9:20, look for us in Building C (The Crash) on campus, and at 11:00, many of us sit together in the front right side of the worship center. |
Duane Richards, Director of Student Ministries
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James Ugland, Student Ministries Intern
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Creative Discipleship Program (point system)
Word of Life offers the following three awards for every student who reaches a minimum of 500 points in the Creative Discipleship Program in one year:
Word of Life offers the following three awards for every student who reaches a minimum of 500 points in the Creative Discipleship Program in one year:
Here's a summary of the points you could earn:
Attendance - 40 possible points
Quiet Time Schedule - 200 possible points
Scripture Memory - 120 possible points
Service - 80 possible points
Reading books - 60 possible points
Bringing friends - 40 possible points
Gospel Conversations - 60 possible points
Discipleship Record Sheet - keep track of your progress
Attendance - 40 possible points
Quiet Time Schedule - 200 possible points
Scripture Memory - 120 possible points
Service - 80 possible points
Reading books - 60 possible points
Bringing friends - 40 possible points
Gospel Conversations - 60 possible points
Discipleship Record Sheet - keep track of your progress
Update from Pastor Duane (Week of 9/16/20)
Dear Parents,
This week’s lesson is the final lesson of a four-part series called “Play Nice: How You Can Help Create a Healthy Culture in Your Student Ministry.” This week, students learn about Christ’s great desire for believers to be unified, the forces that work against unity, and how we can discipline ourselves to be champions of unity. We are a diverse group of people but should not be divisive.
As Jesus prayed for believers the night before He was put to death, He prayed that we would all be one. In James 2, the half-brother of Jesus wrote an example of how partiality can invade the church and threaten this unity. (It would be helpful to read James 2:1-9.)
The most obvious manifestation of this kind of partiality today, and especially with young people, is social cliques. Cliques can emerge without any intention of excluding others. The driving force behind a clique is pride and they tend to be fueled by insecurity and a desire to control. Cliques eventually undermine unity and become hurtful.
Parents can be a great help in sharing what they see in their child’s circle of friends and associated opportunities. Parents can also set a powerful example by making friends of all kinds/backgrounds and without partiality.
Our teens are challenged to introduce themselves to someone new in The Crash. They are also challenged to sit by that person next week. If your teens are up for it, we challenge to make a choice to sit with someone different for the next month and endeavor to keep the unity despite the differences in the youth group. They were challenged this way: Don’t allow diversity to destroy unity.
Blessings,
Pastor Duane
This week’s lesson is the final lesson of a four-part series called “Play Nice: How You Can Help Create a Healthy Culture in Your Student Ministry.” This week, students learn about Christ’s great desire for believers to be unified, the forces that work against unity, and how we can discipline ourselves to be champions of unity. We are a diverse group of people but should not be divisive.
As Jesus prayed for believers the night before He was put to death, He prayed that we would all be one. In James 2, the half-brother of Jesus wrote an example of how partiality can invade the church and threaten this unity. (It would be helpful to read James 2:1-9.)
The most obvious manifestation of this kind of partiality today, and especially with young people, is social cliques. Cliques can emerge without any intention of excluding others. The driving force behind a clique is pride and they tend to be fueled by insecurity and a desire to control. Cliques eventually undermine unity and become hurtful.
Parents can be a great help in sharing what they see in their child’s circle of friends and associated opportunities. Parents can also set a powerful example by making friends of all kinds/backgrounds and without partiality.
Our teens are challenged to introduce themselves to someone new in The Crash. They are also challenged to sit by that person next week. If your teens are up for it, we challenge to make a choice to sit with someone different for the next month and endeavor to keep the unity despite the differences in the youth group. They were challenged this way: Don’t allow diversity to destroy unity.
Blessings,
Pastor Duane
