Dear Students and Parents, as you know, the mission of The Crash at FAC is to "Love students to and through a relationship with Jesus Christ". This mission guides everything we do, including our long term planning as well as our weekly programming. At this time, all gatherings at FAC are suspended until further notice. We will meet live each Wednesday at 6:16 on Facebook and Instagram. Students, please reach out to your small group peers and leaders and remind them that they are loved and missed! Please keep up with us on Facebook and Instagram @CrashFAC, or email us CrashFAC@gmail.com
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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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Camp for grades 6-12 is happening July 12-18. Click the image below for details.
Go to WOL Camp this summer for FREE!
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:
(But download the PDF below for all of the info!)
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
(But download the PDF below for all of the info!)
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
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Order your Daily Devotional and let's get on the same page with our Quiet Times! It is our goal to see every student spending daily time with God. This Daily Devotional is a great tool that we can use for that purpose. Click on the picture or the blue words for more info!
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Update from Pastor Duane (Week of 4/1/20)
Dear Students and Parents,
This week we met live on Facebook and Instagram (@CrashFAC) and will continue to do so until we can be together in person. Please know that we miss your teens like crazy. We cannot wait to see their faces and be with them again, and we are praying for your families!
This week our lesson focused on how we can be light in a sometimes dark and uncertain world. We looked at Scripture from Daniel Chapter 1 and saw how Daniel and his friends handled radical change and disruption in their lives by holding fast to the one thing that never changes: our amazing God. Then we talked about Matthew Chapter 5 and how, as we learn to trust like Daniel, we can be a light to others around us.
This week, I hope you will take some extra time as a family to pray together and encourage one another to read God's Word daily. Ask your teen about ways they can be light that Jesus calls us to be even when they cannot necessarily be physically present with others.
Blessings,
Pastor Duane
This week we met live on Facebook and Instagram (@CrashFAC) and will continue to do so until we can be together in person. Please know that we miss your teens like crazy. We cannot wait to see their faces and be with them again, and we are praying for your families!
This week our lesson focused on how we can be light in a sometimes dark and uncertain world. We looked at Scripture from Daniel Chapter 1 and saw how Daniel and his friends handled radical change and disruption in their lives by holding fast to the one thing that never changes: our amazing God. Then we talked about Matthew Chapter 5 and how, as we learn to trust like Daniel, we can be a light to others around us.
This week, I hope you will take some extra time as a family to pray together and encourage one another to read God's Word daily. Ask your teen about ways they can be light that Jesus calls us to be even when they cannot necessarily be physically present with others.
Blessings,
Pastor Duane
