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 The ASCENT Student Ministry is committed to connecting, developing, training, and giving leadership opportunities to students. The ASCENT focuses on providing a safe, exciting, and relational environment where students can regularly gather, learn, and engage with one another, on providing Biblically deep and thought provoking teaching, on teaching students HOW to think and not just WHAT to think, and on providing the best and up-to-date activities that both attract and allow for the most fun possible. For more info, pics, videos, news, and more visit the official The ASCENT Facebook page.
Below you will find more information about our student ministry. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you might have.
Get the scoop on what's going on with The ASCENT these days...check out our Jan Feb Newsletter and our February Calendar.
We're looking forward to a GREAT time skiing, snowboarding, tubing and just hanging out February 17-20 over in Western Montana at our upcoming winter retreat, SnowCraze! Youth in grades 6 to 12 are invited to join us. Click here for more info on SnowCraze
Gatherings
The Gathering (Mid-Week meeting) :: Wednesday, 7:30pm in the Church Sanctuary
Our Mid-week gathering is a time where we pack as much into an hour and a half as possible. The night starts with a designated 20 minute hang out period where we offer drinks, snacks, and places to sit and chill. This is when leaders meet new students and introduce them to the group. We then go into games that both mix students and build a group mentality. After some announcements, we go into worship, led by student worship teams. The worship is both real and well done. From worship, we move right into our lesson time and are dismissed between 9 and 9:30pm.
Sunday Study (Sunday Morning Bible Study) :: Sunday, 10:00am in the youth room in the Church basement
Our Sunday Study time is a completely different atmosphere than our Mid-Week Gathering. It's relaxed, nothing flashy, and to the point. On Sundays, we primarily work slowly through a book of the Bible in which we pick apart verses, look at the context, and really try to learn the Bible and how to study it.
Philosophy
Below you will find a simple and concise explanation about our student ministry's philosophy.
HOW to Think
For too long, we've taught our students only what to think and not how to process, engage, evaluate, and make logical conclusions. While we still teach what is true and not, we also strongly emphasize being able to think and challenge students intellectually.
Real Discipleship
Often times, the word "discipleship" is limited to just evangelism or to shallow forms of relationships, programs, and roles. Discipleship is so much more than that! It's life long, it's hard, it's responsibility, it's engaging our own culture, it's relational, it's commitment to people, to God, to doing something that matters. It's about investing so much in an individual they turn around and invest it in others. While our Gathering is exciting, the really exciting stuff happens when we plug students into our discipleship program (FORGE), teach them, train them, and give the REAL projects and responsibilities. Last year, these students dreamed up, planned, and ran a several thousand dollar outreach concert on Halloween night called Radiate.
No Middle Ground
We don't settle for the casual Christians. We're not just "ok" with just ok. This applies to what we expect out of students, how we do things, and the overall performance of our ministry.
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