It's Christmas Season! Come to Youth and celebrate Jesus!
watch for unique opportunities this month including cookies-N-milk, Grad Panel, bingo, and Christmas Party
Nothing is more important than your faith. Each Wednesday join in the community of teens striving to be disciples of Jesus and bringing their friends along for the journey.
IGNITE (6th grade - 8th grade) Event is 6pm-730pm, doors open @5:45pm
IGNITE PICK-UP INSTRUCTIONS: Pick-up procedures are a bit different now due to the church remodel project. When picking your Igniter up at normal dismissal time between 7:30 & 7:45pm you can get them at the bottom like usual. After that time they will be in the gym for Open Gym time. At that point please pick your student up outside the gym door by driving to the West parking lot (the one that wraps around). Look for the side gym door to pick them up. This allows for students to come and go without walking through C4 teaching time in the Refuge. Thank you, Jim
C4 (9th grade - 12th grade) Event is 7pm-8:45pm, you can arrive as early as 6:45
Ignite, some weeks we have "Open Gym" after Ignite youth from 730pm-8:45pm. It's a great chance to hang out and play sports in the gym to blow off some steam. It also makes it easier for students who get their rides from a high schooler. Open Gym is open this week 12/10.
C4- most weeks students can stay later to hang out after Youth is over. This usually means that it's open hangout time after 8:45pm until roughly 9:30pm. Students are free to leave at 8:45 or stay later. "Latenight Youth" is open this week 12/10.
*Each week the times overlap by 1/2 hour, which is our "Large Group" time. Guest testimonies, Youth Worship, group games, seasonal events and special snacks are some of the amazing opportunities that youth have during this shared experience. We do this for many reasons. We believe there is great benefit in older teens using their gifts for Jesus in a way that mentors younger students. Fun, food and worship are great ways to experience joy and build community. We are striving to build unity between age groups, schools and friend groups.
"Friendsgiving Celebration" edition Youth this week!
Celebrate Thanksgiving with friends and enjoy great food.
The Turkey is provided. You bring the sides.
Bring any side to share with others. Can be simple or amazing. You decide.
Notice the altered times for this event: 6:30pm-8:30pm. (Ignite and C4 show up at 6:30 with your food to share. We will set up the meal and eat shortly after.)
The gym will be open for fun and games from 7:30-8:30
IGNITE is dismissed at 8:30 and should be picked up shortly after that.
C4 can stay later for "Latenight Youth" till about 9:30
Gym will be open part of the time for games.
Summer 2026 C4 Mission Trip options we are considering. I am looking for your feedback:
It's a "city" option which is my goal for us once during your high school years. It's been 4 years since Chicago so it's perfect time for that. We also have a different service option that will be a much longer drive (Tennessee). It's a good camp and I would feel confident with choosing here as well, but we would only have one option for the week we attend.
Philly Project: What is "Summer of Service"?
“Mission Trip with Summer Camp vibes”. SOS is our busiest time of year where we host around 100 youth group participants a week for 7 weeks every summer. Weeklong mission trips for students who have completed 6-12th grade. We challenge youth to serve whole-heartedly in our community and to think critically about how God’s Word speaks to social and spiritual issues. Our prayer is that God uses this extended experience of service, worship, and fellowship to make an eternal impact on youth and those they serve as well as a visible impact offering hope and restoration to our community.
(possible dates include July 12-18, July 19-25, or June 28-July 2 for a 5 day trip.)
Forge Outreach Camps: What are Forge Outreach Camps?
Our unique spin on camps combines summer camp and outreach in ONE! Bring your youth group for a week to one of our locations to experience dynamic worship, impactful preaching, summer camp fun, and the opportunity to serve others! (construction, landscaping, painting, etc)
Smoky Mountain Outreach: Camp Montvale, located at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, eight miles from Maryville, TN
June 21-26, 2026
Youth Sunday School is on pause during the CMF remodel.
We meet every Sunday morning for church at 9:15 in the old Trinity Lutheran Church across from CVS.
January Update: for now the problems have been addressed by the designers of this app. Hopefully, we will be trouble free for the year ahead. If problems arise again, we will replace this app with another plan.
A TECH UPDATE: BE AWARE: TECH ISSUES ARE SOMETIMES OCCURING WITH THIS CALENDAR APP. CONTINUE TO USE FOR NOW... We will continue to use as our main event information hub for as long as we can.
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