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The Bible is the inspired word of God. It is without error in its original manuscripts, and contains everything we need to know about having a right relationship with God and our fellow human beings. The Bible is the basis for all of our essential beliefs (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

God is one (Mark 12:29), yet mysteriously exists in three Persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), who are to be equally loved, honored, and surrendered to (Matthew 28:19).

Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human. He is the sole Mediator able to restore the broken relationship, and the resulting alienation, between God and people (John 14:6; Acts 4:12).

The Holy Spirit is God, the third Person of the Trinity. He is alive and active. He indwells followers of Christ, working in unison with the Word of God to guide them in all truth. He is the power that enables Christians to live as new creations in Christ and empowers believers for service (John 16:7-14; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 6:17).

People are created by God and in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). On this basis, all people must be treated with dignity, honor, love and respect (James 3:9-10). At the same time, in their quest for independence and the centrality of self, all people begin their lives alienated from God, and in this condition are without hope and under judgment, a condition that can only be cured through God’s loving, gracious, and saving intervention (Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:1). As the image of God, we are most alive when our trust, affections and allegiances center on Him.

Restoration between God and people (also called ‘salvation’) happens when the Holy Spirit gives people a new heart, leading and enabling them to trust in Jesus alone for salvation (John 1:12-13). Because God loves His creation, He will also restore the entire universe to a condition of beauty, rest, joy, perfection, and freedom (Romans 8:18-30). God’s world, which began as a promising Garden (Genesis 1:27-31), will find its fulfillment in a perfected, life-giving City in which there will be no more death, mourning, crying, or pain (Revelation 21:1-8).

Good works do not and cannot make us acceptable to God (Ephesians 2:8-9), but are the natural outcome of authentic faith in Jesus (James 2:17). We become more fully human—the very best and most healthy version of ourselves—to the degree that we follow God’s loving commands. His commands, properly understood, are neither limiting nor oppressive but life-giving. Obedience to God’s commands is an essential prerequisite for true human flourishing.

The Church is the family of God and consists of those who place their functional trust (faith) in Jesus. God wants all members of His worldwide Church, together with their children, to be active in a local church which meets regularly to worship God, serve each other, and be a life-giving presence in their local community and world (Acts 2:42-47; Hebrews 10:24-25).

We believe that God has created men (male) and women (female) equal in their essential dignity and human personhood, but different and complementary in their functions; He also created marriage to be exclusively the covenant union of one man (male) and one woman (female), and designed intimate sexual activity to occur exclusively within that covenant union.

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Bethel Formation Night is a monthly evening of fellowship, biblical teaching, and practical discipleship. Join us on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM for a potluck dinner, engaging discussion, and prayer as we learn to follow Christ more faithfully in our homes, our church, and our community.

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From 3:00-6:00 PM at Bethel Presbyterian Church
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Join us at the church for our annual Bethel Christmas Party, a joyful evening of fellowship as we celebrate the season together. It’s a time to gather as a church family, enjoy good company, and rejoice in the hope of Christ’s coming. Stay tuned for more details.

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Joshua stood before Israel and made a decision for his whole household before anyone else did. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. That is still the calling every man at Bethel is invited into. Not a program to attend, but a household to lead.Our MissionOur mission is to challenge and equip men to embrace their God-given roles as spiritual leaders in their homes, workplaces, and communities. We desire to see men grow into mature, Christ-centered individuals who lead by example, love their families wholeheartedly, and take responsibility for serving God in every sphere of life.Encouraging Leadership and FellowshipWe believe men are called to serve as the priests of their homes and heads of their families, leading with humility, justice, and love. That is a high calling, and no man carries it well alone. Our Men&#x27;s Ministry exists to give men a place to gather, to be honest about where they are falling short, and to build one another up toward the men God has called them to be.Opportunities to Connect and GrowMen&#x27;s Breakfast Every Wednesday, 7:00 AM Panera BreadA weekly, low pressure gathering. No agenda beyond good coffee, honest conversation, and the encouragement that comes from showing up for each other week after week. Come once or come every week. Either way, you are welcome at the table.Ink &amp; Ale Society Third Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September, and November, 6:30 PM Crying Eagle, McNeese StreetA smaller gathering built around reading and conversation. Every other month, a group of men sit down with a good drink and a good book, and talk honestly about what they are learning, wrestling with, and building their lives on. It is fellowship for men who want their faith sharpened, not just affirmed.A Word to Every Man at BethelYou do not need to have your life in order to walk into either of these gatherings. You do not need to already be the spiritual leader your family needs. Most of us are still becoming that man.What we are asking is simpler. Show up. Let other men know how you are actually doing. Let Scripture and honest friendship start shaping the way you lead at home, at work, and in this church.If you have questions, or you want to know more before your first gathering, reach out directly.Coordinator: Pr. Thiago Silva Contact: <a href="mailto:t.silva@cslewisinstitute.org" class="underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current">t.silva@cslewisinstitute.org</a>We would love to have you at the table.

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Our Women’s Ministry is deeply grounded in Scripture and enriched by meaningful, Christ-centered relationships. Our mission is to equip women—whether young, younger, or young at heart—to glorify Christ in every area of life: in their homes, workplaces, church, and communities. We see ministry as a lifestyle, not just an activity, and our goal is to nurture women’s faith through biblical teaching and discipleship while building a vibrant community where we can encourage and support one another.A Ministry for Every WomanBiblical Teaching and Discipleship: Through Bible studies, devotionals, and practical teaching, we provide opportunities for women to grow deeper in their knowledge of God’s Word and apply it to their daily lives.Mentoring Relationships: Following the Titus 2 model, we encourage older women to come alongside younger women, offering wisdom, guidance, and encouragement in their spiritual journey.Authentic Community: Our gatherings are designed to create a welcoming environment where women can share their joys and challenges, pray for one another, and build lasting, Christ-centered friendships.Join UsWhether you are seeking to deepen your faith, find encouragement, or connect with other women, our Women’s Ministry is a place where you can flourish. Together, we strive to glorify Christ and fulfill the mission of making disciples who love God, love people, and serve others.Would you like more information about upcoming women’s events or gatherings? Email us at <a rel="noopener">pcabethel@gmail.com</a>.

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The Bible gives us several pictures of what the church is, but none of them matters more than this one. The church is the body of Christ. As his body, we are a living organism, made up of interconnected members who genuinely need one another. Our union with Christ brings us not only into fellowship with him, but into fellowship with each other. As Paul puts it, we are individually members one of another (Romans 12:5).That word, members, is worth sitting with, because it is not a legal term. It is a body word. It is the same word you would use for a hand or an eye. Interestingly, the New Testament actually contains more commands about how we are to relate to one another than it does about our duties to the watching world, or even, at times, about our duties directly to God. That is not an accident. It shows us that our relationship with God is most clearly reflected in how we love the believers standing next to us (1 John 3:23, 4:7, 20).More Than a FormalityFor many people, church membership feels like paperwork. A name on a roll, a class you complete, a form you sign. Biblically, it is something else entirely. Membership is about sharing life together.The New Testament has another word for the church, koinonia, usually translated fellowship or communion. This is not a side benefit of church life. It is essential to the church&#x27;s identity and mission. The church cannot exist or grow without it. The natural outworking of Christ&#x27;s life in us leads us to gather with other believers, the way the earliest church did, breaking bread together and sharing meals with glad and generous hearts (Acts 2:44, 46). It also leads us to resist the pull toward isolation, the temptation Hebrews warns us about when it tells us not to neglect meeting together (Hebrews 10:25).A believer who never experiences deep fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ is missing something. Not an optional extra, but the full expression of what it means to be part of Christ&#x27;s body.Whether we gather in smaller settings, the way Paul describes a church meeting in someone&#x27;s home in Romans 16, or together for corporate worship, it is when we are together that the body of Christ actually functions the way it was designed to. Paul describes it this way in Ephesians. Speaking the truth in love, we grow up into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, builds itself up in love as each part does its work (Ephesians 4:15-16). Notice that image. A body, not an audience.The Purpose of Church MembershipChurch membership exists to help Christians grow in their faith by encouraging and supporting one another, and in doing that, to display the love and unity that should mark God&#x27;s people in a way the world can actually see.Paul reminds the Corinthian church that every member of the body is essential (1 Corinthians 12). God has given every believer gifts and abilities through the Holy Spirit, and those gifts are meant to meet the needs of his people inside the context of real fellowship. We grow, and we serve, best inside a community where we are actually connected to one another, not from a distance.Two things define what membership is for.Mutual care. This is simply a lifestyle that takes seriously the New Testament&#x27;s commands for how Christians are to love and care for one another. Lived out consistently, it creates a healthy and vibrant church, the kind that naturally impacts the world around it and brings glory back to God, from whom and through whom and to whom are all things (Romans 11:36).The exercise of spiritual gifts. God gives spiritual gifts to believers so that they can build one another up (1 Peter 4:10). As those gifts are actually practiced, not just discussed, the church grows in love and unity. It becomes a place where every member is involved, where gifts are noticed, developed, and used to serve the body rather than left dormant (Ephesians 4:15-16).The church was never meant to be a place for isolated disciples, believers who love Jesus but keep his people at arm&#x27;s length. Jesus himself gave us a new commandment, that we love one another the way he has loved us, and said the world would know we are his disciples by that love (John 13:34-35). Church membership is simply the practical shape that command takes. It is how mutual love and care stop being an idea and start being a life.Living in community is not optional for a Christian, and it is not something we can do well on our own. We need the support, the encouragement, and yes, the accountability that comes from actually sharing life inside the body of Christ.Connect With Our Mission and VisionThis is exactly why membership matters at Bethel. We exist to make mature disciples of Jesus Christ, people who love God, love one another, and bear faithful witness to Christ here in Lake Charles and beyond. That mission cannot be carried out by individuals attending services in parallel. It requires a body, joined together, each part doing its work.We want to be known as a family church, a place of real belonging rather than surface level friendliness, and membership is where that belonging becomes formal and mutual. We also want to be a training church, a congregation where every believer&#x27;s gifts are recognized and put to use rather than left on the sidelines, and membership is where you are formally welcomed into that shared work. Becoming a member of Bethel is not a formality you complete once and move past. It is you joining your life to this particular body, with all the care, responsibility, and love that word implies.In what follows, we want to walk you through what that actually looks like, practically, if God has been drawing you toward membership here at Bethel.Steps to Become a Member at Bethel PCA:1 - Understand the Gospel: Learn more about the good news of Jesus Christ and God’s plan of salvation. [<a href="https://pcanet.org/good-news/" target="_blank">Click here</a>] for more information.2 - Learn Who We Are: Discover what we believe and how we live out our faith at Bethel Presbyterian Church. [<a href="https://www.bethelpca.org/who-we-are" target="_blank">Click here</a>] to explore.3 - Study Our Membership Vows: Review the membership vows from the Presbyterian Church in America’s Book of Church Order (section 57-5):<ul><ul><li>Do you acknowledge yourself to be a sinner in the sight of God, justly deserving His displeasure, and without hope save in His sovereign mercy?</li><li>Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Savior of sinners, and do you receive and rest upon Him alone for salvation as He is offered in the Gospel?</li><li>Do you now resolve and promise, in humble reliance upon the grace of the Holy Spirit, that you will endeavor to live as becomes the followers of Christ?</li><li>Do you promise to support the Church in its worship and work to the best of your ability?</li><li>Do you submit yourself to the government and discipline of the Church, and promise to study its purity and peace?</li></ul></ul>4 - Meet with the Elders: After understanding the Gospel and our beliefs, and reviewing the membership vows, schedule a meeting with the elders of the church._______________________ * If you want to understand more about what it means to be a church member in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), <a href="https://www.twopathways.org/p/church-membership-in-the-pca?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web" target="_blank">click here</a>.* If you want to become a member of Bethel PCA, <a href="https://www.bethelpca.org/connect" target="_blank">click here and send us a message</a>.

<blockquote>Jesus tells his disciples to “Go …and make disciples of all nations.” </blockquote>The Biblical Foundation of MissionsWe live in a world created good but now marred by sin, under God’s righteous judgment. Yet, God’s redemptive plan has not been thwarted. His promise of deliverance was fulfilled through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Through Christ, God’s kingdom has broken into this world, and the church is the means by which He continues His work today.Missions is the ongoing work of Christ through His church, empowered by the Holy Spirit, calling people from every nation to faith and obedience in Him. As believers, we are set apart as citizens of God’s kingdom, yet we live in the midst of the world, carrying out our calling to be salt and light. Jesus said, &quot;As the Father has sent me, so I send you&quot; (John 20:21), and we take that calling seriously.Through both word and deed, we proclaim the gospel and demonstrate how Christ’s salvation transforms every aspect of life. We point others to the hope of God’s kingdom—a kingdom that will one day be fully realized when Christ returns and God will be all in all.Our Commitment to MissionsAt Bethel, we are committed to impacting both our local community and the nations with the gospel. Missions is not an optional program but the very identity of the church in action. We believe the proclamation of God’s Word is central to our mission, for apart from the gospel, the church has nothing to offer. Yet, through the gospel, we offer the world the reality of God’s peace, renewal, and hope in the midst of sin and brokenness.Bethel’s Missions Ministry is overseen by a dedicated Missions Committee, which serves as the bridge between our congregation and the missionaries we support. We are committed to:<ul><li>Praying for Missionaries: Interceding for those on the frontlines of gospel work.</li><li>Financially Supporting Missions: Investing in God’s kingdom work locally and globally.</li><li>Sending Missionaries: Actively equipping and encouraging individuals to participate in fulfilling the Great Commission.</li></ul>Special OfferingEvery fourth Sunday of each month, during our morning worship service, there is a special offering designated to the mission&#x27;s fund to support our missionaries.Coordinator: Mary ConditContact: <a rel="noopener">marycondit@gmail.com</a>Join us in fulfilling Christ’s Great Commission as we bring the hope of the gospel to our neighbors and the nations. Together, let us live as a church in mission, glorifying God and pointing others to His saving grace.

Every Sunday morning, before the doors open for worship, the sanctuary is already full of something else. A room of adults working through a text of Scripture together, the same way they did last week and the week before. Down the hall, children are hearing the story of the Bible told for the first time. In the Fellowship Hall, teenagers are wrestling honestly with what they actually believe.That is Sunday School at Bethel. Not a warm up act before the real service starts, in a room off to the side. Part of the real thing, in the same room where we will soon gather to worship.Why We Do ThisBethel exists to make mature disciples of Jesus Christ, people who love God, love one another, and bear faithful witness to Christ here in Lake Charles and beyond. That mission does not pause for an hour on Sunday morning and pick back up at 10:30. Sunday School is one of the plainest, most ordinary ways we live it out, for every age, every week of the school year.We take our cue from Scripture rather than convenience. In Deuteronomy 6, God tells his people to teach his commands to their children constantly, in the ordinary rhythms of the day, when they sit at home and when they walk along the road. That responsibility belongs first to parents. Paul says the same thing in Ephesians, telling fathers to bring their children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.So we want to be honest about what Sunday School is and is not. It is not a substitute for what happens at your kitchen table or in your living room. It exists to support that, to put good teaching, good questions, and good company around what you are already doing at home. A church that trains its people well does not try to replace parents. It equips them, and it gives their children a wider circle of faithful adults who are aiming at the same thing they are.We want Bethel to be known as a discipleship church and a training church, a place where sound teaching is not reserved for Sunday morning worship alone. Sunday School is where that training actually happens, week in and week out, for people at every stage of life. It is also where we live out being a family church, because a class is not just information delivered on a schedule. It is a room full of people who are learning to know each other, pray for each other, and walk together over years, not just a single semester.What We OfferOur classes are organized by age, because an eight year old, a sixteen year old, and a forty year old need to be taught differently, even when the content underneath is the same gospel.Children&#x27;s Sunday School (up to age 11) Meets in the children&#x27;s classroomOur youngest students are building the foundation everything else will rest on. We teach the Bible as one true story, not a collection of moral tales, a story that runs from creation to the cross to the new creation still ahead of us. Our teachers use age appropriate methods, songs, and memory work to help children love God&#x27;s Word early, so that by the time they are asking harder questions as teenagers, they already know the story well enough to wrestle with it honestly.Youth Sunday School (ages 12 to 18) Meets in the Fellowship HallAdolescence is when faith either becomes a student&#x27;s own or stays borrowed from their parents. Our youth classes are built for that transition. We do not shy away from hard questions. We want our students to ask them here, among people who love them, rather than somewhere else, alone. Class time is discussion heavy on purpose, covering theology, apologetics, and how to think like a Christian about a world that will pull them in a dozen directions. Our goal is not students who can recite the right answers. It is young men and women who own their faith because they have tested it and found it true.Adult Sunday School (18 and up) Meets in the sanctuaryDiscipleship does not stop at eighteen, and neither do we. Our adult classes go deep into Scripture and theology, working carefully through books of the Bible and questions of doctrine and life together, giving members a place to keep growing long after they have left the youth room behind. Whether you have followed Christ for forty years or four months, whether you grew up in church or walked in for the first time last month, there is a class here built to stretch you, not just inform you.Across all three tracks, our teachers are not simply filling a volunteer slot. They are men and women who love the church and know the material, and part of our vision as a training church is to keep raising up more of them from within our own congregation.When We MeetSunday School meets every Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:15, right before worship, during the academic year, from August through May. We take a break over the summer, both to give our families some breathing room and to give our teachers time to rest and prepare for the year ahead.Everyone Belongs HereWhatever season you are in, whatever your children&#x27;s ages, whatever your family looks like, there is a place for you at Bethel on Sunday morning. You do not need a church background to walk in. You do not need to have your questions figured out first. You just need to show up.We believe that ten years from now, the fruit of these Sunday mornings will not be measured by how many names were on a roll. It will be measured in marriages that grew stronger, children who came to own their faith instead of merely inheriting it, and members who once sat quietly in the back who are now the ones teaching, leading, and shepherding others.That is what we are building, one Sunday at a time. We would love to have you join us.For more information, contact: <a rel="noopener">pcabethel@gmail.com</a>

Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven. Jesus said that about children, not about a program built for them off to the side. That is the heart behind everything we do with children at Bethel.A pastor once described a small church where children were not handed a separate service full of performances, but something plainer. They worshiped. They prayed. They read Scripture. They were loved by adults who were not their parents. They scrubbed walls on a workday, handed out bulletins, and wrote notes to the grieving. What looked at first like a church with too few resources for anything flashy turned out to be a gift. The children were never spectators. They were part of the body.That is what we are after. We are not trying to build a parallel church for children. We are trying to bring them further into the one we already have.Our PhilosophyThe purpose of Bethel Kids is to help covenant children know Christ, love his church, participate in worship, grow in biblical truth, and serve God&#x27;s people. We are not aiming to entertain children apart from the church. We are aiming to raise them as members of Christ&#x27;s covenant community, present tense, not someday when they are older and ready.What This Looks LikeWorship, every Sunday. The center of children&#x27;s ministry at Bethel is corporate worship, not a separate room down the hall. Children sit with their families in the service, learn the liturgy simply by hearing it week after week, and sing with the congregation long before they can read the words themselves. As they grow, they take on more, reading Scripture, leading the call to worship, greeting and ushering as they are ready.Christian formation, August through May. Sunday school is the main teaching ministry for children at Bethel, running alongside the school year and resting over the summer, when Vacation Bible School carries the teaching instead. The goal is simple. We want children to know the storyline of Scripture from creation to new creation, learn the Children&#x27;s Catechism or the Westminster Shorter Catechism as they grow, memorize key passages, understand the sacraments and prayer and worship, and build real friendships with other children along the way.Service, a few times a year. Children learn to serve by serving. A few times each year we fold them into something tangible. Writing encouragement cards to members who are sick, grieving, or homebound. Helping prepare for VBS. Packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Rehearsing and singing with the Children&#x27;s Choir at Easter and Christmas. The goal is for children to see themselves as contributors to this church, not merely as an audience for it.Celebration, through the seasons. A handful of anchor events mark the year. Special activities at Easter. Three days of VBS in June. Reformation Day in October, a whole family event. A Christmas party in December, paired with packing those Operation Christmas Child boxes.How Children Fit Into Bethel&#x27;s VisionBethel wants to be known as a discipleship church, a training church, a family church, and a rooted church, and children&#x27;s ministry is not exempt from any of those marks. Our children learn the same gospel the whole congregation is being formed by. They practice the same things we ask of every member, prayer, reading Scripture aloud, and serving. They build relationships across every generation at Bethel, not just with their peers. And they grow up inside the ordinary rhythms of this particular church, rather than a curriculum imported from somewhere else.Ages and StructureNursery care is available for children from birth through age three during both worship and Sunday school. Bethel Kids gathers children from age four through sixth grade for one combined Sunday school hour (9:30 AM).An InvitationIf you are visiting Bethel with children, you do not need to find a separate building or a different service. Bring them with you. Let them sit in worship, sing what they do not yet understand, and be loved by people who are not their parents. That is not a lesser experience while they wait to grow up. It is exactly where we want them to be.We are asking God to raise these children inside his church, not beside it. To give them worship instead of performance, truth instead of entertainment, and a place to belong long before they are old enough to choose it for themselves.We would love to have your family join us.

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Somewhere between twelve and eighteen, faith stops being something you inherited from your parents and starts becoming something you actually own, or it doesn&#x27;t. That stretch of years is not a waiting room before real discipleship begins. It is one of the most important seasons a person will ever walk through.Our Youth Ministry is designed to help students explore their faith, connect with friends, and build a strong spiritual foundation during those formative years. Our goal is to create a space where students feel valued, supported, and challenged to live out their faith in their homes, schools, and communities.Why We Take This Season SeriouslyAdolescence asks hard questions, whether a student ever says them out loud or not. Does any of this actually hold up. Is my faith mine, or just something I grew up around. What does it look like to follow Christ at school, online, with friends who don&#x27;t believe any of it.We would rather students ask those questions here, in a room full of people who love them, than somewhere else, alone. Our youth ministry is not built to hand students easy answers and move on. It is built to walk with them while they test what they believe against Scripture, against real life, and against a world that will pull them in a dozen directions at once, and come out the other side with a faith that is genuinely theirs.That does not mean we treat doubt as the goal or leave students to figure everything out on their own. We want them wrestling honestly, but wrestling toward something, a settled confidence in Christ and in his Word that can carry them well past high school.What This Looks LikeMonthly Fellowship NightsOnce a month, our students gather for an evening of food, games, fellowship, and good discussion. It is a simple format on purpose. Kids need a place where they can just be kids, laugh, eat too much pizza, and let their guard down before anyone asks them a serious question.But underneath the games, these nights are built for something more. They are a chance to build real friendships with other Christian students, to grow together in faith rather than alone, and to talk honestly about how the gospel actually applies to a Monday morning at school, not just a Sunday morning at church.If you want to know more about the full range of activities and events for our youth throughout the year, reach out to us at <a href="mailto:pcabethel@gmail.com" class="underline underline underline-offset-2 decoration-1 decoration-current/40 hover:decoration-current focus:decoration-current">pcabethel@gmail.com</a>. We would love to walk you through what a semester looks like and get your student connected.How This Fits Into Bethel&#x27;s VisionBethel wants to be known as a discipleship church, a training church, a family church, and a rooted church, and our youth ministry is not a separate track running alongside that vision. It is where those marks take shape for students right now, not someday.As a discipleship church, we teach students the same gospel the whole congregation is being formed by, not a simplified version meant to hold their attention until they are old enough for the real thing. As a training church, we give students real responsibility, asking them to pray, read Scripture, and serve. As a family church, our students are not sorted off into a youth only world. They are known by adults across this congregation who are not their parents, and they belong to the whole body, not just their age group. And as a rooted church, we want their faith planted deeply enough in Scripture and in this particular church that it can hold steady wherever life takes them after high school.A Word to ParentsYou are still the primary disciple maker in your teenager&#x27;s life, even during the years when it feels like they are pulling away from everything you have taught them. Our youth ministry does not exist to replace that. It exists to back you up, to put other faithful adults and other Christian students around your son or daughter, and to give them a place to keep processing what they are learning at home.If your student is walking through a hard season, or you simply want to know more about what we are doing and how you can be part of it, we would genuinely love to hear from you.A Word to StudentsYou do not need to have your faith figured out to walk through our doors. Bring your real questions. Bring your doubts, and your friends. We are not looking for students who already have it all together. We are looking for students willing to keep showing up while God does the slow work of making their faith their own.We would love to have you with us.

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