What we’re all about…
Nick Greenwood & the rest of TheCrew have been praying hard and meeting together to discuss where our ministry is at, and where God wants us to go. In late October we asked the high school students, what it is they want the ministry (TheVoyage) to be about. What they shared was eye-opening and confirming all at the same time. In short, they filled up a giant whiteboard primarily with ways they want to reach out to others. We were so encouraged. They provided a list of people groups that are on their hearts specifically, and a list of event ideas that our group could do.
Moving forward into 2010…
We’ve been working to build more structure around their ministry ideas, identify purpose in each idea, and have a plan on how we can move on all of it. We took the list, prayed about it, met together in our ministry team, and came up with a plan. Our focus on Sundays & Wednesdays is to equip the students with good personal spiritual habits. These are things we feel are important for every student to learn at an early age. We use the acronym H.A.B.I.T.S.: “H” is for “hang time with God” (prayer time and/or journaling) “A” is for “accountability relationship with another believer” “B” is for “Bible verse memorization” “I” is for “involvement in a local church” “T” is for “tithing and offering our resources back to God” “S” is for “studying Scripture”
Sunday…
We focus heavily on the “Studying Scriptures” on Sunday mornings while the adults sit-in with Ron. We provide donuts, bagels, and juice before the study just make sure everyone’s awake and able to participate.
Wednesday…
We recognize there are other needs in our group; namely being relational together and practicing outreach within our community and spheres of influence. SO, we are going to do just that. We are calling the vehicle, “D-TEAMS“
D-TEAMS…
Each student will be in a designated group that will be facilitated by at least 2 young-adult leaders. The purpose of the D-TEAMS will be two-fold: 1. To bond together. 2. To plan and implement in-service/out-service events (the student’s ideas) for both the MS & HS groups. This school year, each D-TEAM will be asked to plan and lead one fun event, and one outreach focused event that the other groups can participate in. For now, we will divide our Wednesday night students in to 3 groups; middle schoolers, high school guys, and high school girls. TheCrew will work with the students to help them successfully accomplish the things they want to do. D-TEAMS will be both, our vehicle of ministry, as well as our Bible study discussion groups on normal Wednesday nights. D-TEAMS are for discipleship and teamwork oriented outreach.
The 1st Wednesday of each month…
Each Wednesday night will consist of 3 to 4 worship songs, announcements, a devotional, and time in our D-TEAMS to talk about what was taught and to “bond”. HOWEVER, the 1st Wednesday night of each month will be unique. It will be our D-TEAM planning time. The students will come at 7:30pm, we will have an extended worship time, and then break off in to our group to plan our events and outreach opportunities. The exciting part of this plan is that it is being birthed naturally and out of what the students are looking for. We didn’t scheme and plan something that only theoretically connects to our kids (I’ve done that before!). Though knowing that, we still recognize that this will be an ever-changing thing, morphing and growing as our students grow. We are willing to let it. D-TEAMS are for this season.
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