Mission Youth
Helping Students Take One Step Closer to JesusHi, I’m Adam, the Youth Pastor for The Mission Church. Here at Mission Youth we are striving to introduce the next generation to a living God, connect them to a biblical community, and empower them to live a Christ centered life. What that means is that we want to help each student we interact with to take one step closer to Jesus. That looks different for each student. Whether it’s by accepting Jesus as their Savior, attending our Wednesday Night Gathering, committing to a Student Life Group, or being intentional in discipleship with one of our awesome leaders – our goal is to meet each student where they are at, and help them take one step closer to being a fully functioning follower of Jesus.
I want to encourage anyone visiting this page to browse around, get to know our ministry, and seriously consider how you can help in seeing the next generation take one step closer to Jesus.
As a Ministry
WE FOCUS ON THREE THINGS:
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- We are all about making disciples of Jesus Christ, and we believe that relationships are the backbone to growing in our faith. We are striving to reach every student in the Des Moines area with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
- Helping our students grow in their relationship with Christ. To do this we offer distinct programming for both Junior and Senior High groups, while strategically mixing the two as a way for older students to act as “big brothers and sisters.”
- Empowering our families to live for Christ. We prioritize partnering with parents. God has ordained parents/guardians as the primary disciple-makers of their kids and the role of the church is to support that effort to the best of our ability. We love parents helping in a variety of ways and encourage frequent communication between parents and leaders/staff.
Wednesday Gathering - In The Backdoor
WEDNESDAYS @ 6:15pm
What’s the most important thing we can teach our teenagers? How to follow Jesus. This year, that is our focus for both our middle school & high school students. Utilizing AwanaYM curriculum we will be digging into the idea of better understanding God’s story through the Bible, and how that story relates the ideas and thoughts in the world around us!
Starting with some games to get our students engaged, some worship to focus our attention on Christ, then moving on to a lesson straight from Scripture (Splitting Middle School & High School teachings), and then ending with age appropriate discussion groups, we absolutely love Wednesday Night Gatherings! And we hope you will too!
In Depth Groups - Adam & Katie's House
SUNDAYS @ 6:30pm – BEGINS OCTOBER 1st!
One of our goals as a youth ministry is to equip our students to live Christ-centered lives beyond their time in youth ministry. We want to give them the tools to continue following Jesus after they leave the youth ministry, after they leave home, and as they are taking those next steps in their life. That is where In Depth comes in. During these meetings we help the students learn the tools necessary for going deeper in their relationship with Jesus.
This upcoming semester we are focusing on Gospel conversations. How do we engage our friends at school with the Gospel? What are some ways that make that easier? How do I bring up Jesus in the middle of a conversation? We’ll be discussing these strategies and tools, as well as practicing our greatest tool – prayer.
In Depth Groups - Adam & Katie's House
SUNDAYS @ 6:30pm – BEGINNING OCTOBER 10th
One of our goals as a youth ministry is to equip our students to live Christ-centered lives beyond their time in youth ministry. We want to give them the tools to continue following Jesus after they leave the youth ministry, after they leave home, and as they are taking those next steps in their life. That is where In Depth comes in. During these meetings we help the students learn the tools necessary for going deeper in their relationship with Jesus.
This upcoming semester we are focusing on Gospel conversations. How do we engage our friends at school with the Gospel? What are some ways that make that easier? How do I bring up Jesus in the middle of a conversation? We’ll be discussing these strategies and tools, as well as practicing our greatest tool – prayer.
DISCIPLESHIP
We think it is vitally important that each student be involved in the discipleship process in some way. Below you will find links to some discipleship material. After going through one of these books, you will be able to disciple another person! We’d love for you to join our discipleship revolution. Print off the books, grab a friend, or two, and some coffee, and dig into God’s Word!
DISCIPLESHIP
We think it is vitally important that each student be involved in the discipleship process in some way. Below you will find links to some discipleship material. After going through one of these books, you will be able to disciple another person! We’d love for you to join our discipleship revolution. Print off the books, grab a friend, or two, and some coffee, and dig into God’s Word!
FALL CALENDAR - 2023
Click the button below to view and download our 2023 FALL calendar! Have all the important dates in one location! You won’t want to miss these events!
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