Each week we invite teenage students to gather together to worship, study God’s Word, and discuss how it applies to their lives.

The Junior High group (grades 7-8) meets every Sunday in the Multi-Purpose Room at 9:00 a.m. The High School group (grades 9-12) meets at 9:00 a.m. in the Student Ministry Wing, room 40. Each class offers solid Bible teaching from the Teaching Team, under the direction of Pastor Bryan Bell.

At the end of the teaching time, students gather in SMS (Sunday Morning Shepherd) Groups, led by adult volunteers. These SMS leaders guide the groups in a discussion about the lesson, with specific application for the students in the group. Students also spend time in prayer for each other as a group every week.

While our student classes are designed to meet the specific needs and concerns of our teenage students, they are not designed to be a replacement for the church’s main service. Rather, the student classes are a supplement to the main service, and we encourage all of our students to worship in the sanctuary each week with their families.

LifeGroups are small group opportunities for our junior high students in Faith Student Ministry. While large group gatherings are extremely important in the life of a believer, we believe that smaller group settings can better provide more life-on-life contact and engagement. These small group environments provide an ideal setting for meaningful connection with other students, accountability, spiritual growth, relationships, and evangelism.

Our LifeGroups are led by volunteer leaders, supported by the Faith Student Ministry staff. We have two groups, one for guys, one for girls. Both groups will meet on Tuesdays, from 7-9pm at Faith Church. Our guys group meets in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) in the Life Center. Our girls group will meet in Room 16 (down the short hallway by the fish tank).

The Journey is a weekly gathering for our high school students every Tuesday night throughout the school year. We will meet from 7:00-9:00pm in the Student Ministries Room.  Each week will feature different activities, games and snacks, led by our student leadership team. We will also have a large group intro, followed by focused time in small groups.

Faith Student Ministry frequently uses text messages to keep all parents and students up to date on announcements, registration deadlines, and last-minute event changes. These texts are sent through Remind, a popular service you may already be familiar with. We have several groups (or classes, using the Remind terminology), for our Junior High Students, Junior High Parents, High School Students, and High School Parents.

To sign up to receive text messages for these groups, text the appropriate code (including the @ symbol) to 81010.

Junior High Students – @fsm-jh
Junior High Parents – @fsmjhpar
High School Students – @fsm-hs
High School Parents – @fsmhspar

We encourage all parents and students to sign up for their respective groups, so we can do our best to keep everyone on the same page.  Parents do not need to sign up for the student group, as this may push us over our limits for the group.  When we send a text to students, we will almost always send the same text to the parents as well.  

When you sign up, you will be sent a link to download the Remind app, but this is NOT necessary to receive texts from Faith Student Ministry. If you have any questions or problems, you may email students@faithchurch.net for assistance.

CORE Teams are our student leadership teams. We meet once a month for a CORE Team meeting, on the first Sunday of the month. Our high school CORE Teams are divided up into four ministry-specific teams (Praise, Tech, Service, & Hospitality). Our junior high CORE Team is one team that deals with multiple aspects of leadership.

Our CORE Teams provide opportunities for students to learn leadership principles, as well as give them opportunities to practice leadership in the context of the youth group. Our mandatory monthly meetings will contain large group leadership training, followed by time for individual teams to focus on their specific tasks. A pizza lunch will be provided during the meeting, students are asked to bring $3 to cover the cost.