Friday, July 28, 2006

Student Ministry Philosophy

Hello Parents!

While this information was presented in greater detail at the parent meeting, we thought we would put it up here as well so that those of you who couldn't make the meeting would know how the Student Ministry will run things... for the most part...

Purpose Statement: "Point Of Grace Student Ministries exists to create environments that help students ENTER new life in Christ, MERGE lives with other Christ followers, CONSTRUCT healthy spiritual habits, and give them ACCESS to ministry, while they ELEVATE God."

ENTER - Door:: [Evangelism]
Through creating fun, creative, relevant and authentic environments, where students are comfortable bringing their friends, we strive to capture the attention of students and get an open door for sharing the Gospel.


Student Relationship: GUEST
Key Program: REACH NIGHTS

MERGE - Freeways:: [Fellowship]
Relationships are the goal and the means of our ministry. Everything we do is designed connect students to other students. We are better together and growth happens best in the context of friendships.



Student Relationship: FRIEND
Key Program: LIFE GROUPS

CONSTRUCT - BUILDING:: [Discipleship]
We want to build into students and help them develop spiritual habits that provide the foundation for impacting the world. Teaching students how to live out their faith and think critically about what they believe helps them become the person God has in mind.


Student Relationship: APPRENTICE
Key Program: H.A.B.I.T.S.

ACCESS - KEYS:: [Ministry]
We want students to know that they each have a unique blueprint and key (spiritual gifts/talents) that God desires them to use to serve others in the church and outside of it. We don’t want them to just attend church; we want them to be the church.


Student Relationship: SERVANT
Key Program: DISCOVERY CLASS

ELEVATE - ELAVATOR:: [Worship]
We want the entire process of our student’s lives to be a journey of experiencing and falling deeper in love with Jesus. We want to develop students who strive for His renown, rather than their own personal fame.


Student Relationship: LEADER
Key Program: WEEKEND WORSHIP SERVICE

We plan on running everything according to this philospohy. So if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask! You can email us: katie@pointofgrace.com or kurt@pointofgrace.com or call the Church office at 515.987.9595 ext 133 (Katie) or ext. 134 (Kurt).

Thanks so much for yours prayers and support and if we can help in any way please let us know! God Bless!

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Parent Meeting

Hi Parents!
For those of you that have found this site you know that it is your connection hub to the Student Ministries staff at Point of Grace. We want to help you stay connected!

Wanted to let you know that there will be a informal, but super important parent meeting this Sunday, July 30th at 12:30 PM (after second service) in the Student Room. We promise it won't be a waste of your time like this:


We look forward to being able to get to know you and letting you get to know us. We will also discuss the plans we have for Student Minstries and have options for you to get involved if you wish to do so. Cant wait! See you on Sunday!

Kurt and Katie

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Hey Everyone!

Hey everyone! We are moving out to Iowa next week! We can not wait to see you and meet you all when we get there! May God Bless you this week!

--- Kurt and Katie

P.S. Here is what we look like: