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Letter to parents 2
HSm vision: why we do what we do 3
Philosophy overview 4
Hsm experiences 5-6
Topics, traits, themes 7-8
Parent resources 9
Know...experience...do 10
Hsm staff directory 11
More ways to stay informed 12
Dear parents,
First of all, I want to tell you how excited we are to have your son/daughter with us in the High School Ministry here at Seacoast! I’m looking forward to seeing them grow to maturity and complete-ness in Christ and becoming more fully a part of His Church! I’m passionate about our students realizing who they are in Christ and seeing them begin to live out the calling He’s placed on their lives. Everything we do here is aimed at accomplishing Seacoasts vision of “Bringing life to people and glory to God.” We can’t, and don’t intend to, do this without you. Relationships are a key part of youth ministry. Our relationship with your son and/or daughter and our relationship with YOU are a huge priority. It’s my desire to partner with you in whatever way I can to help your child grow closer to Jesus, to be filled with His Life for His Glory. This packet you are currently holding in your hands will provide you with an overview of the HSM; what we do and why we do it. Please never hesitate to call or email me with any questions, comments, or concerns you may have. And yes, encouragement is always a plus as well :) Looking forward to getting to know you!
Matt Carlson [email protected] 760.753.3003 x131 Seacoast Community Church 1050 Regal Rd. Encinitas, CA 92024
HSM Vision Why we do What we do.
The (3) Ingredients.
“To Bring Life to People and Glory to God!”
Worship. Connect. Serve.
Worship: We want to do everything we can to see Christ formed in the lives of our youth, so much so that they begin to live out their God-given calling and embrace a life of worship where Jesus Christ is Central. Connect: We want to see teenagers connected with God and com-mitted to being with other believers in the way He designed us to be connected; to grow in knowledge and understanding of who God is and to become a connected and committed conduit of His Grace.
Serve: We want to equip teenagers to actively serve, being out-fitted with life and leadership skills and an understanding of what it means to serve God, each other, and the Church with their lives.
Our Foundation
Philosophy Overview
In Matthew 22:36-40 Jesus was asked, “What is the greatest commandment?” He states we are to love God and love man. Everything we do centers around this principle of embracing the heart of God and reaching out to the heart of man.
The Work Of Our Ministry
Colossians 1:28-29 challenges us to help present students complete in Christ. As leaders we need to be mindful of a lifetime Christian commitment. We not only want to help students during the adoles-cent years but prepare them to continue their walk with Christ throughout their lifetime.
8 Keys To Effective Ministry
As we’ve searched the scriptures we have found eight keys to ef-fective youth ministry: Prayer, Worship, Fellowship, Teaching/Discipleship, Service, Evangelism, Leadership Development, and Family Ministries. Each quarter we plan experiences that involve these key ingredients
HSM Experiences Discipleship/Teaching 2 Timothy 2:2; Matthew 28:18-20
Evangelism Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:18-20
Family Ministries Eph. 6:1-4; Col. 3:20-21; Prov. 3:22
Fellowship Rom. 12:10-13; Phil. 2:11; 1 John 1:7
OUR STRATEGY: • Creative, interactive and practical teaching. • Small Groups • Large group teaching (see topics and traits) • Adult leaders investing and shepherding students. • Guest Speakers
OUR STRATEGY: • Training: Students will be trained to share their faith and invite friends to Sea-
coast. • Outreach Events: Seasonal trips, Hume Lake, Concerts, etc • Community Outreach: “Hope for the Homeless”, Community Resource Cen-
ter, and the like.
OUR STRATEGY: • We want to involve both the student and his/her parent(s), to foster mutual
understanding and personal growth. • HSM working closely with the Parenteens class. • Informal Meetings i.e. Summer Promo • Family Activities: Dead Sea Scrolls, The Midway, 4th of July Picnic, etc • Family Counseling: as needed • Family Service Projects: Operation Christmas Child, Holiday Baskets, etc
OUR STRATEGY: • We want to create a relational ministry. We want to build relationships and
not just run programs. It is in the context of relationship that the principles we teach and adhere to come to life.
• Various ‘fusing’ activities: Events, trips, and weekly meetings. • Sharing and praying together • Small Groups
MORE HSM Experiences Leadership Development 2 Timothy 2:2
Worship Heb. 13:15; Eph. 5:19; Psalms 150:6; Matt. 6:33; Rom. 12:1
Prayer Eph. 4:6-7; 1 Thess. 5:16-18; Rom. 12:12
Service Mark 10:43-45; Luke 22:26; Rom. 12:3-8,11
OUR STRATEGY: We will train students to develop their skills and giftedness for service. • Student Leadership Team- “Hegasia” • Ministry Teams: Worship, Tech (BTM), Greeters, Setup and Teardown. • Student Teaching: Student-Run Sundays • Retreats, Seminars, and Conferences
OUR STRATEGY: • We want to help students incorporate worship in their everyday life. We
want them to realize that worship is any action that brings honor and praise to God.
• Worship thru Music • Sunday and midweek worship services • Weekly Small Groups/Discipleship groups • Train students how to have a ‘Quiet Time’ and seek God first.
OUR STRATEGY: • Prayer is a vital component to a healthy relationship with God and the
body. • Teaching, Training/Instruction • Private • Corporate
OUR STRATEGY: • The work of a Christian is service. Christ came to serve. We want to provide
a variety of service opportunities for the students and work to connect them to their gifting.
• Ministry Teams: Worship, Tech (BTM), Greeters, Setup and Teardown, Drama and Art.
• Helping out in Childrens Ministry, Patio Pals, Ushers, etc • Community Projects and Missions Trips
Examples of
Affirmation Apathy Apologetics Belief Belonging Bible Study Boasting Books of the Bible Cheating Choices Choosing friends Church Compassion Cults Discipleship Discouragement Double-mindedness Doubt Embarrassment Empathy Encouragement Evangelism Evolution Failure Faith Faithfulness Family (parents-siblings) Fighting Forgiveness Fruit of the Spirit Future Gifts God’s call Godliness Gossip Grace Greed Heaven Hell Holiness Holy Spirit Humility Hypocrites Impact
Jealousy Joy Justice Kindness Laziness Leadership Life of Christ Listening Loneliness Lordship Love Loyalty Lust Lying Making a difference Materialism Media Meekness Mercy Missions Money Morality Needs New Testament survey Newborn rights/ abortion Occult Outreach Old Testament survey Patience Peace Peacemaker Peer pressure Performance Perseverance Personal Growth Popularity Pornography Power of God Praise Prayer Prejudice Pride Promises of God
Put-downs Quarrelling Quiet times Rationalization Relationships Reliability Repentance Respect Responsibility Sacrifice Salvation Satan School Self-esteem Selfishness Sensitivity Sermon on the mount Servanthood Spiritual gifts Teamwork Temptation Trends Trials Trust Truth Unchurched Unconditional love Understanding Unity Values Vulnerability Walk your talk Walking with God Wisdom Witnessing Worldview Worry Worship Worth Worthlessness Xenophobia Younger brothers Younger sisters Zest for life
opics raits hemes During high school
Topics
Examples of opics raits hemes During high school
• Ability to cheer other up
• Ability to get things done
• Ability to listen
• Acceptance
• Caring
• Cheerfulness
• Compassion
• Directness
• Encouragement
• Faithfulness
• Forgiveness
• Helpfulness
• Hospitality
• Humility
• Humor
• Independence
• Loyalty
• Perception
• Perseverance
• Sensitivity
• Share their faith
• Spirituality
• Study the Word
• Sympathy
• Think Critically
• Trustworthiness
Traits/Character
• “Project runway” A series about our identity in Christ and our long-ing to be accepted.
• “Old Time Religion” learning the true
meaning behind the things we do at church. Talking about the what, why and how of things like com-munion, tithing, missions, and the Sabbath.
• “sex ed” taking on taboos that per-
meate our culture and talking about gods truth when it comes to sex and dating.
• “what’s the difference” a series
that exposes the differences be-tween biblical Christianity and vari-ous cults, religions, beliefs and worldviews .
• “txt” a series that deals with the
reliability and inspired nature of the word of god, and answers the questions commonly asked about the bible, “how did we get it?” and “can I trust it?”
• “Worship. Connect serve.” these
are the 3 ingredients that we want to see happening here at sea-coast. In this series, we break them down and talk about what worshipping, connecting and serv-ing mean and how and where we can live them out.
Sample Series/themes
1. www.HomeWord.com 2. www.CPYU.org 3. www.AlMenconi.com
Resources Websites
Reading
1. “Why Tenagers Act the Way They Do”. Keith Olson 2. “Steering Them Straight”. Arterburn/Burns 3. “Parents Guide to Top 10 Dangers Teens Face”. Arterburn/Burns 4. “Reconnect” Al Menconi
know. experience. do.
KNOW: Assurances of Salvation, Answered Prayer, Victory, Forgiveness, & Guidance; and how to share them. Biblical literacy & basic theology Apologetics & Christian worldview Engraining a spiritual/moral compass; the ability to recognize non-Christian messages in settings such as academia and the media.
In Col. 1:28, the call is clear: “...so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.” We only have 4 years with our students in the HSM and it’s our de-sire to see them grow to maturity in Christ. We’ve compiled a list of things that we want our students to know, experience and do before they gradu-ate and enter into their college and young adult years.
Experience: Worship Discipleship/Teaching/Small Groups Family Ministry Fellowship/Community: relational ministry; not just programs Leadership Development Prayer: instruction, private + corporate Serve: ministry within the church, outreach Evangelism
Do: Serve: Use their gifts to build the Body of Christ. Have a quiet time (Bible study, prayer, meditation) Articulate their faith Share their faith with a non-believer Hold to their faith in a hostile environment. Commit to serving Gods Church by belonging to our (a) local fellow-ship.
Matt Carlson Director of High School Ministry
1050 Regal Rd., Encinitas, CA 92024 w: 760-753-3003/ c: 760-519-4846
STAFF E-mail Phone # Paige Carlson [email protected] 760-213-1211 Dan Eehn [email protected] 760-613-2416 Anne Carr [email protected] 760-815-3667 Sheila Smith [email protected] 619-886-3498 David Smith [email protected] 760-613-4133 Drew Mason [email protected] 760-533-6680 Karen Inouye [email protected] 805-550-5294 Ron Kingsford [email protected] 858-922-9287 Regan Kingsford [email protected] Ryan Scott [email protected] 951-751-2503 Katie Scott [email protected] 714-745-7699 Sam Larson [email protected] 612-850-0194 Megan Marrs* [email protected] 760-445-1401 Zach O’Brien* [email protected] 760-712-7557 Seiji Inouye* [email protected] 805-540-4321 *Summer Staff
Summer 2009
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