Students

During the school year, we meet every Wednesday night from 6pm to 7:45pm for MDWK in the worship room at Carpenter’s Way. During the summer months, we have fun, gather for worship, plan amazing events, and go on mission trips. A calendar of all current Student Ministry events is available for pick up in The Outpost or you can see all upcoming events in the menu above. Check out the "I'm a parent..." section below for more ways to stay in the know and receive communication.

MDWK (pronounced “midweek”) is the middle of the week. MDWK is the oasis of space for students to gather together without the outside pressures of the week and with an opportunity to learn about and worship the God that loves them like crazy.

MDWK — Wednesdays 

(during the school year)

6:00pm - 7:45pm

Each MDWK night is different but the ingredients that make a great one are always present. Students can grab a snack at Tabersnackle, hang out with friends to play games or catch up after a busy week, play a ridiculously fun large group game, join with other students to sing in worship, hear a message crafted for the emerging student culture based squarely on scripture, and break into small groups where discussion and application occur.

Tabersnackle is how we get delicious nums nums into your student's belly. Students like to eat...a lot. Also, they tend to be pretty hungry after a long day of growing their brains. We developed the Tabersnackle as a solution to the growling stomachs caused by a full day of learning.

Tabersnackle is a snack shop with a finely cultivated menu developed with your student's delicate palette in mind along with a low price point. We sell all items 'at cost' so your student should be able to have a delicious meal for around $2-$3.  Students can also bring their own meal to enjoy.

We believe the Gospel is timeless, and the avenue in which we present it is limitless with creative opportunity.  We will engage students through powerful music, captivating lessons, beautiful art, hilarious games, adventurous events, and delicious food. The hope of Jesus is worthy of our best creative juices and we will flex the right-side of our brains to win the hearts of your students.

The Student Ministry sifts the entirety of its programing through a very simple, but effective filter: Win. Build. Send.

• WIN. A 'win' is an event or lesson designed to engage first-time guests and new believers. Our hope is to win the right to be heard and to present the truth of Jesus to those that are listening.

• BUILD. A 'build' is an event or lesson designed to promote the group towards growth. This could be personal growth, such as leading a student to take a simple step of obedience towards a calling God has placed on her heart, or this could be community growth, such as an activity designed to build stronger relationships within the Student Ministry. Our hope is to help students build a history with God where they will begin to make daily decisions towards a growing relationship with Him.

• SEND. A 'send' is an event or lesson designed to encourage each student to participate in a personal ministry. This could be a mission trip, a Crossover event, or a reoccurring ministry opportunity, such as serving a role within the church.

A thriving Student Ministry will be well balanced with a WIN, BUILD, SEND philosophy.

First, thank you for having children. Our ministry is your family. We take that seriously.

We hired our top mathematicians to measure the impact potential available with each student. The results were shocking. Of the 730 hours available each month, we will only impact about 6 of them. That means if we are going to impact the whole life of each student, we must support you for the other 99.8% of the time.

We will do this, first, through communication. We want to ensure each parent is up to date on the events coming up in the Student Ministry. We might use mail, email, texts, newsletters, flyers, etc. to keep information coming your way.  We will also host periodic Parent Summits designed to have an open discussion with parents about the issues that matter to your family.

Lastly, part of our overall formula for discipling your student is to equip the parents for the role of discipleship. This will be done primarily through Community Groups, but we are open to a conversation as to how best to help YOU with the discipleship of YOUR specific student.