See if you can count how many beyond stories are included in the testimony below from our Student Ministry Team...
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Eternal Impact was truly a BEYOND story!
This is a dual ministry where our college and high school students give of their their time planning and leading our 6th-8th grade students during a week in June. Many of our young adults who lead have to take off from work or leave early to make the commitment to be at church every night.
Our 6th-8th graders give up many commitments and invite friends so that they can take the time to grow closer to God. In fact one student who wasn't so excited about attending, loved the first night so much that when their parent told them they would be missing the second evening for their favorite sports practice they actually cried because they didn't want to miss Eternal Impact.
Our church went beyond by supporting student ministries in their efforts to reach out into the community and offer scholarships to students who would not otherwise be able to attend. These were not just offered to students that we know from our church but offered to students who have never attended our church through the help of a community member providing them with a flyer and an invitation to join us. This was probably the only "summer camp" like experience for those students this summer. Some families felt so welcomed by this invitation that they joined us for Vacation Bible School the following week.
Going BEYOND in Student Ministries looks different for each student. Some students gave of their time and talents while others gave by giving up time to previous commitments. Whatever the sacrifice we know that it had an ETERNAL IMPACT.
This is a dual ministry where our college and high school students give of their their time planning and leading our 6th-8th grade students during a week in June. Many of our young adults who lead have to take off from work or leave early to make the commitment to be at church every night.
Our 6th-8th graders give up many commitments and invite friends so that they can take the time to grow closer to God. In fact one student who wasn't so excited about attending, loved the first night so much that when their parent told them they would be missing the second evening for their favorite sports practice they actually cried because they didn't want to miss Eternal Impact.
Our church went beyond by supporting student ministries in their efforts to reach out into the community and offer scholarships to students who would not otherwise be able to attend. These were not just offered to students that we know from our church but offered to students who have never attended our church through the help of a community member providing them with a flyer and an invitation to join us. This was probably the only "summer camp" like experience for those students this summer. Some families felt so welcomed by this invitation that they joined us for Vacation Bible School the following week.
Going BEYOND in Student Ministries looks different for each student. Some students gave of their time and talents while others gave by giving up time to previous commitments. Whatever the sacrifice we know that it had an ETERNAL IMPACT.
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