Youth Ministry at NLECC

Youth Group on Wednesday nights will resume on Wednesday night, January 20th. Please contact Matt Christiansen if you have any questions.

Wednesday Night Youth Group is back starting September 16th!
Jr High from 5:30-7pm, Sr High from 7-9pm

Jr High Schedule
5:30    JH Game Time (outside or in junior high room)
6:00    JH Lesson Time (junior high room)
6:30    JH Small Group Time (split in junior high room with dividers)

Sr High Schedule
7:00    HS Game Time (outside or in senior high room)
7:30    HS Lesson Time (senior high room)
8:00    HS Small Group Time (spread out in senior high room)
8:30    Worship (senior high room)

Special Precautions
  1. Youth encouraged to use closest doors exclusively (youth room door and back door)
  2. Hand sanitizer and masks available at each door
  3. Masks required while coming, going, and moving around, and encouraged while seated (with understanding that while seated students are distanced appropriately)
  4. Furniture moved (or removed) to allow for safe distancing and to avoid unplanned shenanigans
  5. Highly structured programming (no “hang out” time built in)
  6. Game time will consist of outdoor or “up front” games
  7. Documentation of all students in attendance for contact tracing (group selfie)
  8. Only 1 student allowed in restroom at a time (only youth restrooms)
  9. Concession stand will be open, orders taken and delivered by Jade & Shannon
  10. The High School Youth Group Lesson will be recorded each week and will be posted on our Youth Group channel which you can access here.

With the precautions listed above, we’re confident that we can continue to provide meaningful, spiritually significant ministry that’s also solidly in line with any COVID guidelines through the first four stages of the learning plan in the public schools. This youth group experience will have everything we’ve offered in the past: game time, lesson time, and small group discussion time.

Plans 1 and 2 are basically the same experience for students. The idea is that we’ll have full enough numbers for there to be a separate junior high and senior high group meeting time. If the numbers were to dip and we not have enough to make it a meaningful experience for both groups, we’d combine into meeting all together. We’ll plan to do this through the first 4 steps in the public school’s plan, which affords us the ability to meet consistently even while the school systems fluctuate. If it would get to the point where the entire school system is distance learning (or if there’s a local outbreak), we’d weigh our options and go to either Plan 3 or 4, depending on what the group wants to do. Please see the different plans listed below and contact Matt if you have any questions.
 
Plan #1 (separated - viable during first 4 learning models)
5:30    JH Game Time (outside or in junior high room)
6:00    JH Lesson Time (junior high room)
6:30    JH Small Group Time (split in junior high room with dividers)
7:00    HS Game Time (outside or in senior high room)
7:30    HS Lesson Time (senior high room)
8:00    HS Small Group Time (spread out in senior high room)
8:30    Worship (senior high room)
 
Plan #2 (together - viable during first 4 learning models)
6:00    Game Time (outside or in senior high room)
6:30    Lesson Time (senior high room)
7:00    Small Group Time (spread out in designated youth spaces)
7:45    Worship (senior high room)
 
Plan #3 (small groups - viable during fifth learning model)
Small groups meet for discussion of pre-posted YouTube lesson video
6:30  Group 1 meets (junior high room – couch side)
          Group 2 meets (senior high room – green couches)
7:30  Group 3 meets (junior high room – confirmation side)
          Group 4 meets (senior high room – stage side)
 
Plan #4 (all online – viable during shelter in place)
6:30    YouTube lesson posted or live streamed
7:00    Zoom small group discussion time
(broken out into small groups on the fly depending on leaders and who shows up)


​Ecuador 2020
Our Ecuador team has been praying and have met to discuss our trip. We've decided that we feel led to postpone our visit to Mejia until either 2021 or 2022, given the global pandemic. We've decided to split the funds already raised into 3 equal parts, with 1/3 going directly to Mejia for relief, 1/3 going to support MERGE, and 1/3 as a cushion for when we do eventually make it down there. Please click here for a letter containing more details.

2019 Summer Mission Trip

Youth Mission Trip, July 12-21, 2019
​We brought 15 students safely out to the Blackfeet Nation in Montana and back in July. It was an exhausting 10 days and we returned emptied of energy but filled with a passion for God's work that we're excited to bring back to our local community. God was at work in the hearts of each of our students and it was a great experience! We were stretched outside of our comfort zones but saw some tremendous growth in the group.

We also got to experience the great vastness of our God through the mountains and scenery. A couple highlights from the trip were our day in Glacier National Park and the Big Daddy Weave concert.
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