The Climb (9th-12th Grade)

Growth

The Christian journey is a lifelong process of growing in Christ.  All of us are in the process of growing spiritually.  Every thought we hold, every decision we make, every relationship we enter into, every emotion we have that we allow to shape our behavior - all of these things, little by little, are shaping us into some kind of being.  We are being shaped into either the image of Christ or a horribly destructive caricature of that image.  Our students are challenged every week to make decisions based on God's word.

Community

God made us to be relational beings.  We were never meant to go through this world on our own.  Ourrelationships with others are not only the testing grounds of our spiritual life but also the places where our growth in Christ happens.  Ourstudents are taught to consider the “preciousness of others.” We’ve learned that with Jesus, everyone counts! That’s the standard by which students are treated here. In this place students are valued, accepted and loved. 

Service

It has been said that God makes us strong, just for awhile, so that we may serve one another.  Jesus inseparably joined loving God with loving others.  Serving others is a vital component for any Christian.  Valuable lessons are learned through serving.  Our students are given many opportunities to serve the Lord using the gifts that he has given them.  Everything from helping people move, putting on bi-monthly outreach events for their peers, or serving on overseas missions trips or in Dansville, NY are just some of the opportunities that our students take advantage of. 

We meet Sunday mornings at 10:30 for some good old fashioned Bible Study together we read, we talk, we ask crazy questions, but most of all we try to figure out what God is trying to say to us through His word.

We also get together on Sunday evenings from 6:00-8:00 we play games we eat, sometimes we go to peoples houses and hang out.  We like to mix it up so it is not always the same old same old, but most of all we want to build our relationships with Jesus and each other.