Purpose Statement: Our student ministry exists to honor God, to reach non-believing students, to connect them with other Christians, to help them grow in their relationship with Christ, and to challenge them to serve God with their lives.

Catalyst is designed for students 6th – 12th grade.

Catalyst meets on Wednesdays from 6:00p to 7:45p at THE GATHERING. 

Students typically arrive around 5:45p to hang out in the foyer and eat a light dinner provided by Catalyst parents.  At 6:00p, we move into the Worship Center for our worship/teaching time.  Around 7:00p, we transition over to the classrooms in Kidzville for CCGs (Catalyst Community Groups).  CCGs are age-graded, gender based groups designed to facilitate discussion, encourage discovery through Bible study, and promote life application through meaningful dialogue about living out what we discover each week. 

At the first of the year, we participate in a community-wide D-Now event (Disciple Now Weekend) with area churches and their student ministries.  It’s a weekend event that includes large group worship times, small group sessions at host homes, and ministry opportunities in the community on Saturday afternoon.  The cost for this event is typically around $50 and includes meals, lodging, transportation, student resource book, and a t-shirt.  During the summer, our big trip is summer camp.  For middle school students, it’s BigStuf Camp in Panama City, Florida.  For high school students, it’s FUGE Camp in Greenville, South Carolina.  Camp is an awesome week of worship and fellowship.  Being on the beach or on a University campus in a camp atmosphere just adds to the amazing experience.  Camp is big enough to feel like a movement but small enough to feel like God is personally impacting a student’s life.  Camp has inspired and ignited our student’s faith.  It’s a week for our students to recharge and for us as leaders to spend intentional time with our students without the hassle of planning every detail.  The cost for this event is typically around $190.  We also do fundraisers for this camp to lower the cost. 

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating.  Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”  “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this:  ‘Hear, O Israel:  The Lord our God, the Lord is one, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’  The second is this:  ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  There is no commandment greater than these.”  Mark 12:28–31