Youth Ministry at Atonement includes programs for students in grades 7-12.
CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS
The ELCA National Youth Gathering is returning to New Orleans next summer, July 18-22. This is a life-changing experience for Senior High Youth! National registrations fill quickly, which means as a congregation we must be prepared to submit our registrations as soon as it opens. Please complete the entire Registration Packet and return with a deposit to Deb by October 2. Registration Forms are available at the Church Office or download HERE. Any student entering 9th grade in 2012 or have completed 12th is eligible to participate.
Peer Ministry
S.O.U.L. Seekers is Atonement’s new peer ministry program. Students who participate in this program are trained in ministering to other teens. Application forms to join are available at the Church Office or download here.
Sunday Night Alive!
This is a program for senior high students to share their faith through fellowship and service. Sunday Night Alive meets monthly during the school year on Sunday afternoons or evenings. Check the calendar for this month’s event!
Junior High Jam
Six times during the school year junior high students meet to share in fellowship or service. These events are held on Friday nights or Sundays. Check the calendar for future events!
Coffee House
The Atonement youth coffee house meets the second Sunday of the month from 6:00-8:00 pm in the youth room. Teens can come and enjoy music by their peers, savor delicious refreshments, do homework, play board games or just chill.
ATTIC (Atonement Teens Together In Christ)
ATTIC meets Sunday mornings at 10:10 in the youth room. This learning opportunity is for grades 7 through 9. This fall ATTIC is started “Our Ancestors,” a study of the Old Testament.
Spirit Trek
Confirmation classes for youth in grades 7-9
Wednesdays: 6:30-8:00 pm during school year
Spirit Trek is a high tech mix of large group instruction and small group process that allows students to learn about faith together as they move toward affirming faith which occurs at Atonement in the fall of the tenth grade year. Registration Forms are available at the Church Office or download HERE.
One of the unique features of our program is Lenten Mentoring which matches each 9th grade student with an adult mentor during Lent for 6 weeks of faith-based discussion and learning.