Our Sunday School hour is designed to allow teens to dig deep into the Scriptures and to learn how to know God through His Word.  We use Student Life Bible Study curriculum, a 6-year course designed to strategically expose students in grades 7-12 to a holistic understanding of the Bible.  There is emphasis placed on learning how to read, study, and value the Bible each week.  We don’t want students to starve spiritually when they leave this ministry, so we teach them how to feed themselves spiritual nourishment for the day when no one may be around to spoon feed it to them.  We intend to promote skills and habits on how to read God's Word and why God's Word is important so that  they might become life long students of the questions of who and what is significant and life changing in the Bible. 

Our Encounter sessions are designed for large group interactions.  The night consists of games, teaching, time to hang out, and food.  The teaching spotlights major Biblical truths surrounding Jesus Christ and challenges students to understand why the gospel message is such good news.  So many people know the name of Jesus.  There’s familiarity to stories and miracles and parables; some even know he was killed on a cross to save the world.  Sadly, most only know about Jesus as a humdrum fact.  We want students to see and savor the magnitude of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection so that they might live to show him to be the Lord, Savior, and Treasure of their lives.

Affinity Groups are small groups of 8-12 students led by two adult leaders.  The definition of affinity is “a close connection marked by community of common interests or similarity in nature or character.”  In chemistry, affinity is “a force between two particles that causes them to interact and bond.”  These are the exact traits we want to be true of our Affinity Groups.  This world is overloaded with places for superficial friendships and casual interactions.  We seek to create pockets of genuine relationships so that students can:

• Be known and accepted for who they really are.
• Discuss important life issues.
• Be accountable to an older, mature Christian for spiritual growth.
• Encourage each other to apply Biblical truths to how they live.

Youth Ministry Explosions are large group functions positioned throughout the year as opportunities to take our group into our community and invite our community into our group.  We seek to be less an exclusive clique and more an inclusive body, welcoming of all people.  These big events include Retreat Weekends, Road Rallies, Creation Festivals, Beach Trips, Pool Parties, Holiday Celebrations, Game Nights, and the like.  In the middle of the whirlwind of excitement surrounding these events, Jesus Christ remains on a pedestal displayed as our all-satisfying Joy. 

Our Exposure Tours are the mission component to our youth ministry.  The flexibility, energy, and sense of adventure in teens’ lives make them excellent candidates for short-term mission trips.  We believe God has blessed us richly that we may be able to love, serve, and give out of what we’ve already been given.  Our goal is three-fold:

• Proclaim the gospel of God’s grace and love to lost parts of the world.
• Partner with Keystone-supported missions in their ministry.
• Expose teens to the life of a missionary and to cultural differences.

We believe God has blessed us richly that we may be able to love, serve, and give out of what we've already been given.