Water’s Edge Youth Ministries

Every three years our youth ministry runs a special series of lessons called True Love Waits.  The emphasis of this series is to teach students about God’s call to live a life of sexual purity.  We believe God’s design for sexual purity is about more than just remaining a virgin until marriage.  We know God [...]

Check out the video from our 2010 Wilderness Retreat…

Every four years the church of the Nazarene hosts an event for students from around the world called Nazarene Youth Conference (or NYC). Dynamic speakers, corporate worship with thousands of other teens, practical and informative workshops, hands-on service projects and concerts with big name artists combine to make this an unforgettable experience.  Ask around. You’d [...]

Last fall we did a series with our Senior Highers called You Decide!  Well, here’s the good news.  It was such a hit, we decided to bring it back to Water’s Edge for a limited engagement.  During the month of May, we’ll be fielding your questions each Wednesday night in our Senior High service. Is [...]

Our 2010 Summer trip will be July 25-29. We’ll be heading to Ohio to have fun serving others.  We will spend two days serving at Portage Holiness Camp in Portage, OH, helping prepare the campgrounds for campmeeting in August.  On Wednesday we will travel into Toledo, OH to be introduced to the ministry of the [...]

It’s that time of the year again! Every Summer we kick off our activities with our annual Wilderness Retreat to the deep woods of northwest Michigan, and this year is no different.  We will be returning to the Rose-Alvia Retreat with their 600 acres of woods, spring fed lake and beautiful lodge.  And as if [...]

On Wednesday, February 24, we launched a new series called “The Real Jesus.”  Through the season of Lent we will be learning more about who the real Jesus was.  We’ll examine questions like: Who was Jesus? (Wednesday, March 10) What did Jesus say? (Wednesday, March 17) What did Jesus do? (Wednesday, March 24) Why did [...]

On Saturday, March 20th we’ll be headed to Crestview Middle School in Huntington for District Celebrate Life 2010. Celebrate Life is a talent and athletic competition sponsored by the Church of the Nazarene. Students can compete in a wide range of activities from sports (basketball, volleyball, tennis, ping pong, bowling, baseball, golf, 5k run, soccer, [...]

Sunday, we gave away all 210 ticket vouchers for To Save a Life we had purchased, and then some. Monday we bought 100 more tickets for the 4:15 showing at Mounds Mall. As of noon on Tuesday, we had given away 76 of those 100 extra tickets. Needless to say, tickets are going fast.  Here’s [...]

This morning we gave away 230 ticket vouchers for our private screening of To Save a Life next Sunday.  The bad news, there are only 210 seats.  That means several are already on a Standby Waiting list in case some who got tickets end up unable to attend.  If you are on standby, or if [...]