Over the past few Sunday’s we’ve been talking about how we can stack the deck in favor of families and children so they have every opportunity to succeed.  We want to place things in such a way that everything leans in the favor of our families and they have every advantage at their disposal to become what God hopes and dreams they will be.

If you would like to know more about how CCC works together with families, please email us at info@communitycc.net or you can download our Blueprint for families here and read about our strategy for children and students. You can also read Blueprint online here.

We hope to see you at one of our Sunday services (9:30 & 11:00) as we continue looking at how we can stack the deck in favor of families.

These trips were created so that students from CCC would have the opportunity to experience a culture and an environment different from their own. Our hope is to see every student from CCC participate on one of the Summer Service Trips. For more information about each trip, check out the Sign Up table in the lobby at CCC.

Besides the Summer Service Trips, there are a lot of other things happening over the next few months just for students here at CCC. Make sure to grab a Student Ministry Newsletter and a Summer Trip Schedule at the sign up table this Sunday!

Ryan Arnold
ryan.arnold@communitycc.net

Another value for the Student Ministry at CCC is service. We believe that students should have opportunities to not only learn to follow Jesus but also have some real opportunities to serve as well. For that reason, over the past two summers, the only trips we have offered for both middle and high school students have been service trips. We want to ingrain the importance of service in our summer trips. We hope when students evaluate how they can spend their summer, they will automatically want to serve. When it came time to plan this year’s summer trips we immediately began thinking of the best service trip opportunities for CCC students. Check out this year’s summer service trips:

Middle School – LIVE out LOUD
From July 12th until July 17th middle school students from CCC will go to Lancaster, PA for LIVE out LOUD. LIVE out LOUD will help students recognize the heart of service through repairing, renovating and transforming houses. Not only will students be doing minor home repair, but they will also come to an understanding of the awesome relationship that Jesus offers through worship, small group discussions, and relationships with trip leaders.

High School – Dominican Republic
From June 19th until June 26th high school students from CCC will go to the Dominican Republic for their summer service trip. In the Dominican we will partner with David & Virginia Savage. David & Virginia have been working in the Dominican for over 30 years doing local church planting. While there students will have the opportunity to do church construction, programming for children, and other community projects. The Dominican Republic trip can be a life changing experience for any student that goes.

It is the hope of the CCC Student Ministry Team that every student will go on one of these trips. Trip packets will be available Sunday, December 20th at the information table in the lobby at CCC. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, ryan.arnold@communitycc.net

Ryan Arnold
Student Ministry Director

Raising kids is one of the most challenging tasks anyone can tackle. This crucial and demanding job can’t be done alone. Every week at CCC there are committed volunteers who help create irresistible environments for children and students. Those environments provide the context for meaningful conversations that will help shape a child or student’s life as they figure out what it means to follow God fully with their lives. Parents have more influence than anyone else when it comes to their kids, and CCC wants to be the parent’s strongest supporter, biggest fan and trusted guide as they raise their children in faith and character.

Nick Blevins