Salem Road Covenant Church

High School

The youth ministry here at SRCC incorporates all middle school and high school students and exists to encourage and equip youth to love and serve Jesus Christ through relationships, outreach and training.

Weekly gatherings:

Sunday School - Each Sunday morning at 11am, our high school youth meet to discuss the issues of our faith and how to apply them to our everyday lives.
X-cell - Monday night at 6pm is our main youth group time for our high school youth. Gathering at homes with youth from different youth groups from around Rochester, we eat supper together, share a brief devotion on the Biblical book we are studying and then break into small groups where we discuss the devotion and pray for each other.

Monthly events:

T.I.A.: Teens In Action - One Saturday each month is set aside for an opportunity to put our faith into action in our community. Whether it is working at the Channel 1 food bank, the Salvation Army Thrift Store or taking part in our church's SWAT team (Service With A Tool), our youth learn that they have much to offer this community, most importantly the love of Jesus Christ shown in a practical way.
Special events - It is important for us to develop Godly friendships both with other teens and with caring adults, so each month we get together just to have fun and get to know each other better. These special events are less frequent than those of the middle school youth because of busy schedules and because we do more yearly trips.

Yearly trips:

See You At The Pole - Well, it's not a trip but it is a yearly event for us. The third Wed. in September is set aside for an international rally at all middle and high schools around the world. Youth gather around their school's flagpole for 1/2 hour before school to pray for their school, friends and country. The prayer is student led but adults and teachers can join the prayer time. Then that night, all Rochester youth gather for a SYATP rally. For an hour, we celebrate the morning, worshipping, giving testimony to what God did through the prayer time and continuing the prayer from the morning.
Chicago Extravaganza - Each November, we travel to Chicago for 3 days. We visit North Park University and get a tour of the school, take the El to downtown Chicago and take in the sites (and some Chicago Style Pizza!) and then spend all day Saturday working for the underprivileged in downtown Chicago. On Sunday morning, we experience a very different worship style to stretch our understanding of worship and then head home.
30 Hour Famine - World Vision's 30 Hour Famine is a time to both learn about world poverty and hunger and to do something about it. Our teens raise funds for the famine and then get together for 30 hours to study and learn about world hunger while going without food for the 30 hours themselves, just to get a tiny taste of what hunger really feels like. With the famine happening from noon on Sat. to 6pm on Sun., we have the opportunity to lead the worship service, speak at sunday school and take part in a canned food drive to help alleviate hunger in our local area. We break the fast with soup and sandwiches at 6pm on Sun. evening.
ATF: Acquire the Fire - In the early spring, we drive to Minneapolis for a 1 1/2 day gathering sponsored by TeenMania ministries. Meeting at the Target Center, this time is filled with nationally renowned speakers, bands and worship leaders. Here, our teens get pumped up about taking the good news of Jesus Christ back to their schools and friends to change the world for the better.
MOVE: Mission Outreach Venture and Experience - In April, we join together with youth groups from around the NorthWest Conference in Minneapolis for a weekend of service and praise. We hear from a speaker and discuss poverty in small groups. Then on Saturday, we go into Minneapolis to spend the day making a difference in the lives of the underprivileged.
CHIC: Covenant High In Christ - Every three years, thousands of Covenant high school youth from around the country gather at the University of Tennessee for a week like no other. Through worship, seminars, small groups, speakers and bands, our youth are exposed to the life-changing love of God in a new way. Focused on taking youth another step deeper in their faith, CHIC gives them experiences that they will not get anywhere else. The afternoons are open for excursions (white water rafting, a day at Pidgeon Forge, go karts, mountain biking or hiking...) or just hanging around campus and meeting new people. CHIC: No Ordinary Day is happening this summer, 2006.
Group Workcamps - On a non-CHIC summer, our high school youth travel across the country to attend a Group Workcamp. Gathering with 300 teenagers from around the country, we go out in groups of 5 to different worksites to build, paint and refurbish homes for people who otherwise could not afford it. At the school each night, Group staff lead worship experiences to help our youth see that helping is not just fixing up a home but is bringing the love of Jesus Christ into the lives of people He loves.