Youth & Family Ministry
Middle School Service Camp
June 16-19
Cost: $150 for the week
This is an opportunity for students to spend a few days serving our neighbors around the Des Moines Metro and surrounding communities. Students from St. John’s Lutheran, St. Stephen Lutheran, & Faith Lutheran will join together to spend time making meals for Children and Family Urban Movement, helping out at Clive Community Services, and many more service opportunities to come!
We will also be eating yummy food, tie-dying, playing games, going on a field trip to Clive Aquatic Center, maybe bowling or mini-golf, and learning about God’s love for us and our neighbors!
This amazing opportunity is for those entering 6th-9th grades in Fall of 2025. High school students (10-12 graders) are welcome to volunteer for silver cord hours. We will need parent/adult help and people willing to drive. Let Pastor Megan know if that is something you are interested in!
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Faith Week @ Lutheran Lakeside Camp
July 27 — August 1
Middle School students will attend TrailBlazer Week (formerly know as Confirmation Camp). This is a wonderful opportunity to get out in nature and learn about the love of Jesus in fun, new ways. Additional scholarships will be available, depending on upcoming fundraisers.
High School youth will spend this week serving Lutheran Lakeside Camp together. There are a lot of projects that need to be taken care of to keep our camp beautiful. Projects are indoors and outdoors. All skill levels are welcome. Participants will share meals and evening campfire with younger campers, but they will mostly be doing their own thing throughout the day.
Senior high youth group
SHYG (grades 9 - 12) meets Wednesday nights from 7:15 - 8:30 in the Gathering House.
Confirmation Summer Schedule
Confirmation ministry
September—April
Wednesdays from 6:00 - 7:00
Confirmation at Faith is an interactive program for 7th, 8th, and 9th grade students that takes place during the school year on Wednesday nights at 6:00 p.m. The Rite of Confirmation (a.k.a. Affirmation of Baptism) is celebrated in the fall of the 9th grade year during a Sunday morning worship service.
Confirmation is a time for relationship, outreach, community, and growth in the knowledge of who God is and how God is at work in the world. Confirmation isn’t just an academic process or a requirement for membership at Faith. Rather, the goal of Confirmation is to create a strong community of young people who have the tools necessary to live out a life of faith.
Faith Milestones
Faith Milestones mark significant events from birth to graduation by naming, blessing, equipping, and gifting families for each faith step. By marking milestones, we lift up and celebrate the faith practices through all the ages and stages of a life centered in Christ.
Volunteer Application
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