Our student group is not the typical church student group of parties, music and outings. Although we do include fun and fellowship into our programs for students, we also emphasize serious Bible Study and a commitment to Community Service.

The CREW ministry is designed specifically for grades 9 through 12. The IGNITE group is designed for grades 5 through 8. The IGNITE group meets on Wednesday nights from 7-8 p.m. and the CREW meets Mondays 7-9 p.m.

The mission of the CREW is to "create asylum, fuel the burn, and fight injustice." We strive to create a safe and comfortable environment for all of our students and their friends. We hope to provide an atmosphere welcoming to discussion, questions, disagreements, and revelations.

We also desire to "fuel the burn" or passion for Christ and the lessons He has for us. Through study, discussion and hands-on opportunities to serve, we encourage the students to seek Christ with “recklessness” and enthusiasm and a hunger for more.

Finally, the mission that the CREW has taken on is to seek out injustices within our schools, neighborhoods, communities, and throughout the world and then to seek to make a difference in these situations.

The CREW meets weekly to hang out, get to know one another, and to learn more about Christ's desire for our lives. We also meet through the month to go out and get away from the daily burdens our students face with activities such as thrift shopping, go-karting, wall climbing, etc. Several times a year we perform services within the community to help teach the students to "give back" and serve as Christ came to serve. The CREW also offers several large trip and retreat opportunities throughout the year to provide for once in a life time experiences.

Our Staff

The CREW is led by Patrick Propst, Assoc. Pastor as well as a team of 8 awesome volunteer staff. Please join us on a Monday night at 7:00-9:00pm or for another fun event and see what we're all about!

Our Name

The Crew - the name actually was given to our group when we were serving at Hope Hill in Kentucky one summer. The coordinator we were working with wrote us a note thanking us for what "the crew" had done while we were there that week. When we began talking about names for the student ministry the CREW was suggested as part of that brainstorming--coupled with the idea that if Jesus and the disciples were around today they probably wouldn't be called disciples, but would take on the word that was more familiar today...maybe, the crew. And since we see ourselves as a group of people trying to follow Jesus we could call ourselves - The Crew.

Our Mission

We also have the three phases that help to explain who we are in short...

Fueling the Burn

Creating a passionate fire in the hearts of students similar to that of the disciples in the story of the road to Emmaus in Luke 24.13-34 emphasizing vs 32

Creating Asylum

We believe students have a number of influences in their life that put heavy burdens and pressure upon them. We want students to have a place where they can come and place all those pressures and burdens aside and can be themselves. They can meet their friends here. They can feel safe. They don't feel pressured and they can talk and discuss things that matter to them with people that care about them and want to be available as friends, mentors and a source of encouragement.

Fighting Injustice

This is our newest element to The Crew. It came about when we took the time this last winter as a group to hear and learn what is going on in our communities and around the world that is oppressing and exploiting people, mainly children. The students and our staff chose to gather around this cause and to do what they could to raise awareness, share the stories of the oppressed and help through funding to aid in the rescue and relief of these victims. In addition to supporting the ministries of International Justice Mission, IJM, we are also looking into other areas and ministries that we can pour our time, energy and resources into to fulfill what called has called us to do - "to seek justice, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God."