Interested in being on the team? Fill out an application and let us know! All 9th-12th grade students are welcome to apply. Includes:

-Overnight retreat
-Training once a month
-A chance to impact lives
and show who Christ is

Student Leadership Expectations and Application ’11-’12

Thanks to all who attended and participated in last night’s home school families gathering! We really value and appreciate your input and vision for students and this ministry. We look forward to the next two gatherings and what you have to say there as well! Remember public school meets on August 27 at 2pm and private school on August 27 at 5pm.

Some questions have come up about having meetings for different groups of students to try to hear what your needs are. Since arriving at Salem a few weeks ago, I have been approached with a variety of opinions on what our student ministry should and shouldn’t look like. There has been distinct separation in these opinions yet great unity as well. The separation has often fallen along the lines of where a student goes to school. The unity has been that we need to rally around that which Christ has called us: to go out and make disciples of all nations.

So these meetings are a conversation. A time for students and parents to express what they want to see out of student ministry here at Salem. And they are also a time for me to express some of my heart for working with students and their families. The goal of the conversation though will ultimately be unity found only in Christ. I don’t have a desire to split our student ministry into 3 separate groups, but I do have a desire to bring it together as one once we hear how God is working in our student ministry family’s lives.

I hope that you as a high school student or a parent of a high schooler will plan to attend one of these meetings. If you can’t make the one for your group, you are welcome to attend one of the other ones. This also helped us have a more manageable group size at each home. We’ll post their addresses the week of the meetings.

Public School Families Re-scheduled: TBD, Orrico’s home
Home School Families Re-scheduled: August 22, 7 PM, Wehmeyer’s home
Private School Families: August 27, 5PM, Campbell’s home

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at bbortnem@salem4u.com or by phone at 281-351-8223.

If you would like to RSVP, email Jayme Nichols at jnichols@salem4u.com, and let her know which gathering you will be attending.

Here is a list of our ministry’s needs:

Sunday morning- teachers, small group leaders, set up, welcome/greeters, check-in, clean up, hospitality/food, tech, music, substitutes

Wednesday nights- tech (movies, worship), small group leaders, up front presenters, food/drinks, welcome/greeters, security/lock up, set up/clean up, sign in, substitutes

Office- finances, buying supplies, filing, organizing, cleaning

Special events- hosts for parties, servant events, drivers, logistics person

Card writer- birthdays appreciation

Other- instrumentalists, vocalists, mentors, home based Bible study small group leaders

To register for training or for more info contact Director of Student Ministry Brett Bortnem at bbortnem@salem4u.com or 281-351-8223.

Join us for a back to school bash! Fun, food, fellowship, and swimming too! We’d love to see you there. The bash will be held at the Standly’s house. 23914 Clouds Rest, Magnolia, TX 77355

Click here to let us know you’re coming and how many friends you’re bringing along.

Directions to their home:

• Head north on Telge Rd toward Hwy 290
• Continue on Telge until it dead ends into FM 2920
• Turn left onto FM 2920 (you’ll see a driving range at signal)
• Head west on FM 2920 to Decker Prairie Rosehill (there is a Shell station/McDonald’s)
• Turn right onto Decker Prairie Rosehill
• Decker Prairie Rosehill jig-jogs behind McDonald’s so watch as you go…follow signs to Spring Creek Christmas Tree Farm
• Continue on Decker Prairie Rosehill about 2 miles
• Cross over Spring Creek Bridge
• Bridle Creek subdivision is on the right about 1/2 mile past bridge (directly across from Spring Creek CK Christmas Tree Farm)
• When at the gate, scroll to the Standly’s name and they will buzz you in
• 23914 Clouds Rest (1st street to the left)…middle house, white rock, two story