The flip flops, sunscreen, baseball hats and sunglasses… Summer time is my favorite time of year, and it is right around the corner. Before summer starts my family makes a bucket list of things we would like to do or accomplish in the summer. I encourage you to use the sheet provided or make your own as a family and see how many you are able to check off. Also, summer can be a time when screens are an addiction. Last summer I used a “No screen time until" sheet and while I had groans from my kids when I explained it, it was helpful so I thought I would pass it on.

You can download both these resources below.

Our students’ transition from 6^th grade to 7^th grade within PRiSM is a BIG transition! We realize that and want to partner with our parents well throughout every phase of their child’s life. To set everyone up well for this transition, it would be helpful to make sure you are aware of exactly what we’re doing and why.

Beginning in 7^th grade, we start to integrate our students into the regular rhythms of our church community as a whole. While we still have a student-focused program for students and their peers on Wednesday nights, we program less and less for them on Sunday mornings in order to do this well.

Studies show that involvement in all-church worship services throughout middle and high school is more consistently linked with a mature faith in young adults than any other form of church participation!

We take that seriously and want to help you and your student make this transition well.

So we have developed a 4 Week Sunday Morning Elective that is specifically for our incoming 7^th graders.

This elective will run on four consecutive Sunday mornings at 10:30am. Each session will begin in the student center. 

June 4^th, 11^th, 18^th and 25^th our incoming 7^th graders are invited to join us for orientation around all things PRiSM.

Some main topics include:

-PRiSM Small Groups And The Wednesday Night Experience

-My Place In Worship Services

-How Do I Use And Study My Bible Well?

-How Can I Begin Leading And Serving In My Church?

Parents, there is simply nothing more important for your incoming 7^th grader this summer!

We do hope you can prioritize getting them there for this!

Suzy Bates

Executive Pastor of Family Ministries

In place of our originally scheduled serve day in May, we are encouraging students to sign up to serve with their families, small groups, or friends. 

Through our series, Echo, we’ll remember what Jesus has done to remind us of all He is doing.