Early Out Open Bridge - held every Wednesday that the River Bend School District releases students early from classes. This program is a great way for new youth to be introduced to the Bridge Youth Ministry and we always encourge our youth to invite their friends. Early Outs include free snacks, games with prizes and the use of our youth center. We open Early Out at 12:30pm and close at 3:00pm. This year's schedule for Early Out is listed below:
Fall Season - Sept 14th & 28th, Oct 26th, Nov 16th
Winter/Spring Season - Jan 25th, Feb 29th, Mar 28th, Apr 25th
The Bridge YM is always in need of donations of snack items to facilitate Early Out. If you would like to help with this need you can contact our Interim Director of Youth Ministry, Joel Ankromi, at the email provided: ja-ankrom@wiu.edu
MS Mix (Middle School Midweek Experience) - MS Mix meets every Wednesday during the school year from 6:30pm to 7:45pm. Mix is our midweek program aimed at introducing youth to who Jesus Christ is and how He relates to their lives. Every night we always have an element of fun which may include a game, a time of small groups, a relevant and understandable message with each evening ending in a time of musical praise to our Lord. MS Mix is open to any youth of middle school age.
The bulk of our teaching lessons for MIX come from a resource put together by Simply Youth Ministry called the LIVE Curriculum. LIVE is a four year lesson plan for high school youth and comes with many helpful features for leaders, parents and students. You can learn more about the LIVE Curriculum from the link below:
Simply Youth Ministry LIVE Curriculum
Youth Text Message - every week before the youth arrive at MIX, those who are signed up for our text message system will receive a message from the LIVE Curriculum. This message will pose a question or thought about that weeks lesson, encouraging the youth to start engaging in the conversation about the topic before they even enter the building. You can sign your child up for the text message system at the link below:
The Bridge Youth Ministry Text Message System
Parents E-mail - following each weeks message at MIX, parents can receive an email from the LIVE Curriculum that gives a brief summary of the message and also provides questions that parents can ask of their youth to continue the conversation about the topic at home. You can sign up for the weekly parents email by sending a message to the email below:
The Bridge Youth Ministry Parents Email
Friday Night Fun - FNF is a once a month fun activity to introduce middle school youth to the leaders and youth who attend our middle school small groups. Typically we try to have each FNF on the third weekend of the month, but that is subject to change depending on the activity. Information about all FNF events will be announced at MIX and posted on the events page of our website, as well as promoted via Facebook.
Some examples of past Friday Night Fun events:
(Warning! A lot of pizza is consumed at FNF)
Mini Golf & Pizza
Laser Tag & Pizza
Bowling & Pizza
Roller Skating & Pizza
Incrediable Pizza Company
Middle School Retreat
Manitoqua Work Day
Dare2Share Conference
WinterJam Concert Tour
Christian Music Concerts
MS Small Group Night - the middle school small group meets every 2nd Sunday of the month in the homes of our adult leaders for a time of focused bible study and discussion. Each night starts at 6pm and ends at 8pm. The bible study and discussion time of the evening will include video based teachings and refrences to scripture. It is encouraged that youth bring their bibles to this event. If your youth does not have a bible we can get one for them.
Unless otherwise noted or announced all small group nights will meet at the home of our lead middle school volunter, John Dail. If you need directions to his home please contact our interim Director of Youth Minsitry, Joel ankrom.
Small Group Night kicks off on August 28th with a board game night
Early Out Open Bridge - held every Wednesday that the River Bend School District releases students early from classes. This program is a great way for new youth to be introduced to the Bridge Youth Ministry and we always encourge our youth to invite their friends. Early Outs include free snacks, games with prizes and the use of our youth center. We open Early Out at 12:30pm and close at 3:00pm. This year's schedule for Early Out is listed below:
Fall Season - Sept 14th & 28th, Oct 26th, Nov 16th
Winter/Spring Season - Jan 25th, Feb 29th, Mar 28th, Apr 25th
The Bridge YM is always in need of donations of snack items to facilitate Early Out. If you would like to help with this need you can contact our Interim Director of Youth Ministry, Joel Ankromi, at the email provided: ja-ankrom@wiu.edu
MS Mix (Middle School Midweek Experience) - MS Mix meets every Wednesday during the school year from 6:30pm to 7:45pm. Mix is our midweek program aimed at introducing youth to who Jesus Christ is and how He relates to their lives. Every night we always have an element of fun which may include a game, a time of small groups, a relevant and understandable message with each evening ending in a time of musical praise to our Lord. MS Mix is open to any youth of middle school age.
The bulk of our teaching lessons for MIX come from a resource put together by Simply Youth Ministry called the LIVE Curriculum. LIVE is a four year lesson plan for high school youth and comes with many helpful features for leaders, parents and students. You can learn more about the LIVE Curriculum from the link below:
Simply Youth Ministry LIVE Curriculum
Youth Text Message - every week before the youth arrive at MIX, those who are signed up for our text message system will receive a message from the LIVE Curriculum. This message will pose a question or thought about that weeks lesson, encouraging the youth to start engaging in the conversation about the topic before they even enter the building. You can sign your child up for the text message system at the link below:
The Bridge Youth Ministry Text Message System
Parents E-mail - following each weeks message at MIX, parents can receive an email from the LIVE Curriculum that gives a brief summary of the message and also provides questions that parents can ask of their youth to continue the conversation about the topic at home. You can sign up for the weekly parents email by sending a message to the email below:
The Bridge Youth Ministry Parents Email
Friday Night Fun - FNF is a once a month fun activity to introduce middle school youth to the leaders and youth who attend our middle school small groups. Typically we try to have each FNF on the third weekend of the month, but that is subject to change depending on the activity. Information about all FNF events will be announced at MIX and posted on the events page of our website, as well as promoted via Facebook.
Some examples of past Friday Night Fun events:
(Warning! A lot of pizza is consumed at FNF)
Mini Golf & Pizza
Laser Tag & Pizza
Bowling & Pizza
Roller Skating & Pizza
Incrediable Pizza Company
Middle School Retreat
Manitoqua Work Day
Dare2Share Conference
WinterJam Concert Tour
Christian Music Concerts
MS Small Group Night - the middle school small group meets every 2nd Sunday of the month in the homes of our adult leaders for a time of focused bible study and discussion. Each night starts at 6pm and ends at 8pm. The bible study and discussion time of the evening will include video based teachings and refrences to scripture. It is encouraged that youth bring their bibles to this event. If your youth does not have a bible we can get one for them.
Unless otherwise noted or announced all small group nights will meet at the home of our lead middle school volunter, John Dail. If you need directions to his home please contact our interim Director of Youth Minsitry, Joel ankrom.
Small Group Night kicks off on August 28th with a board game night