Gethsemane Church's ministry to students in grades 6 - 12.
FALL 2025
Here is our Fall 2025 Calendar! Mark your calendar for the events you see below:
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UPCOMING DATES
Worship Night | October 19, 2025
We are hosting a Youth Worship Night at Gethsemane! October 19 we're inviting other Lutheran churches in the Valley to join us for an awesome worship experience led by our own worship leader Abby. Come at 6pm for outdoor fun and snacks, then worship starts in the Worship Center at 6:30pm. Invite some friends, too!
Volunteer @ Trunk or Treat | October 26, 2025
Help us make Trunk or Treat amazing for little kids! There are lots of ways to get involved and be part of the fun:
● Set Up/Tear Down
● Run a game
● Face Painting & Temporary Tattoos
Sign up today and join us in creating a night of joy and celebration for our community!
Fall Festival | October 26, 2025
On Sunday, October 26th from 6pm - 7:30pm we're hosting the Fall Festival! This is a *great* event to invite JH & HS friends to. Students should come in costume for the costume contest and be ready to play games, bob for apples, eat donuts on a string, and win prizes!
Sardines & Ice Creams | November 2, 2025
We're kicking off November with a super-fun night of Sardines (the game--like hide and seek, but the opposite) and ice cream! This is a perfect event to invite some friends to, have some fun, and relax with each other and some sweet treats. Open to JH & HS students at our normal Sunday evening time of 6pm-7:30pm.
HS Winter Retreat | Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2026
High School Students--join us for this personal and deep retreat in snowy (hopefully!) Pine, AZ. We will travel up on Friday, February 27th and return Sunday, March 1, 2026. We're joining one other church (Cross of Christ) and plan to have around 20 people total, so we'll have a lot of fun really getting to know each other and experiencing adventure together, as well as taking deeper dives into Scripture and study.
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VISION
Our vision for GC Students: take Jesus into the world.
With everything we do at GC Students, we are asking this crucial question: “How are we helping these students take Jesus into their world (context) and everyday lives?”
FLOW
We keep this flow relatively consistent across all our programming because it works well and it facilitates easier transitions between different levels of ministry, for kids, students, and volunteers.
We follow an ACTIVE > LARGE GROUP > SMALL GROUPS flow (see below).
Each week, we structure our Active time together around one of these themes:
SERVE
Engage in a project to help people in our community and church.
INVITE
Events that make it easy to invite friends to like Turkey Bowling or a campus-wide game of capture the flag.
PRAY
Set aside time to be guided through worship and prayer with special experiences and helpful new practices.
TEACH
Study at a deeper level and start your week with a more thorough understanding of the intersection of faith and life.