Name: Rick Miller
Birthday: August 15
Favorite color: blue
Favorite food: Reese's Cups
Right handed or left handed? Right
Favorite place to eat: Bob Evans
Who is your favorite historical figure? Abraham Lincoln
How long working with the middle school ministry? A few months
Why do you do it? I saw a need so I stepped up to the plate.
What's your job? Crowd control -- what a bunch of rowdy bunch!
Spring Cleaning Fund Raiser
Saturday, May 17 from 9:00 am-4:00 pm
Students will raise funds, with the help of sponsors, by serving Fairhaven through painting, cleaning and grounds clean up. All students are encouraged to participate. Funds raised are for one or more of the following: Middle School Trips, full scholarships for those in need, and/or reduction in cost for all attending. Lunch will be provided for those participating.
Summer Camp
Sunday, June 15-20
Wall to wall fun, from wake up call to lights out, the activities never end. Meaningful chapel times with amazing worship will challenge and transform your perspective on life, while the non-stop activities schedule will challenge everything else. Cost is $300. Click here to register online or here to view the registration form (3MB PDF).
Family Swim Night
Sunday, July 6 from 6:30-8:30 pm
Family Swim Night at the Kettering Rec Water Park, Free Event, Transportation is NOT provided.
Spirit Song
Thursday, July 10-12
Cost is $100 plus money for lunch & dinner each day. 17 spots available for students. Breakfast will be provided and we'll leave the park for lunch and dinner to keep the cost down. As we've done the past few years, we'll returned to the church each night to sleep and shower. Rather than setting a return time for Saturday night, we'll have the students call their parents and let them know when we are leaving the park. Registration is available at Common Ground Online or you can pick up a registration form at the childrens info center or the Student Ministries Info Wall outside the Student Ministries room.
MSM Day Camp
Wednesday, August 6-9 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost is $10 per day. The MSM Day Camp is a great way to introduce our incoming 6th graders to Middle School Ministry. This will be their first official event! However, it is open to all incoming 6,7,8 graders. Students are free to come and go as needed during this camp. The cost of $10 per day covers lunch, snacks and all the supplies needed to make this the killer event it is. It's been a great success in the past and we're sure it's only going to get better.
Affinity Groups
Affinity Groups are optional small groups for middle school students to connect through shared interest. Each group has a ministry leader who'll help lead the activity and share a short message from God's word.
Check out the list of Affinity Groups, their descriptions, and ministry leaders below. All groups meet at Fairhaven for their event.
Volleyball –– June 11 in the Gym; 7:00-8:30 pm;
Leader: Candace Baird
Come and play volleyball with your friends and hear Candace's awesome story.
Shopping Affinity Group –– June 13 at 12noon & June 25 at 6:00 pm;
Leader: Lisa Meiners
Love to shop? Then you are going to love this group. Bring $5 for food.
Biking with Dan ––June 14, 28, July 26, August 9 and 23; 9:00 am; Leader: Dan Acuff
Bring your bike and take a ride with Dan on some great bike trails.
Football ––June 23; 10:00-11:30 am; Leader: Athletes from AIA
Get your game face on, cause we are playing flag football with the players from Athletes in Action. Guys and girls are welcome.
Basketball –– June 25; 10:00-11:30 am; Leader: More Players from AIA
Get ready for some awesome 3 on 3 Basketball. Guys and girls are welcome.
Baseball –– July 21; 10am-11:30am; Leader: Players from AIA
Fishing –– June 28; 3pm; Leader: Brantley Baines
Bring your fishing pole or get one to borrow because you will not want to miss this awesome event.
Video Games –– June 9; 7:00 pm; Leader: Jeff Clark
Bring your game console or use ours. See how video games and God connect.
Elevate
Wednesday nights from 7-8:30pm
Elevate is a midweek party with a spiritual twist. There is food, live music from a student band, games, giveaways and much more. This is a time for all our students (6th, 7th and 8th) to be together, to learn together, to play together, and to be entertained together.
Crossroads
Sunday mornings from 9:15-10:45
Crossroads is an interactive gathering that happens every Sunday morning. It offers three big elements to experience when students:
- Connect by making new friends during our hangout times
- Enjoy laughing with us during our videos and large group games
- Connect through the worship and teaching elements
D-Teams
Sunday evenings from 6:30-8pm
In a large group of people, it can be difficult to feel connected, to feel a part of things, and to find someone to talk with. Therefore, we have smaller groups named: D-Teams (Discipleship Teams). The groups consist of 6-8 students and 1-2 leaders.
Commit
Saturday's 10am till 12:30pm starting April 12th
Commit is an opportunity for middle school students to have a voice in the planning of the ministry and grow through servant leadership. It is open to every 6-8 grader.
Middle School Praise Team
Wednesday nights from 5-6:30pm
The Middle School praise team is led by Glenn Priest and Andrew Nicholl, and leads worship at Elevate events. If you have a desire to sing or know how to play an instrument, this is the place for you. Please contact if you are interested.
We also have a tech team. This consists of a group of students that want to learn and operate the sound equipment and the visual equipment that we use in our ministry.