Students | Middle School
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Compass Youth Middle School Ministry is for students in 6th-8th grade. Our mission is to make disciples by partnering with parents to build up the next generation of leaders who seek, serve, and share Christ. We accomplish this mission through small groups, ministry events, student leadership, camps, activities, and more. We want your student to be connected and growing in their faith.
Games, and a Relevant Talk!
Location: Middle School Room
theparentcue.org — Blogs, podcasts, and resources to help you be the parent you want to be.
focusonthefamily.com — Resources for the whole family.
axis.org — Navigating teen culture.
(Excerpts taken from The Phase Project, parentcue.org & leadsmall.org)
Sixth Graders… the phase when there’s never enough pizza, too many hormones, and a dramatic kid who needs someone to prove “Who Cares?” Middle school is a crisis. No longer a child, sixth graders arrive in a new social context just in time for their bodies to outgrow their coordination, for hormones to kick in and for their brains to become a tangle of new synapses. Every Sixth grader wants to know, “Who do I like?”
YOUR ROLE IS TO AFFIRM THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEY
Seventh Graders… the phase when nothing you do is cool, what they feel right now matter most, and one suddenly social kid wants to know, “Who’s going?” Seventh graders are in a season of personal discovery. Interests and abilities change. Not everyone makes the team. Long accepted values can come into question. On top of all that, this phase is a time of heightened self-awareness. Every Seventh grader wants to know, “Who am I?”
YOUR ROLE IS TO AFFIRM THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEY
Eighth Graders… the phase when it’s cool to have choices, it’s not cool to answer questions, and one smart kid will remind you, “Yeah…I know.” Eighth graders have an emerging sense of control. They are increasingly able to self-regulate their actions, emotions, and activities. But this creates a new tension for teenagers to resolve. Every eighth grader wants to know, “Who do I want to be?”
YOUR ROLE IS TO AFFIRM THEIR PERSONAL JOURNEY