Ministries and Events :: Youth Ministries

We offer youth and their families a wide array of faith building and mission focused activities, classes, camps and trips. We have an excellent Confirmation program, a summer camping program, and age appropriate gathering for Junior High, Senior High and college-age persons.

Confirmation Age Youth

Grades 7-9
Confirmation Wednesday evenings, 5:50 to 7:00 pm

(September to May)

Confirmation, (Celebrate and Proclaim or CAP) is a high tech mix of large group instruction and small group process that allows students and their families to learn about faith together as they move toward affirming faith which occurs at Augustana in the Fall of the tenth grade year. One of the unique features of our program is Lenten Mentoring which matches each student with an adult mentor during Lent for 6 weeks of faith-based discussion and learning. This one program has done wonders to break down barriers between youth and adults in the congregation

  Worship Credit Form (click here)

  Service Credit Form (click here)

  Youth Forum Credit Form (click here)

  Youth & Family Registration Form (click here)

Youth Forum, grades 7 to 12
Sunday mornings, 9:45 am (September to May)
Presentations and discussions on topics relevant to today's youth.

Senior High: Grades 9-12
September to May
Featured events:

•  Coffee Club - Wednesday evenings, 6:00pm
•  Monthly Luncheon - All youth in grades 9 - 12 are welcome.
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Other Youth Events:

Summer Camps and Trips 2010
We offer a variety of retreats, camps, events, service projects, summer trips, social opportunities, and international mission trips that allow youth to express their faith, develop as leadership skills and serve others. Tentative summer trips for 2009 include:

June 13-19:  Senior High Mission Trip to Kansas City.  $295.  We will drive to Kansas City on June 13. (7 hours) and do our week of service with Youth Works then depart on Friday morning for Kansas City, MO where we will spend that full day and part of the 19th doing all kinds of things there. FULL 

July 11-17:  South Dakota Family Camp. 

$250 per person with a $750 family maximum.  We visit beautiful Lee Valley Ranch for a week of outdoor living enjoying the sites and sounds of South Dakota at their very best.  This is an excellent way to combine a church experience and a family vacation.  It feels like both.  To register send a $25 family deposit to the church office.  All are welcome.

July 14-18:  Sonshine Music Festival.

Our annual trip to Willmar, MN is on again. We will join 25,000 plus other music lovers for a weekend featuring the very best Christian bands.  This is a camping type trip.  $95 includes event ticket, food and transportation.  You bring your own tent and equipment. 

August 1-6:  Rockford Service Trip

for Confirmation-Age

$160 includes transportation, lodging, most food and all program costs for this very popular week of service and learning in Rockford, Illinois.  We have room for 20.  This trip will fill up so register when you feel you can commit.  $50 deposit. FULL

College Age

We make a strong effort to stay in touch with our college students while they are in school to make sure they feel valued by the congregation.