ROCK STUDENT MINISTRIES

Fully connecting students with God and each other.

WHO WE ARE



The Rock Student Ministries (RSM) is the youth ministry of The Rock Church in Portland, Indiana. RSM is for students in grades 7th through 12th. Students meet on Wednesday nights from 7-8:30pm at The Rock Church.


We do all sorts of fun things throughout the year, including summer camp, retreats, parties, movie nights, and many other fun group outings. We would love to get to know you! Feel free to contact us, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or come to one of our activities. 


We can't wait to see you soon! 

OUR VISION


The vision statement of The Rock Student Ministries is: “helping students INVEST in their relationship with Jesus, CONNECT with other believers, be EQUIPPED and raised up as leaders in Jesus and MOBILIZE them to serve their local community and the world.” Everything we do flows from this statement.

INVEST

We aim to help students invest in their relationship with and grow closer to Jesus. This is a continual process but begins with the steps of faith and surrender to Jesus. It is further developed through personal discipline and intentional growth in understanding of the Holy Spirit and the Scriptures.

CONNECT

We aim to help connect students closer with God and with each other. We believe that Christ followers are not meant to do life alone and there is power in community and connection. Our goal is provide opportunity for students to get connected through small groups and intentional community focused events.

EQUIP

We aim to help equip students to embrace and engage the call and mission of Jesus both locally and globally. Our goal is to present them with opportunities to discover their fit as part of the Church and seek to engage in that role as well as the evangelistic movement of Jesus to the world around them.

MOBILIZE

We aim to help mobilize students to be the Church in their daily lives. We believe that students have a tremendous opportunity to minister to their friends and peers in their daily lives and are called by Jesus to be on mission to be missionaries in their schools, to their families and everywhere they go.

WHAT TO EXPECT



It can be very intimidating to step into a new place and deciding to come to youth group on a Wednesday night is a big decision.


There are a thousand different places you could be, but thank you for taking that first, hard step in making the decision to give RSM a try. 


We are excited that you made it this far!


Below, we have some of the most frequently asked questions to help with anything you are curious about even before you decide to take the step to join us on a Wednesday night!

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SUMMER CAMP

JUNE


Our student ministries have the opportunity to go to summer camp in June each year. There are two separate camps, middle school (incoming 7th and 8th grade) and high school camp (incoming 9th grade through graduating seniors). Camp is held at Camp Michindoh in Hillsdale Michigan. A typical camp experience will feature:


  • SESSIONS filled with worship, teaching, and fun
  • SMALL GROUP times where we connect with each other and discuss the session
  • CABINS that give students that camp feel!
  • SPACE for students to connect with God deeper
  • OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES such as zip-line, ropes course, canoeing, water-slide, swimming, and more!
  • LATE-NIGHT FUN such as food trucks, glow-in-the-dark dodgeball, and more!


We offer fundraisers leading up to camp to give students the option of some financial aid for camp.

FAQS

Here are some of the most frequently asked questions. Don't see your question? Contact Us!

  • The Rock Student Ministries is for:


    -Investing: We want to fulfill the mission of The Rock's vision to celebrate the life change of over 250 people who take their first steps to follow Jesus as well as hundreds more who are growing in discipleship and taking spiritual steps through our church. Our goal is for every teenager who attends an RSM event connected through small groups and Bible studies throughout the year.


    -Connecting: We want to fulfill the mission of The Rock's vision to connect Jay County in authentic relationships by offering community focused events that lead students to build relationships with each other and ultimately with God. To help fulfill this mission, we aim to offer one community event per month and at least three new students who are not regularly connected to RSM at the event. From the event, we desire to get those students plugged into RSM on a regular basis. 


    -Equipping: We want to fulfill the mission of The Rock's vision to raise up 50 new leaders through our leadership pipeline who launch God inspired ministries, and be involved in launching a new church. Our goal is to offer leadership opportunities for students on Wednesday nights and serving at church on Sunday morning. 


    -Mobilizing: We want to fulfill the mission of The Rock's vision to mobilize our church to become an irreplaceable part of our community by serving 20,000 hours. We are wanting to help accomplish this mission by serving as a student ministries at minimum once per semester and three times per year through things such as service projects.

  • RSM runs from 7-8:30 pm. However, doors open as early as 6:30pm!

  • RSM meets in the commons area of the Rock Church. Students can enter through the far left door closest to Greeks' Pizza.

  • We have some hangout time at the beginning of the night with games, food, board games and community! RSM officially begins at 7pm and we go into our meeting space where we play group games, worship the Lord, have a topical message and then break into small groups which are organized by grade and gender.

  • Small Groups are a Christ-centered space where any student can find belonging with peers and an adult (ministry by linking HANDS with others). Groups range in size from 5-12 and are split by grade and gender and discuss the topic of the lesson that night. 

  • Nope! Just come as you are! You are welcome here. We would love to the chance to get to know you! 🙂

  • There are multiple ways to stay in the loop with RSM throughout the year! The first is by signing up for our text updates. To sign up for text updates, text "@weloversm" to 81010. Also, you can connect with RSM by joining our Facebook Group or following our Instagram Account!

  • RSM does many fun events together! From going to Sky Zone, kayaking, small group nights, parties, retreats and summer camp, there's never a dull moment at RSM!