Our Ministries

Our ministries are an important and integral part of our church community. Whether you are a student, single or married there is a ministry designed for you. Please read about our ministries and consider becoming an active member of our community of faith.
ALPHA

The Alpha Course is a fifteen session program which runs over ten weeks to provide a practical introduction to the Christian faith. It offers the opportunity to explore the meaning of life.

Everyone is welcome on an Alpha course and people attend for a wide variety of reasons. Some want to investigate whether God exists and if there is any point to life; others are concerned about what happens after death. Still others may have attended church on and off all their lives but feel they have never really understood the basics of the Christian faith.

People come from many different backgrounds, holding many different viewpoints - but all come with the same objective: to establish whether Jesus Christ has any real relevance for their lives.

Held In The Christian Life Church Office Building
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. Mondays
Dinner is provided for all participants Child Care Provided
($5.00 per child per night)

Kick-Off Dinner: Alpha Introduction
Week 1 Who is Jesus?
Week 2 Why Did Jesus Die?
Week 3 How Can I Be Sure of My Faith?
Week 4 Why & How Should I Read the Bible?
Week 5 Why & How Do I Pray?
Week 6 How Does God Guide Us?
ALPHA Retreat: Who is the Holy Spirit? What Does the Holy Spirit Do? How Can I Be Filled with the Spirit?
Week 7 How Can I Resist Evil?
Week 8 Does God Heal Today?
Week 9 Why & How Should We Tell Others?
Week 10 What About the Church?


Birth to Six

Christian Life offers teaching ministry for all ages and the children are an utmost priority.

Infants We have an infant room where the babies and children are nurtured and have a wonderful, supervised time during all ministry opportunities going on in the church. Sunday’s age range is birth through 18 months and Wednesday’s is birth through 24 months.

Toddlers The toddlers are always a very active and curious group. Keeping that in mind, we have excellent material that keeps the little ones attention through teaching, playing, and crafts. Sunday’s age range is 18 through 36 months and Wednesday’s is 24 – 48 months.

Happy Heaven In Happy Heaven the children are given the opportunity to be encouraged, loved, and plenty of room to move. Worship, lessons, games, and treats make for a fun atmosphere to learn about Jesus. Sunday’s age range is 3 & 4 year olds and Wednesday’s is 4, 5, & 6 year olds.

Beginners Church The Beginners Church is full of 5 to 6 year olds who experience Sunday Service geared to their age level. They have worship, teaching, treats and fun and games all geared to educate, bless and encourage them to live Godly, Christ centered lives. Beginners Church meets only on Sunday, on Wednesday they meet in Happy Heaven with the 4 year olds.


Men's Ministry

PURPOSE STATEMENT
In an atmosphere of love and encouragement, we desire to develop spiritual men through mentoring, ministering, and missioning.

THE 3 M's OF MEN'S MINISTRY
Mentoring - To counsel, guide or coach another; relational.

Can be done one on one; small groups; on going; for a season or purpose; etc. It‚s all about challenging and developing one another.

Ministering - To perform a function; give aide; instruction or service; relational.

Can be done at breakfasts; seminar events; self-improvement or interest groups; fun outings; retreats; etc.

It‚s all about doing the works of the ministry together

Missioning - To entrust with a mission; to carry on missionary work; relational. Specifically, to generate dollars for missions through fundraising events, etc. It‚s all about giving of ourselves to bless the less fortunate.


Pioneer Clubs

Pioneer Clubs is a Christain Life-sponsored midweek (Wednesday) club program for boys and girls age four through grade 6 — and is the program of choice for more than 2,500 churches across North America. Each week this Christ-centered club program integrates spiritual and personal development; emphasizes evangelism and discipleship; and gives children opportunities to learn new skills, make friends, have fun, and develop Christian values that affect every area of their lives.

In today’s rapidly changing and fast-paced society, children often feel insecure and vulnerable. Pioneer Clubs gives children a safe place to belong and to experience God’s love through caring adult leaders.

Pioneer Clubs’ Bible exploration and memory work, tied to life application skills and fun activities, allows God’s Word to reach deep into the heart of a child. This combination plants the seeds of lifelong spiritual transformation.

Pioneer Clubs non-competitive awards program enables all children to develop a positive self-image and a sense of worth as a child of God. Bible awards and activity awards are built into the curriculum. The emphasis in doing the awards is self-improvement, accomplished through teamwork rather than by outdoing others.

Relationship-building between club members and by leaders with club members is a hallmark of the Pioneer Clubs program. God created people to be interdependent, especially within a community of faith. In club, adults and children who might otherwise never get to know one another form lasting bonds.

The only thing typical about a Pioneer Clubs meeting is that it’s never typical! While each meeting has an underlying routine that everyone can count on, there is a great deal of variety to round out a child’s experience.


Youth Ministry

For Jr. and Sr. High Students (7th – 12th Grade)...

Our Youth Ministry meets every Wednesday night at Christian Life's Youth Center. Some of the things that take place are Bible teaching w/group discussions, great kickin' Jesus music, friendships, accountability, activity nights... learn about God and have fun time doing it!! Other special events have included mission trips, concerts, local outreach, fun trips and youth conferences.

The Youth Director Clint Anderson and Assistants have purposed in their hearts to LOVE the students where they are and then assist them in their relationship to God first, family second and so on. They believe that students desperately need a place to come that is free from the junk of the world and yet they can have fun and be themselves. The pastors believe that most youth events should be led and run by the youth themselves with adult supervision. It has sound, cafe', dance and drama teams. The youth are OUR STAFF. Our group scripture is "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers..." We believe they will!!!


Super Church

For First through Sixth Grade...Super church is a happy, hopping, sometimes LOUD place. The children have their own service with praise and worship, a message and challenge, ministry time and lots of exciting fun all designed to communicate to them, right where they are at.

Throughout the year there are also a lot of activities to bring the kids closer to God, each other, their parents and the other members of the church. Vacation Bible School, Kids Kamp, Fall Fun Nite, Retro Youth Sunday, and other activities in and outside the church help us accomplish those goals!


Women's Ministry

The Christian Life Women's Ministry "Women Together" is a great growing ministry of Christian Life. We gather every other month with events that will build relationship, spiritual growth, challenge and fun! We have a fall and spring seminar among several "special events" from bus shopping trips to Chicago/St. Louis. The rest of the year we have Ladies Salad Dinners with worship and teaching, testimonies and preaching.

Please contact us if you have any questions about our ministries or would like to know about other opportunities to serve our community that may not be listed here.