Sundays
9:30-10:40 am -- Morning contemporary services. We offer 2 identical services that are composed of singing contemporary worship music, fellowship and a message. The teens typically attend the 9:30am service and then transition to age level Sunday School classes.
10:50-12 pm -- Sunday School classes. There are 5 different Sunday School classes for teens at Westside. Boys in the 7th & 8th grade meet in one class while girls in the 7th & 8th grade meet in another. Senior High students (grades 9-12) have the option of choosing from three different classes - each focusing on a different subject. The Senior High classes change every 3 months.
See our full Sunday School Brochure by clicking
here.
6-7:15 pm --
Evening Praise Service. This service is viewed as our family service and includes all ages (kids through senior adults). Our evening service consists of singing worship music and a message. This service is not the same as our morning services and includes different worship songs, a different speaker, and a different message.
Wednesdays
7-8:15 pm -- Midweek Gathering The Midweek Gathering for students is probably the one event that best defines our student ministry. Teens participate in worship, interact with and receive messages from special speakers and the Youth Pastor, and have lots of fun! Each week of the month is a little bit different, but the schedule generally goes something like this:
1st Wednesday - A special speaker brings interacts with the teen
sometimes providing a testimony or other message. Student meet in the "overflow"
room at 7pm.
2nd Wednesday - This evening functions as a game night for the youth group. Any
variety of group games, or just haning out and playing board games happens.
There is also a 5 minute devotional provided by a student. Students meet in the
"overflow" room at 7pm.
3rd Wednesday - Our Youth Pastor, Tom Craig, speaks on this Wednesday and
always has a creative way to engage the Students. Students meet in the "worship
center" at 7pm.
4th Wednesday - This schedule is the same as the 3rd Wednesday.
5th Wednesday - This Wednesday is always a little different. Happening only 4
times a year, students sometimes will have an "alternative worship experience"
developed to engage them in creative ways, at other times students will have the
opportunity to serve, and other times students will have the opportunity to just hang
out and listen to a short devotional.
The Rest of the Week
Students have the opportunities: to engage in small groups that focus on accountability, serve at local businesses and charities, develop relationships with fellow students and adults through awesome events, work on various student leadership committees that help direct the student ministry.