Youth Groups
The High School group meets every other Sunday during the school year at 5:00 PM in person at the Sacred Grounds cafe .
Please reach out to Sam to join the high school group or for more information!
The combined Middle School and 5th grade youth group meets twice a month on Fridays from 6:00-7:30p.m during the school year. Contact Sam for future dates.
Please reach out to Sam to join the high school group or for more information!
The combined Middle School and 5th grade youth group meets twice a month on Fridays from 6:00-7:30p.m during the school year. Contact Sam for future dates.
Serve with Sierra Service Project this Summer
July 24-30, 2022
After a two-year covid hiatus, this summer we return to our Sierra Service Project (SSP) service trip! Youth entering 6th grade through 2022 high school graduates are invited to join us July 24-30 as we journey to San Diego. Serve with SSP in San Diego’s South Bay to learn about poverty, immigration, and the environment, very real concerns in the communities adjacent to the US / Mexico border. We will drive to San Diego on Sunday, July 24, serve and learn together Monday-Thursday, July 25-28, go to Disneyland on Friday, July 29, and drive back home on Saturday, July 30. Participant fees for the week are $700 (scholarships are available). Register by March 15!
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Our three work days will be either with homeowners or with community based organizations. The type of work includes painting, rebuilding fences, and other general home repairs. No construction experience is needed, and you’ll be amazed at all of the work that our youth teams complete! Most projects take longer to complete than your week at SSP so you may see the beginning, middle or end of a project. On one day during the week, youth will visit Friendship Park on both sides of the US / Mexico border. Volunteers will have the opportunity to sign up for a day trip to Tijuana, or stay in the US for a day of learning and serving.
SSP’s San Diego Community Partners:
A Typical Day at SSP:
7:00 AM Wake up and get ready. The day may start earlier depending on the site and weather.
7:30 AM Spiritual awakening (optional) to get centered for the day
8:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Community service opportunities (cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms, etc.)
9:00 AM Arrive at work site, begin service work
Noon Lunch and spiritual sandwiches (group discussion) at work site
1:00 PM Resume service work
3-4:00 PM Return to site, clean and store tools, shower. Free time at accommodations.
There will be optional guided games and activities for youth.
5:00 PM Staff/counselor meeting – adults meet with staff to discuss joys, concerns, and plans for the next 24 hours.
5:45 PM Dinner
6:30 PM Community service opportunities (cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms, etc.).
7:00 PM Song time and evening program: Team building activities, work team site reports, spiritual programming, handing out mail, learning from community partners.
8:30 PM Free time. Volunteers prepare for bed.
9:00 PM Optional evening devotional led by a work team.
9:45 PM Lights out. Earlier bedtimes are allowed if folks are tired. We have separate sleeping areas by gender, and honor the identities of transgender and gender nonconforming volunteers.
SSP’s San Diego Community Partners:
- Imperial Beach Neighborhood Center
- City of Imperial Beach
- El Faro: The Border Church / La Iglesia Fronteriza
- Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve
- WILDCOAST
A Typical Day at SSP:
7:00 AM Wake up and get ready. The day may start earlier depending on the site and weather.
7:30 AM Spiritual awakening (optional) to get centered for the day
8:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Community service opportunities (cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms, etc.)
9:00 AM Arrive at work site, begin service work
Noon Lunch and spiritual sandwiches (group discussion) at work site
1:00 PM Resume service work
3-4:00 PM Return to site, clean and store tools, shower. Free time at accommodations.
There will be optional guided games and activities for youth.
5:00 PM Staff/counselor meeting – adults meet with staff to discuss joys, concerns, and plans for the next 24 hours.
5:45 PM Dinner
6:30 PM Community service opportunities (cleaning the kitchen and bathrooms, etc.).
7:00 PM Song time and evening program: Team building activities, work team site reports, spiritual programming, handing out mail, learning from community partners.
8:30 PM Free time. Volunteers prepare for bed.
9:00 PM Optional evening devotional led by a work team.
9:45 PM Lights out. Earlier bedtimes are allowed if folks are tired. We have separate sleeping areas by gender, and honor the identities of transgender and gender nonconforming volunteers.
Contact Eileen Altman with any questions.