High School Ministry (HSM)

Sunday night during the school year! HSM (High School Ministry) is designed to help teens in 9th – 12th grade experience the grace and love of God and find ways to live out their faith everyday. In other words, we’re learning to live and love like Jesus for a lifetime.

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Important Links

→ Summer Camps & Opportunities
→ Monthly CYF Newsletter
→ Google Cal: Children, Youth & Family (subscribe to it!)
→ 2022-2023 HSM & Confirmation Calendar (coming soon…)
→ Vision 1-Pager (document under construction…)

Click here for the weather and building closure policy.

9th Grade Fall Confirmation Registration

Two Options (read both carefully) for 9th grade:

1) Fast-Track Intensive (confirmed October 2022)
2) Year-long (Confirmed May 2023)

All registrations are done through Realm, our Church Management Database. Follow the steps below to register for MSM.

Setting up your account: Everyone who is already a part of Incarnation has a unique profile that contains your information. If you have already activated your account, please skip to the instructions about accessing your account. If you are a guest of Incarnation, you will follow the link to create and activate your account. To activate or create your account go to: www.onrealm.org/IncarnationLuth/Register

Accessing your account: After you have completed the set-up process above, you are now able to access Realm by going to www.onrealm.org/IncarnationLuth.

Stepping Into The Future Together

Month-at-a-Glance

8/4 (Thurs) – First Thursday, 2:30-4:30pm – middle and high schoolers get FREE ice cream (cup or cone) at Big Dipper in North Oaks
8/11 – Pop-Up Event, 3:00-4:30pm (activity tbd) – check our Insta for updates
8/15-19 – Summer Stretch: week-long, locally-centered, multi-church, daily service & fun event – register here
8/25 – Pop-Up Event, 3:00-4:30pm (activity tbd) – check our Insta for updates
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9/11 – Celebration Sunday & Blessing of the Backpacks

You may find our Vision 1-Pager helpful in wrapping your head around what’s going on.

Here’s the full HSM calendar (subject to change)

More context around the “why” inspiring this adjustment

Here’s a list of FAQ

Sunday Programming (a “typical” night)

bring friends, gather together, eat snacks in the Youth Room (enter thru Door 2)
split off into 9th grade confirmation and older high school groups
come back together for closing & sending

Take a few minutes to fill out our Wednesday night worship feedback form

Register for Sunday nights

Current Opportunities

First Thursday

September 1 — 2:30 – 4:30 pm Stop by the Big Dipper North Oaks for a FREE ice cream cone or cup! Open to all students, 6-12 grd.

Next Funtivity

Pop-Up Funtivity, August 11 (Thursday) – Bike ride, 3:00-4:30pm. Meet at church’s front parking lot. We’ll go to Rice Creek trails via Hodgson/Lexington. We’ll be back at 4:30pm. Bring your helmet and water bottle. Freezies afterward. Contact Nate Bergengren for more information and to let him know you’re coming.

Congregational-Wide Service Opportunities
Click here for current Incarnation Service Opportunities.

Andover Family Fun Fest Volunteers Needed (Age 16+)

Here’s a video of one of the set-ups: shohttps://youtu.be/iBHa2dwxC2M

Will be paid hourly for your time by the group, to go towards fundraising for Summer Camp or other ministry opportunities students are seeking to fund. Email Mike Sell (msell@incarnationmn.org) if you are interested

Monthly HSM Serve Night

One night a month Incarnation High School students can have a chance to volunteer their time for an hour. Every month might be something different then we have done before! Email Mike Sell (msell@incarnationmn.org) with questions.

Meeting Opportunities

High School Ministries will meet in-person in the youth room and online on Wednesday from 6:30-7:30pm. We’ll worship in Incarnation Hall (our awesome multi-purpose space/gym) at 6:00pm. Watch for communication with the details. We’ll post important info here and on our socials. If you aren’t receiving the invitations email Mike.

Registration

9-12 grade, visit the event page to register