• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • FourSquare
  • Vimeo
  • Podcast
  • Home
  • I'm New
    • weekend services
      • classic service
      • modern service
    • getting here
      • directions
      • campus
    • Tips for New Visitors
      • Tips for New Visitors
    • Who We Are
      • Who We Are
  • About
    • what we believe
      • purpose
      • values
      • beliefs
      • commitment
    • leadership
      • jesse smith
      • dan palmer
      • mark shetler
      • monty wood
      • the elder board
  • The Path
    • get on the path
      • the path
      • are you on the path?
    • worship
      • worship
    • equipping classes
      • about e classes
      • class schedule
    • growth groups
      • purpose
      • functions
      • characteristics
      • Discussion Questions
      • sign up
      • resources
      • leader resources
      • gdc resources
      • church teams login
  • Next Steps
    • discipleship
      • operation timothy
    • baptism
      • about baptism
      • baptism services
    • membership
      • new member class
    • child dedications
      • about dedications
    • serve
      • ministry connections
  • Ministries
    • children
      • children's ministries
        • on eagles wings (special needs)
        • about children's ministries
        • sunday mornings
        • our nursery
        • kids klub
        • baptism classes
        • seasonal programs
        • children's global outreach experience
        • coaches page
        • links
        • Summer Blast
        • Sports Camp
      • preschool
        • first covenant preschool
        • our classes
        • our curriculum
        • FAQ
        • how to register your child
        • monthly newsletter
      • special needs
        • our special needs ministry
        • information for parents
        • become a volunteer
      • club 45
        • Welcome to Club 45
        • sunday mornings
        • wednesday nights
        • global outreach experience
        • links
        • camp45
      • chosen ones (orphan care)
        • about chosen ones
        • mythbusters
        • Get Involved
        • leadership
        • contact chosen ones
        • resources
    • students
      • middle school
        • Welcome to Identity
        • Weekly
        • Core Values & Practices
        • Leadership
        • Parents
        • sneak peek
        • events
      • high school
        • Welcome to Renovate
        • Vision
        • Values
        • Weekly Events
        • Events
        • The Cafe
        • Crew
        • Parents
        • Videos
        • Links
        • orange couch podcast
      • young adults - Solas
        • Welcome to Solas
        • Meet PC
        • Pastors Blog
          • Machine
          • Assault and the Gospel
          • WHY: On Repentance and Forgiveness
          • Magnify
          • Rescue
          • Owning what you are lent
          • Love the church
          • Instant
          • CHECK MY AVAILABILITY
          • Anxious in everything
          • Natural can’t be wrong?
          • Random Reflections: Thursday
          • FLATTERY
          • Random Reflections: Wednesday
          • Random Reflections: Tuesday
          • Random Reflections: Monday
          • What do you want me to do
          • Devastation or Desperation
          • You’re Welcome: Beautiful Eulogy
          • When you say “I don’t want to gossip, but…”
          • On treasure and heart
          • On integrity
          • Tongue [lost poem]
          • When you say “I don’t want to complain, but…”
          • How to love as God loves
          • It’s just the Grand Canyon
          • How many tears
          • I must be climbing
          • When you say “I hate to say this, but…”
          • Pain and Gods goodness
          • When you fall
          • The richest least of these
          • What must you be like
          • But it was on SALE!!!
          • Saved from what?
          • Your shining
          • The Life of Pc
          • As Children
          • Open-minded
          • New Prop Album
          • HELP ME: old journal entry
          • Lost Child
          • Frustration
          • Waiting to be moved
          • Prodigal approach
          • The hope of communion
          • Getting Old
          • Spiritually Lactose-Intolerant
          • 4 Encouragements for Discouraged Leaders
          • Starving Spirit
          • On making a difference
          • Pros-o-pon
          • You cannot help it
          • Vibrations
          • Gone forever: challenge to pastors and ministry leaders
          • The Worst
          • You are my joy
          • Don’t stop believing…unless your dream is stupid
          • Breaking the cycle
          • Broken Faith
          • You’re Welcome: Sugar & the Hi Lows
          • Throw up first
          • Adjusted Blindness
          • Break down the warrior
          • DEEP: a word for the year
          • The Pain of In To Me See
          • KNOW
          • Grace for the whore
          • What college relationships have taught me about God
          • Old prayer for brokenness
          • Unclean
          • 2012 in review of ragamuffinpc.com
          • A Christmas poem
          • Pursuit in 2013
          • Goodness is behind you
          • Risk, Trust, and one of my all-time favorite movies
          • Poetry bits: braille
          • Let me love you
          • Quick open challenge to boys, guys, and men
          • Evil in the Church
          • Allow for struggle
          • When God wrote my aching heart a letter
          • Machine + For the Broken Ones
          • City of Refuge
          • Prayer is the Relationship
          • Affective Passion
          • Practice the Presence
          • Restoration through wrestling
          • PULL
          • Abusing grace
          • As for me moments
        • Message Audio
    • adults
      • men
        • about men's ministries
        • bible studies
        • special events
        • men's global outreach
        • men's discipleship
      • women
        • about women's ministries
        • bible studies
        • special events
        • global outreach
        • Single Professional Women
        • mom's connection
      • mom's connection
        • about mom's connection
        • tuesday mornings
      • SHAPE
      • Mosaic
    • global outreach
      • global outreach
      • global pipeline
      • short-term global outreach
      • partners
      • mexicali
    • counseling & support
      • lay counseling
        • about lay counseling
        • faq
        • lay counselor training
      • celebrate recovery
        • about celebrate recovery
        • 12 Steps
        • 8 Principles
      • divorcecare
        • about divorcecare
        • divorcecare groups
      • griefshare
        • about griefshare
        • griefshare groups
    • worship
      • worship bands
      • vocal teams
      • choir
      • dance studio
        • about the dance studio
        • class descriptions
        • class schedule
        • class locations
        • dance instructors
        • tuition & fees
        • studio policies & enrollment
        • dress code
        • studio updates
        • gallery
        • contact us
      • technical team
        • about the tech team
  • Events
    • all church campout
    • Guatemala Trip
    • Summer Blast
  • Online Features
    • giving
      • why we give
      • benefits of online giving
      • faq
      • give online
    • media
      • weekend messages
        • Hope in Holy Living
        • The Word on Display
        • Blinded By Red And Green
        • Thankful In All Seasons
        • Who We Are
        • Sermon on the Mount
        • True/False
        • Jonah
        • christmas eyes
        • respond
        • all about Jesus
        • The Book of James
        • Eternal Intent
        • Own It
        • Song of Solomon
        • First John
        • 3 Gifts of Christmas
        • Making the Most of the Holidays
        • Rethink Church
        • Fully Engaged
        • Taste the Fruit
      • Equipping Classes
      • the bible app
      • Entire Message Library
    • military appreciation
      • military appreciation
    • download forms
      • liability release
      • background check
      • employment application
    • compass magazine
      • about the compass
      • issue 06 (latest)
      • issue 05
      • issue 04
      • Issue 03
      • issue 02
      • Issue 01
    • Supplemental Reading
      • Good Friday 2012
      • 11 Minutes with God
  • Contact
    • contact us
      • contact info
      • staff directory
    • prayer
      • prayer

Identity

  • Welcome to Identity
  • Weekly
  • Core Values & Practices
  • Leadership
  • Parents
  • sneak peek
  • events

Core Values & Practices

Truth and Learning

The definition of theology simply is faith seeking understanding. Starting with the faith we have, we want to investigate it, understand it, and enjoy it more. This is not simply an academic exercise done in a classroom; it is one of the main ways we come to know, love, serve, and speak about God. You don't have to have a brilliant mind to be a theologian you just have to be someone who wants to learn to pray, to talk about God to your friends, and to live more in tune with God’s plan and purpose for your life.

At Identity Middle School Ministries, we desire to create a community, that is not just fun and exciting but to achieve our ulitimate goal to be transformed into the image of Christ through the truth we learn together.

Teach the Truth of our Faith

To engage students, at whatever point in their journey they may be, with the truth of Scripture, so that they are steadily increasing in their knowledge of, confidence in, and practice of the Christian faith.

Build Christian Character

To create learning environments that stimulate personal and corporate growth in the character of Christ.

Equip for Christian Service

To help participants discover their spiritual gifts, leading to an active engagement in addressing the needs within all spheres of our world through Christian service

Community Building

Identity Middle School Ministries we believe that community is integral for spiritual development and exploration no matter where a student is in their journey of faith. We seek to spur our students on toward deeper community by connecting people together. Through a variety of events and activities, we hope to create opportunities which bring students together and foster relationships.

Our vision for any of our gatherings is to create a sense of community that encourages students to use their individual gifts to support one another and engage in the life of the church.

Celebration and Worship

We believe Christian worship celebrates what God is doing in the world an in our lives through Jesus Christ. No matter where you are, spiritually-skeptical, curious about Christianity, or a committed follower of Jesus Christ-worship points us to what we all need, Jesus.

Participating in worship is our primary calling, a vital component of our growth, an experience that changes us, and one of the best ways to discover Jesus and develop a relationship with him.

We will learn many ways to worship…through music, journaling, prayer, giving, and others…The only requirement is you must be fully present!

Service

We believe in offering a sacrificial portion of our resources, time, talents and possessions as an act of faith and gratitude in response to God's grace. We do this in our community and in the world to further God’s Kingdom as a part of the greater church…

Our service projects are a ministry that seeks to spur our students on toward deeper community. Through a variety of events, we try to create opportunities which bring students and people together and engage them in the life of the church and our community. Our vision for these gatherings is to create and foster relationships that encourage students and families to use their individual gifts to support one another, to love the lost in our community, as well as share the love of God to all they encounter.

 

© 2013 First Covenant Church of Sacramento
  • Admin Login
  • Contact
  • What We Believe
  • Messages
  • Give Online