Junior Highs - God Squad
Grades 7-8

Our junior high fellowship group meets every Sunday from approx. 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Undercroft. We have a community of youth which come from many diverse backgrounds. God Squad focuses on intrapersonal and interpersonal spiritual growth by offering teens opportunities to do local mission work, participate in weekend retreats, develop a sense of social responsibility through community service and meet weekly in small and large groups to discuss issues relevant to their age-group. In addition, we do stuff that’s FUN! We go places, we play games, go skiing, bowling, sledding, etc. all sorts of great stuff youth love. We also take day trips to local attractions for fun and fellowship and each summer. Friends and visitors are always welcome!

Middle School Mission Blitz "Rock the Boat"

The middle school mission blitz participants spent the week of July 16-22 in Ashtabula, Ohio with other youth from the Presbytery of the Western Reserve. This was the first Fairmount mission trip for middle school students. They dealt with heat, humidity, poverty, physical labor, and difficult personalities in the work place. They taught vacation bible school to 60 some day care center youngsters, did gardening and painting for homeowners who could not do this work alone, and were featured in an article in the Ashtabula newspaper!

Nothing rattled our young "missionaries." They enjoyed the camaraderie of other Christian youth representing six other Presbyterian churches throughout the Western Reserve, were revitalized each morning and evening by action-packed "energizers", learned new songs, sang some old standards, participated in small group Bible discussion, and discussed how they now look and see the world through different eyes.

The theme of the mission blitz was: "Rock the boat." Our boat was surely rocked, even more than once; but, we have smoothly sailed, and sailed, and sailed.