{"id":1348,"date":"2021-07-27T13:30:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/?page_id=1348"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T19:10:14","slug":"middle-school-high-shcool-ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/?page_id=1348","title":{"rendered":"Middle School &#038; High Shcool ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>At The Gates Church we don&#8217;t see middle schoolers and high schoolers as kids who need to be rescued from all the craziness of the world, we see them as &#8220;gonna be leaders&#8221; who will change their world in Jesus&#8217; name now and later. <strong>Below are some of the ways we are currently gathering middle and high for the life changing work of Jesus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/youth-christmas-lights-night.jpg\" alt=\"youth christmas lights night\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" title=\"youth christmas lights night\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\nThis event is designed for\n<strong data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">Middle and High School students<\/strong> and includes a scenic holiday tour on <strong data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">Monday, December 22, 2025<\/strong>.\n<strong data-complete=\"true\">Event Schedule<\/strong>\n<ul data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIAxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><strong data-complete=\"true\">Departure:<\/strong> Meet at the church for a 45-minute drive to the bay.<\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIAxAB\" data-sae=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong data-complete=\"true\">Dinner &amp; First Stop:<\/strong> We will provide dinner at \n<a id=\"A1FEafHGKKmw5NoPjLy8kQw_1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/viewer\/place?mid=\/m\/072ztj&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwix1Ljp6seRAxUpGFkFHQweL8IQqdYPegYIAQgDEAM\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwix1Ljp6seRAxUpGFkFHQweL8IQqdYPegYIAQgDEAM\">Marley Station Mall<\/a>\n<p> while checking out the <\/p>\n<a id=\"A1FEafHGKKmw5NoPjLy8kQw_2\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/viewer\/place?mid=\/m\/072ztj&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwix1Ljp6seRAxUpGFkFHQweL8IQqdYPegYIAQgDEAY\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwix1Ljp6seRAxUpGFkFHQweL8IQqdYPegYIAQgDEAY\">Marley Station Holiday Train Garden<\/a>\n, a volunteer-run tradition featuring a &#8220;Willy Wonka&#8221; theme this year.<\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIAxAH\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><strong data-complete=\"true\">The Main Event:<\/strong> We&#8217;ll head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightsonthebaymd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-sb=\"\/url?sa=i&amp;source=web&amp;rct=j&amp;url=https:\/\/www.lightsonthebaymd.org\/&amp;ved=2ahUKEwix1Ljp6seRAxUpGFkFHQweL8IQy_kOegYIAQgDEAg&amp;opi=89978449&amp;cd&amp;psig=AOvVaw0UP3cYSJ8LvO3xjCdCOztB&amp;ust=1766171267717000\">Lights on the Bay at Sandy Point State Park<\/a>, a two-mile drive-through light show featuring over 70 animated displays along the Chesapeake Bay.<\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIAxAM\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><strong data-complete=\"true\">Return:<\/strong> We will be back by approximately <strong data-complete=\"true\">9:00 PM<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong data-complete=\"true\">Parent Information<\/strong>\n<ul data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIBBAA\" data-sae=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><strong data-complete=\"true\">Permission:<\/strong> If your student is attending, please email Austin at austin@thegateschurch.com to provide official permission.<\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIBBAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><strong data-complete=\"true\">Questions:<\/strong> For any other details or questions, feel free to reach out to Austin directly at the same email address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\">Quick Event Links:<\/strong>\n<ul data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\">\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIBhAA\" data-sae=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">\n<a id=\"A1FEafHGKKmw5NoPjLy8kQw_4\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/viewer\/place?mid=\/g\/11wjkn_1z1&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwix1Ljp6seRAxUpGFkFHQweL8IQqdYPegYIAQgGEAM\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwix1Ljp6seRAxUpGFkFHQweL8IQqdYPegYIAQgGEAM\">Lights on the Bay<\/a>\nOfficial Site<\/li>\n<li data-hveid=\"CAEIBhAE\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\">\n<a id=\"A1FEafHGKKmw5NoPjLy8kQw_5\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/viewer\/place?mid=\/m\/072ztj&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwix1Ljp6seRAxUpGFkFHQweL8IQqdYPegYIAQgGEAc\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwix1Ljp6seRAxUpGFkFHQweL8IQqdYPegYIAQgGEAc\">Marley Station Mall<\/a>\nInformation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At The Gates Church we don&#8217;t see middle schoolers and high schoolers as kids who need to be rescued from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1348","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1348"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1348\/revisions\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegateschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}