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Hi! Thanks for checking out our page! The 4th-6th grade ministry is a busy, active place. Click along the links at the top of the page for information on our service times & upcoming special events, and scroll down for more information on who we are and what we do.

And visit us - in person - sometime!

Mark Friestad
4th-6th Team Leader
760.929.0029 x165 or friestad@northcoastcalvary.org

Joy Beidel
4th-6th Small Group Coordinator
760.929.0029 x130 or joy@northcoastcalvary.org

Download the 2008 Permission Slip

Download the camp forms for Alpine Indian Village Camp (current 4th & 5th graders)

Parents
Mark's blog, "Hitting Home": http://hittinghome.blogspot.com is updated weekly, featuring insight and articles about parenting and ministering to 4th-6th graders.

Our Passion:
The Biggest Dreams, the Best Discipleship, the Most Care

Our Ministry Values

1. The centrality and necessity of God.  God directs our ministry efforts.  God saves and transforms.  Kids must know God’s love and respond before they will submit to him.
2. Ministry to the whole child.  Kids are multi-dimensional, and our ministry should reflect that.  We aim to create safe environments that nurture a child’s physical, emotional, spiritual, cognitive and social well-being.
3. Same-age Christian relationships.  We promote and encourage same-age Christian friendships to create a positive peer environment that will endure through high school and beyond.
4. Intergenerational relationships. Kids draw conclusions about God and life from what is reflected in the lives of older Christians.  They need a circle of supportive older believers in addition to their parents who invest in them in an intentional way. 
5. Age-appropriate methods and content.  We recognize that each stage of childhood is different; therefore, our content and methods change with the changing child.  We value curriculum and learning methods that meet each age group’s unique developmental level.
6. Inquiry and curiosity.  Kids learn best when they wrestle with ideas, ask questions and assimilate new information into what they already know.  Kids’ questions are not an indication of confusion or misunderstanding, but an eagerness to learn.
7. Granting kids autonomy.  We believe the best way to equip kids to make good decisions is by letting them make actual decisions.  We try not to do for kids what they can do for themselves.
8. Long-term perspective.  Spiritual growth and formation is a life-long process.  We train kids and parents to make the decisions that will change their lives.
   

Our Ministry Distinctives:

1. Student-centered learning that is engaging and built around student needs and interests.
2. Active learning in which kids learn by doing.  Extended periods of passive listening are not valued.
3. Life application of learning in which progress is evidenced by the development of godly habits of mind, heart and life rather than the recitation of facts.
4. Small groups in which an attentive leader imparts care and facilitates deeper learning and growth in each child.