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We offer students in grades 6-12 several exciting opportunities to get involved and build your faith! Read on to find out all the details. We hope you'll follow us on social media and stay in touch! Café-19 is our student ministry space and is located down the main stairs in the lower level, at the end of the hallway.
Sunday Mornings, 9:30am-10:45am in Café-19
We gather on Sunday mornings to fellowship, study the core doctrines of our faith, practice spiritual disciplines, and learn how to faithfully interpret God’s Word. Please join us!
Wednesday evening practice, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, beginning September 6, 2023
Gathering together weekly during the school year to study and memorize Scripture, students on the eFree Bible Quiz Team prepare to compete with other church teams at various fun and fast-paced quiz meets throughout the year!
Through the interactions of the quizzing program, students not only memorize and study large portions of Scripture but learn to interpret scripture correctly and develop a lifestyle and attitude of obedience.
During the season, our students host teams as well as travel to meet and compete with teams from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan & Central Wisconsin. Our meet schedule for 2023-2024 is:
We'd love to have you join our team! Please email Shawn and Carla Unruh for more information.
We always ask our graduating seniors the same question: "During your time in youth ministry, what were some of the most powerful experiences that strengthened your relationship with Jesus?" And without fail, the annual Districts Youth Conference remains one of the top answers.
When thousands of students and leaders gather together to seek the face of God through His Word, prayer, and worship, students come back not only closer to God, but to each other. Nothing accelerates the deepening of friendships between students and leaders quite like a weekend away in pursuit of our God. Districts, then, is a remarkable opportunity to connect both to God and each other in powerful ways, and we desire every student to have this experience!
Registration is now open for Districts 2024. Contact Bethany Hegle at with questions.
Our whole church partners together every July for a three-day, at-home outreach event that aims to "Serve Sheboygan" with such extreme and uncommon generosity that our neighbors are tangibly confronted with the radical, self-giving love of Christ. Students and leaders complete various service projects and look for opportunities to pray and share the gospel. At the conclusion of the daily service assignments, students have opportunities to hear challenging messages as well as engage in prayer and small group discussions.
Please follow along with news shared about Serve Sheboygan by following Student Ministries on Instagram!
During these three meaningful days from July 20th to 22nd, our devoted students and adult leaders came together to serve our neighbors, exemplifying the spirit of Jesus—a true servant. Inspired by His teachings, we passionately embraced the call to be agents of love and compassion, leaving an indelible mark on our community.
Watch the video here for an inspiring summary of events from Serve Sheboygan 2023! We also invite you to view the entire Serve Sheboygan YouTube playlist to see videos from past years by clicking the link below.
Pastor of Student Ministries
In His grace, God brought our family to Sheboygan eFree Church just before the beginning of a new year in December 2019. God has planted a burning passion and resolve in both Tiffany and me to labor alongside the body of Christ in making disciples of Jesus Christ, most especially among the youth.
We both hail from Joliet, a city of around 150,000 located about 45 miles south of Chicago. Married in 2013, we stayed in the area until 2015, when we packed up and moved to Chicago to attend Moody Bible Institute. While at Moody, I majored in biblical languages.
We have three sons: Levi, Theodore, and Peter, all born within three years of each other (pray for us!). Our major hobbies include playing with the boys, reading, barbell training, and spending time with people.
Elder and Student Ministries Advisor
Sharing the love, hope and peace of God with the next generation is a great responsibility and privilege. I’m grateful for the opportunity to serve as a ministry advisor to both the kids and student ministry programs as we work together to reach the youth of our community with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
We see our role as supporting parents in accomplishing this ever important mission. As a parent of three, I understand the challenges families face today. I also know the amazing impact the true living God can have in helping us (parents) love, teach and train these children in the way they should go. Stop in and check us out. We look forward to partnering with you!