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Ridgecrest Students Seeking to connect students to God, one another, and our neighbors!

Sun: Connect Group (9:15am) + Morning church (10:30am) // Wed: Midweek student gathering (6:30pm)

06/10/2026

🌴⛈️ TROPICAL STORM ⛈️🌴

What a way to end the year.

This night was planned, led, and executed by our high school students—from worship and teaching to games, decorations, hospitality, and everything in between. Watching students use their gifts to serve one another and lead with confidence was a reminder that God is doing something special in this generation.

We laughed, worshiped, celebrated, and wrapped up another incredible ministry year together. This night wasn't just about ending a year—it was a glimpse of who these students are becoming.

Here's a look back at Tropical Storm and an unforgettable year. 🌊⚡️

🔥 Youth Group Tonight! 🔥Join us tonight at 6 PM for Youth Group! We’ll kick things off outside playing 9 Square, hanging...
03/11/2026

🔥 Youth Group Tonight! 🔥

Join us tonight at 6 PM for Youth Group! We’ll kick things off outside playing 9 Square, hanging out, and having some fun together. 🙌

Then we’ll head in and dive into James 1:1–18, where we’ll talk about:
✨ Finding joy even in the middle of trials
⚔️ Understanding how temptation works
💪 Learning how to fight it and grow stronger in faith

Life isn’t always easy, but God’s Word shows us how to stand strong through it all. Bring a friend and come hang out with us tonight — we can’t wait to see you there! 🎉📖

03/04/2026

What is your destiny? ✨ Do you ever have questions about who God is or how you can draw closer to Him? 🙏

Join us on Wednesday nights as we dig deeper into God’s Word 📖, grow in our faith 🌱, and encourage one another along the way. It’s a great time to ask questions, build real friendships 🤝, eat some popcorn 🍿, and play some games 🎉.

Bring a friend and come hang out with us — we can’t wait to see you there! 👋

We were created for real relationship — not just followers, likes, and streaks.Online connections can be fun, but they c...
02/25/2026

We were created for real relationship — not just followers, likes, and streaks.

Online connections can be fun, but they can never replace sitting across from someone, hearing their story, praying together, laughing, serving, and walking through hard seasons side-by-side. Real relationships take time. They take effort. They take showing up.

It’s easy to pour emotional energy into people we may never meet. But the people in your church, your school, your home — those are the relationships God has physically placed in your life. Those are the ones that shape you, sharpen you, and support you.

And above every relationship is the ultimate one — your relationship with Christ. He is the only One who will never leave, never scroll past you, never misunderstand your worth. When your relationship with Him is strong, it changes how you show up for everyone else.

Lasting relationships are built by:
• Being present (not distracted)
• Initiating conversations
• Serving instead of consuming
• Praying for and with others
• Being consistent, not just convenient

Real connection > digital attention.
Depth > visibility.
Faithfulness > popularity.

💬 What are you doing to be intentional in your relationships — both with others and with God?

This morning in Connect Group, we studied “The Day Is Coming”.We walked through Malachi 3:1–6 and 4:1–6, focusing on how...
02/22/2026

This morning in Connect Group, we studied “The Day Is Coming”.

We walked through Malachi 3:1–6 and 4:1–6, focusing on how God purifies and heals His people. The main point reminded us:

👉 Following God means letting Him purify us.

We talked about:
• Common reasons people struggle with belief today
• If God doesn’t change, what creates distance in our relationship with Him
• The difference between refining fire (to purify) and destructive fire (to judge)
• What it truly means to belong to the Lord

We also discussed the powerful truth of imputation — that our sin was placed on Christ, and His righteousness was placed on us.

A reminder from today: God’s refining isn’t meant to harm us — it’s meant to make us more like Him.

💬 Reflection question:
What might God be refining in your life right now?

LAST DAY TO REGISTER!!!!🔥 META Registration is CLOSING TODAY! 🔥You do NOT want to miss this weekend!META is going to be ...
02/20/2026

LAST DAY TO REGISTER!!!!

🔥 META Registration is CLOSING TODAY! 🔥
You do NOT want to miss this weekend!
META is going to be an incredible time of fun, faith, and fellowship:
🎳 Friday: Bowling + host homes in the evening
❤️ Saturday: Service project + host homes in the evening
📖 All weekend: Digging into God’s Word together
🎮 Games, 🍕 great food, 🤝 amazing fellowship, and memories that will last!
✨ Sunday morning: We’ll have a special testimony & share time in place of Connect Group at 9:15 AM in The Loft.
📝 Sign up on the RBC Students page, Linktree, or the calendar page of our website.
This is one of those weekends students talk about all year — don’t miss it!
💬 If you need financial assistance, please reach out to Ian at
📧 [email protected]
Sign up, invite a friend, and get ready for an awesome weekend! 🙌

Showing up isn’t the same as being present.When you come to youth, be intentional. Lean in. Participate. Speak up. Worsh...
02/18/2026

Showing up isn’t the same as being present.

When you come to youth, be intentional. Lean in. Participate. Speak up. Worship fully. Ask questions. Encourage someone. Put your phone down.

God doesn’t move the most in the loudest person or the most popular person — He moves in the one who is open and willing. 💛

You’ll get out of youth what you put into it. If you come distracted, you’ll leave unchanged. But if you come expectant? Watch what God can do.

Don’t just attend. Engage.

Question:
What would change in your life if you showed up to youth fully present and ready for God to move?

✨ See you tonight at 6:30 PM!

02/14/2026

❤️ Valentine’s Day & the Greatest Love ❤️

Valentine’s Day reminds us of love—cards, candy, and kind gestures—but there’s a love that goes far beyond all of that.

Jesus showed us the greatest love of all when He made the ultimate sacrifice, laying down His life so that we could truly live. His love isn’t temporary, conditional, or based on what we do—it's sacrificial, faithful, and forever.

📖 “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.”
— John 3:16–17

✨ “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:13

When is the last time that you shared His love with someone close to you? Who is the one friend or family member that you have a heart to share the Gospel with? 💖

🔥 META Registration is OPEN! 🔥You do NOT want to miss this weekend!META is going to be an incredible time of fun, faith,...
02/14/2026

🔥 META Registration is OPEN! 🔥
You do NOT want to miss this weekend!

META is going to be an incredible time of fun, faith, and fellowship:

🎳 Friday: Bowling + host homes in the evening
❤️ Saturday: Service project + host homes in the evening
📖 All weekend: Digging into God’s Word together
🎮 Games, 🍕 great food, 🤝 amazing fellowship, and memories that will last!

✨ Sunday morning: We’ll have a special testimony & share time in place of Connect Group at 9:15 AM in The Loft.

📝 Sign up on the RBC Students page, Linktree, or the calendar page of our website.

This is one of those weekends students talk about all year — don’t miss it!

💬 If you need financial assistance, please reach out to Ian at
📧 [email protected]

Sign up, invite a friend, and get ready for an awesome weekend! 🙌

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Durham, NC
27712

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Wednesday 6:30pm - 8pm
Sunday 9:15am - 11:30am

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