FAQ
Q: What schools does C3 go to?
We visit Hillside, Kestrel Heights, Jordan, Durham School of the Arts, North Carolina School of Science and Math, Riverside, Chapel Hill, East Chapel Hill, Pace Academy, Cresset, Trinity, Orange County, Cedar Ridge, and Woods. For information on when and where are official club meetings are, go to our calendar by clicking here.
Q: What do you actually do at the high school?
Before and after school we meet with students. Through the cooperation of student leaders and teacher sponsors we help form and direct clubs and events. At club meetings, we basically hold a mini-youth group. We play games, discuss deep spiritual issues, share what's going on in our lives, pray for each other, grow closer to Jesus, lead the lost to a relationship with Jesus (not just to factual knowledge of Jesus), eat food, do homework, study the bible, and hang out. We do whatever we need to so that everyone who attends is confronted with the reality of Jesus and grows closer to him.
With parental consent, we visit students at lunch whom we know through local youth groups and churches. We hang out with them, meet their friends, show them we care, and bless them in any way we can just by eating lunch with them.
Q: How are you allowed to do this?
Through relationships. We don't ask schools what they can do for us, we ask schools what we can do for them. We volunteer during class, proctor during state tests, bring food for the teachers and students, tutor for free, and pray for them. Through the relationships with teachers, students, and administrators we then help form these Christ-centered communities on campus that are perfectly legal and official. We never break any school rule or law. What we do always complements the educational process.
Q: What is the difference between C3 and Young Life or FCA?
The central purpose of these organizations and C3 seem to be identical: We desire that every person knows Jesus Christ personally and that our Heavenly Father's Will is done in their lives and on the school campuses.
We pray that the differences between those groups and ours are only the modes of engaging the high school culture, the teenage sub-cultures we serve, and the connection we have to local churches.
Our heart is to oversee Christ-centered communities ON campus, since students spend the majority of their waking hours at school and since they are already at school. We desire to connect these students to local bodies of Christ so they may be spiritually nourished by the Truth even after they graduate high school. We desire to reach ALL students, no matter their race, religion, sexual preference, extra-curricular participation, economic status, musical preference, etc. We use culturally relevant ways to engage the students while never compromising the eternal Truth.
We are a church ministry, not a para-church ministry. Our mission, actions, accountability, strategy, and spiritual support are directly connected to the local church, not a para-church organization.
Q: Who funds C3?
C3 is completely funded by individuals and churches who want to make an impact in the lives of high school students. If you want to join our support team, please click here.