The Landing is a Christ-centered wellness group for students in middle and high school. It is a safe place for students to talk about difficult life issues, the things that are stressing them out (big or small), and for when they feel as though no one else could possibly understand what they are feeling or going through.  The Landing is here to give students a safe place to be heard, learn new coping skills, find hope and healing, and even make some new friends along the way.

Students in middle and high school who may want some additional support when dealing with difficult life issues such as (but not limited to); Anger, Fear, Depression, Self-Harm, Bullying, Abuse, Alcohol & Drugs, Food Issues, Pornography, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Self-worth Issues, or any other issues that are interfering with your daily life.

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The Landing meets on Tuesdays from 7-9pm (doors open 6:45pm) at New Hope Church.

While no two Tuesdays will be exactly the same, each week has three main components: Meet & Greet, Large Group, and Small Groups.

• Meet and Greet: Doors open at 6:45pm. The Landing meets at New Hope Church on the second floor.  Please enter through Door 8 of the building, which is to the left of the main entrance.  Students are to head directly to the second floor to check in.   We invite students to come a little early (doors open at 6:45pm) to hang out with each other and The Landing leaders.  This time includes games and snacks.  A FREE dinner is available to the students during The Landing on the last Tuesday of the month as well.
• Large Group:The Large Group lesson will start at 7pm. This includes a time for worship followed by a creative, interactive teaching on a wellness topic, providing students with practical tools and coping strategies they can begin to utilize in their regular day-to-day lives and/or when facing challenges.  This can be quite a vibrant time.  No two Tuesdays will look exactly the same!
• Small Group: Following the Large Group Time, students will be split into small groups based on gender and age.  Small Groups are a safe place where students are encouraged to share openly and honestly about their struggles and celebrate the victories with each other.  All students are to be picked up by 9pm.

Our first priority is physical and emotional safety.  What’s shared in the group stays in the group.  Parents will not be notified of what a student shares unless a student reports he or she has been or will be harmed, will potentially be harmed, or has harmed another.

All volunteers within The Landing are background checked and interviewed prior to being allowed to serve with The Landing.  Additionally, all volunteers with The Landing receive relevant training.  Students will have a leader of the same gender.  While some leaders are do make themselves available outside of The Landing if they can, we do not require this.  Please feel free to contact thelanding@newhope.org if a parent or student needs to speak with a leader outside of The Landing.

Adults, including parents, who are not part of The Landing staff and volunteer team will not be allowed to attend The Landing meetings.  This helps to create a safe place for students to share openly and honestly about their struggles.  With that said, we do recognize that parents also may benefit from talking with others.  So, with this in mind, we invite parents to attend Celebrate Recovery, which also meets on Tuesdays from 7-9pm at New Hope Church.  Check out www.newhope.org/cr  to learn more about Celebrate Recovery at New Hope Church.

We recognize that there may be times when a student may have circumstances that go beyond than the help that The Landing can provide. The Landing is not designed to replace professional counseling.  It is a ministry led by laypersons who care about students.  They are not professionals.  If you would like information about professional counselors, please contact us at thelanding@newhope.org. Or perhaps your student may benefit from more than The Landing but is not necessarily in need of a professional counselor.  New Hope Church also offers Lay Counseling.  Lay counselors are not professionals but have received training through the Lay Counseling Institute (lciministry.org) and are available to help in a non-clinical setting.   For more information about Lay Counseling, please visit https://newhope.org/care-prayer/

If you have any additional questions or concerns, we would love to talk with you.