About Young Adults

We pass each other in the coffee shop, on the street, and on Sunday mornings. We recognize familiar faces, but don’t know each other as well as we’d like to. So let’s change that.

Here’s your chance to get connected with those who share our desire for things that are good and true. We gather once a month around a table, a fireplace, or on a living room floor to eat together, hear each others’ stories, and be encouraged in our own story.

Visit our Calendar of Events page for dates and details.

The Biblical narrative is filled with God speaking to his people through unexpected sources. Burning bushes. Donkeys. The godless Chaldeans… These stories within the larger story open our eyes to the reality God has no use for the line between the sacred and the secular that we use to validate or discredit things within our culture. God is working in and through all kinds of people, in all kinds of places. No matter the source—all truth is God’s truth.

This means our daily encounters with music, TV, movies, novels, graffiti, photographs, video games, and shopping malls are all opportunities for encounters with the Divine. It all matters. God can and does use all of these mediums to speak to his people if only we have eyes that see and ears that hear. By assuming a posture of discernment towards these cultural expressions we avoid the pitfalls of blind consumption and total avoidance.

It is for this reason we will intentionally engage with many of the cultural expressions of our day. Open to a two-way dialogue between the cultural text and the Biblical text, we will enter into the stories of musicians, filmmakers, and other artists and culture-makers with our eyes and ears open for the sounds of the kingdom. Check our Calendar of Events for up coming events and series.

For some a housemate is someone with whom you simply share bills and a bathroom. For others, the people you are living with are a carefully selected group of people with whom you desire to share life. We believe housemates have a unique opportunity to journey through this important time of life together purposefully and significantly. So we want to help you do that—with a House Mentor.

A House Mentor is a person [or a couple] who has experienced the joys and challenges of living with a group of friends. They are committed to walking alongside of you and your housemates to help foster the depth of connection you desire.

House Mentors will help you make commitments to each other that are both realistic and stretching. While the House Mentor will not live with you, they’ll dedicate themselves to you and your housemates by being available for conversations, offering guidance, and facilitating points of connection. Whether you and your housemates decide to share meals together, journey through a Short Circle curriculum, or commit to serve together as a group, the House Mentor will help you make commitments to each other and stick to them. You decide what your adventure in community will be and we will help you get there.

If you live in a house or apartment with 3 or more people and would like to further explore this opportunity to experience a deeper sense of connection with your housemates, contact us at youngadults@marshill.org to set up a time to meet. We look forward to helping you journey well with your friends.