Mitchell MEckfessel

RIDGE STUDENTS PASTOR

As a revivalist, it is my goal to see The Ridge Students lead the way for revival in our young people.  These days it is very rare to find places where the Holy Spirit is welcome to truly move how He wants to move.  We will be a place that is open and available to the move of the Holy Spirit, however He wants it.  It is so important that we train up kids with the power of the Holy Spirit.  The gifts of the spirit are necessary to excel in the age we live in.  The world is only getting worse, and it is our responsibly and my vision to see a generation rise above the world!  We will be a generation that sees the outpouring of the Holy Ghost like never before.  

-Mitchell Meckfessel

Proverbs 22:6 KJV  "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Cooper Dorsey

WORSHIP LEADER

Worship is a way for us to prepare the way for the Holy Spirit to move in our lives personally and as a group. It’s my desire to lead the Ridge Students to pursue a lifestyle that allows them to come boldly into the presence of God. Worship isn’t just what takes place during service, it’s the way we live in daily surrender and obedience in the Kingdom. I strive to instill that in the hearts of these students and challenge them to grow and pursue worship in services and in every day life. Our time of worship in The Ridge Students is sacred, and precious, and meant to be kept holy. I pray that through those times, these students experience the depth and fullness of His presence so that they carry it on throughout the rest of their lives. 

-Cooper Dorsey

JARED MECKFESSEL

JR HIGH

Junior high Ministry is vital to the heartbeat of any church. The way these young men and women learn to live during these impressionable years is going to set them on course for how they will live throughout high school, college, the rest of their lives. A strong junior high group will create stronger youth and a stronger body of Christ We strive to create a hunger for God in the hearts of every student who comes through our church. These students aren’t the future of the church, they are the church! 

-Jared Meckfessel

MELODY MECKFESSEL

6th Grade / Purity Classes

The sixth grade class has a very dear space in my heart. As they exit the Ridge Kids they are placed in my class to slowly introduce them in to The Ridge Students.  I am passionate about teaching and training our young men and women to guard their hearts and keep their bodies sacred.  As we travel through the "Love Waits" series, we graduate with the knowledge of what God expects in being holy.  As we celebrate purity we set examples for our family, friends, and church body.  I pray those are lasting seeds for generations to come. 

-Melody Meckfessel 

1 Timothy 4:12 KJV "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

Bella Herzberg

Prayer Team 

I have a burden for our students to know the power of intercession.  We are living in a world where they are taught to be passive.  It is our goal to teach them the power of prophetic prayer.  It is not a coincidence the enemy is attacking our young people so strongly.  They are the future and investing the time to properly equip them is extremely important to me.  I am interceding for a hell-shaking, earthquaking, move of God. 

-Bella Herzberg

Ephesians 6:18 NIV "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.  With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's people."