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Current Season: Fall (September-November) 2025
Last Updated: 9/5/2025

This is our Live Apex Newsletter! Why is it live? Because we will update it periodically with new information and you should continue to come back and reference it! Note: if we CHANGE any info, we will send a text out to inform about the change. This page can always be found under the registration page of our church website (harvestnepa.org), but we also suggest saving the url or even bookmarking the page in your web browser so you can access it easily and often!

As you see the registration links below, please note that registration pages will generally close about a week prior to the event unless otherwise specified.

Fall Newsletter 2025
(September-November)

Check out this newsletter to stay involved and in the know for all things Apex! Don’t miss the Sign up links included below!
- Release form -
In order to attend any off campus Apex events or to participate in any Apex activities like gym night and games, you need this release form printed, signed by student and parent, filled out to completion, and handed in.
FORM: 2025 Release Form

Upcoming Events!
Released 7/5/2025:

- Gift Work Day Tomorrow! -
September 6th!
Boss (Andrew) needs your help! Join him at the gift work site on Saturday! Wear messy clothes. 9AM till sundown. Come serve whenever you can! Lunch provided only for those who work in the morning.
- See you at the pole! -
September 24th
On the morning of September 24th, thousands of teenagers will be gathering at their school’s flag poles before school to pray! This makes a powerful statement to your school! “We love you and God loves you!”

Please do your part to send this message to your school!
We need you to sign up, let us know what school you attend, and let us know if you would be interested in doing a phone interview for WRGN during your prayer event on the 24th.
HOMESCHOOLERS! You will be joining us in prayer at the WRGN studio in person!
Breakfast provided!
Sign up here by 9/17/25

- Whistle Pig Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze! -
9/27/25, 5:00-8:30pm
This is a simple and fun way to fellowship as an Apex Student!

Enjoy a Corn Maze, Marshmallows and Hot Dogs at a fire, and pick a pumpkin on your way out!
Drop off at the farm will be 5:30. Drop off at the church will be 5:00.
Pick up at the farm will be 8:00. Pick up at the Church will be 8:30.
Sign Up Here by 9/20/25

- STL Pancake Breakfast! -
October 26th, 8AM-11PM
Our Harvest Missions Impact Service with guest speaker Greg Hubbord is on Sunday, October 26th. We will only be having one service starting at 10:00AM. Before that service from 9-10, Apex Students will be serving a pancake breakfast to raise money for Speed The Light, a world missions organization! Invite your family and friends to come to service early and enjoy some pancakes for a good cause!
Sign up here by 10/22!

- Fall Fifth Wednesday! -
October 29th, 6:00-8:30!
This is our big quarterly outreach to get your friends to church! We will provide food, games, and prizes! All you have to do is invite them!
Group Gym Games Like Dodge Ball Held from 6:00-6:30 and 8:00-8:30
Tournaments held from 6:30-8:00!
This quarter our tournaments will be:
Gym: Volleyball Tournament! (6v6 or 3v3 depending on the amount of entries.)
Arcade/Cafe: Mario Kart Tournament! (Mario Kart 8 Deluxe!)
Guests and the friend who invited them will receive a $5 coupon to our cafe! (This is enough for a smoothie, or a gatorade and a snack!)
Release Form Required to enter the gym!
Click Here for our 2025 online release form!

- Fine Arts 2026-
Apex Fine Arts Showcase: Late Winter/Early Spring
Network Festival: April 17-18
Fine arts is an awesome opportunity to gain real practical experience as you develop your talents in the performing and visual arts to be used by Jesus to minister to the people around you! At harvest, we have two steps to fine arts.

1. In House Fine Arts. We prepare different forms of visual and performing arts for the sake of doing ministry in our church, culminating in a night of fun and ministry around the end of winter/beginning of spring! (Date TBD) Sign up is free.
2. Network Fine Arts. We participate at a network level in the Fine Arts Festival, where you will polish the work you did for our in-house showcase to be critiqued by evaluators who will give you advice on how you can continue to grow. If you do especially well, you may be invited to the national level of Fine Arts, which is an incredibly rewarding experiece. Sign up costs about $150, and will be confirmed when we get more details from the district.

This sign up link informs Denise, our fine arts coordinator that you are INTERESTED in participating. This is the first step to participating but it does not automatically mean you are participating. Some experience and ability as well as commitment to practice is required to participate.
Here is the list of available categories you may participate in!
Short Sermon
Percussion Solo Traditional or Unconventional
Human Video Ensemble Large or Small
Puppetry Group
Children’s Lesson Group
Children’s Lesson Solo
Promo Video
Short Film
Graphic Design
T-Shirt Design
Drama Ensemble Small or Large
Spoken Word
Photography, Digital Camera, Film, or Mobile Device.
Book Chapter
Children’s Literature
First Person Essay
Flash Fiction
Mini Saga
Poetry
Worship Dance Troupe, Small or Large
Worship Dance Solo
ASL
Stand Up Comedy
Piano Solo
Piano Solo Classical
Vocal ensemble, Small or Large
Vocal Solo
Worship Leading Solo
Worship Team Small or Large
Sign up here by 9/24/25!

- Parents! Pizza with PBJ -
October 22nd, 6:30-8:00pm
While our awesome youth leaders run things for your kids, PBJ invites parents to meet up in our Middle School building for pizza while we catch up on the awesome things God has been doing in your kids lives and discuss a devo on how to help teens live the life God has called them to live at church, at school, and at home. (And how to stay sane while we do it!)
Sign up here so we know how much pizza to buy! (Closes 8/20)

Other Info:
At Apex, Doors open at 6:00pm, Service Starts at 6:30pm, and ends at 8:00pm. We ask that students be picked up by 8:30pm.

• For the safety of our students, we lock the doors at 7:00pm. This simply means they will open out but not in. It is ok to arrive late! Just call one of the leaders and we will let you in! (PBJ’s Number: (570)861-2809)

Athletes, Dancers, Actors, and other artists, we want to support you! 

• Give PBJ your team’s schedule or the dates of your shows so we can come cheer you on!

Follow us on Insta and FB. We will be discontinuing our Discord Server and replacing it soon.

• We cannot control and are not responsible for where your students go outside of our secure Apex pages. Our Apex pages are secure, safe, and monitored for appropriate behavior, However, on social media, your student can use these apps to access any public page and message other people privately. Your student’s behavior outside of our Apex social media pages is not our responsibility to monitor, nor is it our responsibility to monitor how your students connect with each other through their phones. Please take the appropriate precautions as your students learn appropriate cell phone and online behavior.
• Follow us on FB or Insta @apexharvest

Phone policy during Apex services, events, and trips:

• Middle schoolers may not bring phones on Apex trips.
• Apex students are permitted to use their phones during Apex events to take notes, use Bible apps, and for EMERGENCY CONTACT ONLY. If we find students are distracted because they are not using their phone for one of these three things, we will confiscate their phone for the remainder of the event.

Questions?
Contact Pastor Brian at: (570) 861-2809 / PBJ@harvestnepa.org
Blessings!
-PBJ, Student Ministry Pastor at Harvest Church