About HS

Over 100 years ago, a high school-aged girl had a vision to make an impact in her city and the world, and the result of her God-sized vision is Lake Avenue Church. We believe that God invites our young people today to the same kind of things. The girl at Wednesday night Bible study this week will be praying with the homeless next week, and will be spending part of her summer serving at our sister church in New Orleans. The boy throwing dodgeballs in the gym last Sunday is urging his friends to join him in fighting human trafficking this Sunday, and is raising funds to go to Cambodia in a few months. And the couple sitting next to you in the pew serve on the volunteer staff team that guides these young people in discovering all God has for them.

Our privilege is to come alongside high schoolers and their families during the journey of adolescence and create encounters with God's love, God's Word, and God's kingdom. Our rhythm of Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings includes worship, service, prayer, dialogue, and lots of fun. If you're a 9th-12 grade student, we would love for you to join our community! If you're a parent, or an adult who just wants to be involved, we'd love for you to join us too!

Finally, thanks for visiting our site. Hopefully, through all of these pages, you'll get a sense that we love high schoolers and believe that God wants to use them in His plan.

Our Guiding Values

Events & Programs

Our September-December calendar - with details - can be downloaded by clicking here.

Plugging In

Thanks for checking us out! We have carefully structured ourselves in a way that every student can easily get connected to other students and adult staff. If you'd like to get plugged into one of our Small Groups, find out more about our programs and service opportunities, or simply ask us some questions, contact us at 626.844.4758 or highschool@lakeave.org and we'll be in touch. We look forward to hearing from you!

For Parents

Welcome Parents! This tab is an ever-developing place for partnership and connection between LAC and you. Please visit often, as we are going to be updating this site regularly!

+ A welcome message from Jesse Oakes.

+ Download our Jan-May Calendar by here .

Important Dates, Deadlines, and Other Info

Parent Video April 2012 from Jesse Oakes on Vimeo.

+ Our Spring Retreats are April 20-22. There's one for boys and one for girls. Both retreats are $75. Sign up today!

+ Detroit 2012 is July 17-24. This will be a lot like our New Orleans trips. Sign-ups are due by April 15, please get your med release form and $100 deposit in today! The total cost will be no more than $650.

+ Life Groups are small groups led by a staff leader that meet once a month, and also go to our other programs together. These are huge for developing faith in community. Students can sign up on Sunday mornings at Day One.  

Resources

+ The Fuller Youth Institute turns research into resources for youth workers and parents alike. Their parent page can be accessed by clicking here.

+ The Center for Parent/Youth Understanding is a nonprofit organization committed to building strong families by serving to bridge the cultural-generational gap between parents and teenagers. Access their parent page by clicking here.

Staff

We believe strongly in the importance of students getting connected with adult leaders in mentor-like relationships. Our ministry is not just led by a few paid staff but a team of dedicated volunteers committed to helping high school students experience God. Come join us! If you love God, God's Word, and God's kids, then this may just be the place for you to serve.

For more information, please download our Application Form and Instructions.

Our High School Staff

Jesse Oakes leads the high school ministry and has trouble eating corn on the cob. He is older than he looks. He enjoys soccer, despite his age. He and his wife Megan live in Pasadena. She is the brains of the operation.	Liz Lin serves on LAC high school staff and is awesome. She loves her husband, the University of Michigan, and lemonade. She also has a PhD. That does not stand for player hating degree.
Angela Bae graduated from Wheaton before taking her talents to the University of Southern California. She loves education, pioneer women, and running long distances at a rigorous pace.	Andy Bertolucci is an engineer with a rocket arm. He throws southpaw and can knock the lips off a cockroach. He would love to demonstrate this for you. He and his wife CA live in Pasadena.
Christiana Bertolucci is a teacher and can beat Roger Federer in tennis. She runs like the wind. She is married to Andy and can wield a crowbar with astonishing expertise.	Jori Brown is a Chicago native, an artist, an MC, and a style guru. He prefers Nike to Adidas. For many, it's tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time, it's tricky. Not for him.
David Cannon is an the current godfather of interns and a philosophizer par excellence. He hails from the deep, deep whiteness of Idaho and enjoys Louisiana cookin'.	Sharon Clauson is a nurse in Arcadia and a mom to three lovely ladies. She and her husband Carl - who cooks a mean BBQ - reside in Altadena and can almost always be found smiling.
Lindsay DeKlotz is a proud SLO Mustang and is finishing up a degree at Fuller across the freeway. She has lived in China. Right now she lives here though. And by "here" I mean California.	Mark Duncan is a man among men and can hook you up with sweet cell phone deals. Maybe. He is a Gator and has met Tim Tebow. He is also a handler of snakes and quite a skydiver.
Peter Gazanian enjoys throwing pumpkins around when he's not engineering something useful to all human kind. He plays the guitar and one time straightened his hair, which was awesome.	Dan Haight leads our amazing A/V team and is in charge of the weather for southern California. He knows what the top of Mt. Wilson looks like. He and his wife Jelayne anticipate many trips to Texas in the near future.
Joey Hung is from San Marino and is a sensation on the soccer field. He hails from the Harvard of the Pacific Northwest: the University of Washington. He alternates between suits and coveralls.	This could be you if you join our team!
Brett Koerten is a Fuller student and an expert swimmer. When he's not cheering on his beloved Badgers, he samples the fare at local fruit farms. His palate can determine what month an apple tree was planted in. No joke.	Jen LaVecchia is the real deal. She studies at Fuller, she has flawless vocal accents, and knows a lot about a lot. She represents the East Coast but is down with the West.
Sheila Lawson is a wonderful mother and dispenses wisdom. She also knows a lot about taxes, and loves leading discussion at her table on Sunday mornings.	Lynn Mayer is a nurse at a fancy hospital and will tear you up on the tennis court or soccer field. She is funny, considerate, and will never reveal Bryan's secret identity.
Bryan Mayer is a thespian, a southern gentleman, and a husband. He also has superpowers that cannot be revealed here because then you'd know too much.	Sarah McCulley will not suffer anyone drinking their calories, because juice is poison. She and Scott were wed in 2010, the year of the Tiger. Her quotes frequently appear in the Star News.
R. Scott McCulley is a teacher, boater, financial expert, and coach of athletic sports. He is fond of his red climbing helmet. He also has over 500 fans on Facebook. He is the most interesting man in the world.	Josh Neufeld is simply awesome. He edits, he writes, he loves, he serves. He has gifts where other people have only dreams. And he has dreams where others only have gifts. E pluribus unum. Amen.
Megan Oakes is from California but her heart language is UVA, clogging in the hollers of Appalachia, and shrimp boiling. She works at USC and has excellent waving technique.	Kara Powell is a renowned soccer coach with a cool house. She and her husband Dave have three fantastic children. She works at Fuller and loves youth ministry a lot. She also teaches and writes.
This could be you if you join staff!	Stefanie Stack is a Fuller student and proud alumna of Penn State. She can explain what a nittany lion is. She has also served with YoungLife, and knows her way around Rwanda pretty well.
Josh is an early riser and a straight up baller. He can manage funds, dominate at soccer, vibe about theology and philosophy, and is a certified Macarena instructor.	Katherine met Josh at the National Macarena Competition of 2001. She has the power to take a scribbles of a two year-old and furnish them into Hemingway. She likes Disneyland.
Brandon Waybright is an artist, a husband, a Warrior, and an appreciator of fine things. He does an amazing job of leading our student music team. He has lovely facial hair.

Forms/Links

Student Ministries Forms

• Student Ministries Medical and Liability Release

• Volunteer Staff Application
• Forest Home Medical Release
• Parent Involvement Form
• Scholarship Form

Student Ministries Newsletter Links

• View Current Student Ministries Newsletter
• Student Ministry Parents Newsletter - Sign-Up

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