Student Ministries
Student Ministries
NCN Student Ministries is responsible for providing a healthy spiritual experience for the young people of our district. Our goal is to partner with the hundreds of youth programs in churches throughout our district in order to see supernatural results in the lives of the young people of our district. Our purpose is to see a healthy youth ministry in every church in the Northern California and Nevada District of the Assemblies of God. We do this by serving the local churches and resourcing the needs of youth pastors throughout our district.
Events
Events
ALL ADULTS ATTENDING AN AGNCN EVENT WITH MINORS MUST COMPLETE A CLEARANCE PROCESS. EVENT REGISTRATION PAGES WILL HAVE THE INFO YOU NEED TO GET THAT PROCESS STARTED.
Speed the light
Spreads the Gospel
Speed the light
Spreads the Gospel
Coaches
leaders of leaders
Coaches
leaders of leaders
“All coaching is, is taking a player where they can’t take themselves.”
We are honored to have these leaders speak into the lives of our youth pastors and youth leaders through leadership training’s at our drive-ins, advisory board meetings, Next Gen Leadership Conference and one-on-one equipping.
bret allen
Rev. Bret L. Allen was elected to serve as the District Superintendent of the Northern California/Nevada Assemblies of God in April, 2016. Rev. Allen has been a Youth Pastor, Missionary, Leadership Coach, District Youth Director, Author and Senior Pastor. Rev. Allen oversees the nearly 450 churches comprising over 129,000 adherents in Northern California and Nevada District.
abe daniel
Rev. Abe Daniel has served as the Senior Pastor of Trinity Life Center (TLC) in Sacramento, CA since April of 2013
Prior to TLC, Pastor Abe served as the District Student Ministries Director for the Assemblies of God for nearly eight years; during which he provided leadership development in the 450 churches throughout the Northern California and Nevada District.
STEVE Withey
Rev. Steve Withey currently serves as the Associate, Next-Gen and Missions pastor at Green Valley Christian Center in Henderson, Nevada. Steve is a veteran of youth ministry. He and his wife Rebekah are creative in their approach to ministry as they train and equip others to find their true giftings and place in the Kingdom of God. Steve possesses a pastor’s heart and an authentic passion to see people fall in love with Jesus.
called
Commissioning a Generation by Creating CEO’s?
CEO: a student who is CALLED, with a desire to be EQUIPPED and a passion to stay ORIGINAL?
called
Commissioning a Generation by Creating CEO’s?
CEO: a student who is CALLED, with a desire to be EQUIPPED and a passion to stay ORIGINAL?
““For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” ”
NCN builds pastors and resources the local church. We believe building a pastor, missionary, evangelist, or church planter starts at a young age. Here is how we desire to foster the call of God in the next generation . . .
Disciples students in how to steward their calling and live a life worthy of their calling.
Creating atmospheres conducive to hearing God’s call (i.e., Yth Convention, summer camp, CALLED Camp).
Recognize students who are called with a commissioning certificate and ceremony.
Referral to online courses and scholarships for those who want to become commissioned ministers.
Help students find apprenticeship or internship opportunities after High School that will help them gain ministry experience.
Build the local church through empowering a generation to follow the call of God on their lives.
ARE YOU READY TO BE COMMISSIONED?
If you are CALLED to ministry and would like to know the next steps you can take to develop your gifts and find your destiny fill out the form below.
Fine Arts Festival
Fine Arts Festival
What is Fine Arts Festival?
Fine Arts Festival is a discipleship tool of NCN Student Ministries designed to help students discover, develop and deploy their ministry gifts. This is done by providing a space where Jr. High and High School students can perform or exhibit their talents and art to qualified adjudicators who will then provide constructive feedback for students. Students will also have the opportunity to receive an invitation to the National Fine Arts Festival where they can compete for scholarships and receive even more feedback to help develop their talents for ministry. More details about National Fine Arts below.
New To 2025-2026 NCN District Fine Arts
In addition to our standard Fine Arts Festival, we will be adding a secondary option to increase our accessibility to those who are unable to participate due to location, date, or finances. Our team has built the infrastructure to enable us to allow digital submissions for those unable to participate in the Festival. This new element increases the reach of our already existing Fine Arts program, without changing the overall vision.So, to clarify, in March we will have our Fine Arts Festival as it has been in previous years.
Registration will open at our Presence Conference in November allowing students to sign up for the Fine Arts Festival in March. Our Fine Arts Coordinator will reach out to churches that have previously not participated and provide them with the information of the event. If any church states that they are unable to participate because of time, location, or finances, he will inform them of the digital options we are providing this year.
Any church participating in the digital submissions will be encouraged to have the student present in a public forum (like they’re youth service or a special gathering for fine arts presentations). They will be provided a link to a locked folder only they (and the administrator) have access to. They will upload their students’ presentations to the labeled folder. Access will be provided for a limited time to qualified and fully vetted evaluators to “view only”. All permissions to save, download, share, or delete will be disabled. They would be asked to only view once (as would be the case in a live festival) and then they would have all the time they need to make their comprehensive comments and leave scores for the student. After they’ve evaluated that student, the folder would be locked. A full history of the file’s locked status is saved on the administrator’s dash board.
The evaluation results will be sent to the youth pastor, as it is done in a live setting, to share with their students. Our hope is to be able to livestream or record our awards service so that they can view it and hear their names announced if they receive a Superior Score. Digital submissions will have to be uploaded by January 31st so that we’re able to process them and include their results in our closing ceremony at the live event. Any submissions given after that will be evaluated and sent their scores, but they will not be a part of the live event.
All in all, we believe this best improves the accessibility factor for those with legitimate reasons for not participating in the past, while maintaining the festival atmosphere that so many of our churches, pastors, and students have engaged in over the years.