Welcome to TFCA’s (The Falls Church Anglican) Youth Ministry! Our vision is to Belong like family, Behold Jesus, and Become disciples of Christ. We would love to have you join us as a student, parent, or volunteer! Please don’t hesitate to connect with our staff at studentmin@tfcanglican.org or by calling (571) 282-0301.
SCHOOL-YEAR PROGRAMS
Youth Group
On Sunday nights from 5:00 to 7:00pm, students in 6th through 12th grades will gather for a time of community, fun, worship, teaching, and a small group time with their Youth Family leaders! Small groups remain a permanent discipleship community throughout the year and are divided by grade and gender with at least two Youth Family leaders per group. A Youth Family leader is a volunteer who has been coached to be intentional about teaching, discipling, and walking through life with your student. Click here for more information and to register your student for the 2025-26 year of Youth Group activities.
Bible Breakfast
Want to go deeper? Great, we have an opportunity for that! We have discipleship groups called Bible Breakfasts where students dive deeply into Scripture and learn how to apply it to what is going on in their lives. We have a variety of times and locations, so email studentmin@tfcanglican.org to find out when and where groups are meeting this year. And if there is a group of students you know who does not have a Bible Breakfast close to their school, we will help find a place and a leader for them to meet.
RETREATS
Retreat weekends are some of the best weekends of the year! We have fall retreats for our middle and high school students where we have the opportunity to get away, have lots of fun, connect with God, and go deeper in relationships. In the winter we have a 3-night weekend Breakaway retreat for high schoolers and a 2-night Breakaway retreat for middle schoolers at the beautiful Rockbridge camp in Goshen, Virginia. Breakaway is an incredible time for worship, teaching, small group discussions, awesome activities, and just having *unplugged* fun away from the pressure and stress of daily life. Visit this Q&A page for more information and mark your calendar now for the 2025-26 retreats: High School Fall Retreat, September 26-28; Middle School Fall Retreat, October 17-19; High School Breakaway, February 13-16; Middle School Breakaway, March 6-8. TFCA invites other churches to join us for the Breakaway retreats each year. Contact us for more information.
Contacts
Katie Toro
Operations Coordinator
(571) 282-0301
Marty O’Rourke Youth Ministry Director (571) 282-0300
Sophie Moore
Assistant Director
(571) 282-0303
Jordan Carmichael
Assistant Director
(571) 282-0304
CJ McDowell
Youth Ministry Coordinator
SUMMER ACTIVITIES
SUMMER Events
Summer is a great time to get involved and dive into youth ministry activities! Join us to hang out at a local park and play games; come to the weekly DIVE event for either middle and high schoolers where we swim, eat dinner, and hear a testimony; cheer on the Nationals on an outing to a game; ride the roller coasters with us at Hershey Park; or join for one of many other activities we have planned this summer. For more information, email us at studentmin@tfcanglican.org. Hope to see you this summer!
Fusion 2026
Fusion is our weeklong summer day camp for rising 6th-8th graders that aligns with our church’s goals of community, discipleship, and outreach. Fusion is an incredible week “fusing” service, fun, community, and the Gospel. Each day, students will engage in community service projects, be discipled by staff as well by their high school small group leaders, and have fun doing activities like going to an amusement park or the zoo or playing sports! Fusion 2026 will take place on July 6-10, so both for middle school campers and high school volunteers please save the date and keep an eye out for registration coming soon.
SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
If you are a college student or college-age young adult who has a heart for Jesus and middle/high schoolers and would like to have an awesome summer doing fun activities with and discipling students, please click here to learn about the Youth Ministry’s summer internship program. These summer positions are fantastic opportunities for a young adult with an interest in ministry to learn what it’s like to work in Youth Ministry (spoiler alert: it’s hard work at odd hours but a LOT of fun!) and to be mentored and developed as a leader…all while getting paid.
High school outreach trip 2026
We are excited to announce that this summer’s high school outreach trip will be going to serve the community of Welch, West Virginia, on July 20-25. There are some great ministries that are well-established in the community with whom we will be partnering to serve the community by doing projects (such as helping elderly clean out their house or projects for the school where there isn’t enough government funding) and putting on a soccer camp to better connect people to the church in Welch. Current 9th-12th graders will be invited to apply and we will also be looking for additional adult leaders. For more information, contact us at studentmin@tfcanglican.org.
Confirmation
High school is a great opportunity for student’s to make their faith their own. Our confirmation class walks through the core values of Christianity and challenges students to dig into what they believe and why. Confirmation is typically for those who were baptized as infants and now want to make a profession of faith for themselves. After Confirmation, students become full members of the church with all rights in voting and running for vestry. Click here for more information about confirmation.
Other Events
We are always thinking of something fun and exciting to do. If you would like to be in the know, email studentmin@tfcanglican.org to get on the newsletter list.
ways to get involved
Interested in getting involved? Click here for more information about opportunities to serve.