This week at EDGE, leader Josh Madzy opens with a math-class analogy every student knows — copying the homework, acing the assignment, then bombing the test — and uses it to ask a harder question: what if we're doing the same thing with our faith? Teaching from John 4 & the Samaritan woman at the well, Josh explains why inherited faith always leaves us thirsty again: it's shallow, it doesn't produce fruit, it's easy to abandon when life gets hard, and it can't stand in for actually knowing Jesus. He points students to the solution — individual surrender to the Savior, which simply means repenting and believing Jesus is Lord — and gives four practical next steps: ask the tough questions, know what you believe & why, use the faith of your family as fuel rather than a substitute, and bring friends to Jesus instead of just telling them about Him. The night ends on one challenging question: do you know Jesus only because someone else does, or have you met Him for yourself?

For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.

For more information on Kingdom: a Community Church, please visit www.kingdomemc.com.

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This week at EDGE, guest speaker Josh Sonoga — a longtime friend of Pastor James Sabin who serves with Fellowship of Christian Athletes and as WVU's football chaplain — teaches from John 15 on what it actually means to "remain" in Jesus. Using Christ's picture of the vine, the branches, and the Father as the gardener; Josh shows our students that staying connected through prayer, Scripture, worship, and real community is the only way a life produces fruit, because a branch cut off from the vine can't produce anything on its own. He also talks openly about pruning — how the things God cuts out of our lives sting for a moment but always lead to better growth — and shares candidly from his own past that God has since redeemed. The night closes with two questions worth sitting with: what are you connected to, and what is your life producing?

For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.

For more information on Kingdom: a Community Church, please visit www.kingdomemc.com.

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In week three of our series on Jonah, Pastor James Sabin unpacks the slippery slope of compromise — intentionally living lower than who God created you to be. Reading through Jonah 1:1–9, James shows how the sailors each cried out to their own gods while Jonah slept below deck, and he challenges students to name the "little gods" they trust instead of the one, true & living God: people, devices, or their own ability. Students learn the two marks of compromise — centering life on something other than God (idolatry) and giving lip service instead of true worship — and hear why Jonah called himself a Hebrew before a worshiper. The takeaway: obedience is the Lord's love language, and repentance is always just one step away, no matter how far you've run.

For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.

For more information on Kingdom: a Community Church, please visit www.kingdomemc.com.

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This week at EDGE, Pastor James Sabin continues our Jonah series, exploring how God's love relentlessly follows us even when we run from Him. Using Jonah's flight from Nineveh & the storm God sent to wake him up, James teaches our EDGE students that the hardships we face are often God's loving discipline, meant to grow our character rather than punish us. This week, our students learn every believer has been given the ministry of reconciliation — inviting others back to a relationship with God the same way Jonah was called to Nineveh. The message closes with an invitation for students to respond to Jesus and to write down the names of friends & family who don't yet know Him.

For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.

For more information on Kingdom: a Community Church, please visit www.kingdomemc.com.

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This week at EDGE, Pastor James Sabin kicks off a new 6-week series through the book of Jonah, starting with why sharing your faith is scary — for everyone, no matter how long you've walked with Jesus. Using the "Life in Six Words" gospel presentation and the story of Jonah's call to Nineveh, Pastor James unpacks how God's grace and calling on your life never gets revoked, even when fear or pride gets in the way. This week, students are challenged to move from fear to obedience through a simple rhythm: pray, care, share. This EDGE lesson is a must-watch for any student — or parent — wrestling with how to talk about faith with the people they love.

For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.

For more information on Kingdom: a Community Church, please visit www.kingdomemc.com

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Listen in to our last EDGE of the 2025-26 school year, as we hear testimonies from each of our EDGE seniors!

For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.

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Listen in to Pastor James Sabin's talk from this week's EDGE!

What you carry into summer is what you'll come back with in the fall.

For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.

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Listen in to this week's guest speaker, Frank Gil, as he shares with our students on the final night of Spring Fest 2026!

This evening, Frank is speaking from John 15 and what it looks like for each of us to abide in Christ.

For more information on EDGE Student Ministries, please visit www.edgestudents.org.

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