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Anchored & Aimed

A community of 18–28 year olds learning to be anchored in who God is and aimed at who he's called us to be.

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We're not here for another event on your calendar. We're here to build something that holds — friendships that last, faith that goes deeper than feelings, and a life that's actually going somewhere. We gather Thursday nights to center on the presence of God in worship and the Word, and we spend the rest of the week living what we hear there.

Wherever you're starting from — new to faith, returning to it, or already running hard after Jesus — there's a place for you here.

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"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure."
— Hebrews 6:19

"So we make it our aim, whether at home or away, to please him."
— 2 Corinthians 5:9

Oasis

A Thursday night space to be refreshed in
the presence of God.

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Oasis is the heartbeat of HDC Young Adults. Every Thursday night we gather to worship, hear from the Word, and recenter our lives on the presence of God before the weekend hits. It's not designed to be polished or performative — it's designed to be honest. A place to come tired and leave restored. A place to come distracted and leave aimed.

Worship leads, a message rooted in scripture, and people who'll know your name by the second time you come.

Doors open · 7:00 PM

Service starts · 7:30 PM

Ends by · 9:00 PM

Where · Victorville Campus / Gymnasium

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Four ways to belong here.

Everything HDC Young Adults does fits into one of four spaces. Whether you're brand new or all in, you'll find your way in through one of these doors — and most people end up in all four eventually.

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Presence

Worship is the center, not the warm-up.

The center of HDC YA is Thursday nights — Oasis — where we gather around the presence of God in worship and teaching. It also finds expression in our worship nights and other special gatherings throughout the year. This is the room everything else flows out of.

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Chill

Bring your people. We'll bring the space.

Chill spaces aren't primarily for you — they're for the people in your world who might not walk into a church but would walk into a backyard, a pickleball court, or a late-night hangout. Late Nights and other fun events are designed to be the kind of thing you can text a friend about without explaining yourself. Come hang out. Bring someone.

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Grow

Anchored takes time. We build the on-ramps.

We're passionate about connecting you to the spaces and resources that grow your roots in God. Rooted small groups, deep-dive, the summer run club, and the rhythms that turn Thursday-night faith into Monday-morning faith. None of this happens by accident — and none of it is meant to be done alone.

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Fruit

Faith was always meant to leave the room.

We give Young Adults real spaces to live out their faith and bear fruit — mission trips, serve experiences, prayer gatherings, and on-ramps into the wider ministry of HDC. This is where what you hear Thursday becomes what you do the rest of the week. It's also where you find out what you're actually made for.

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Sermons on the go.

Catch up on what you missed. Revisit what hit. Take the room with you for the week.

Every Thursday night message, available wherever you listen. Apple, Spotify, or right here.

Apple Podcasts →Spotify →YouTube →

Current Series

NOW PREACHING · 6 WEEKS

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The Lord's Prayer

Teach Us How to Pray.

Most of us pray in one of two broken shapes. Either a list of requests that runs dry in about ninety seconds, or a half-remembered formula from childhood that we say fast and feel nothing about. Both of them are lonely. Neither one survives a hard season.

Then there's the prayer Jesus actually taught.

Read it slowly and you'll notice something strange: there's no "I" anywhere in it. Our Father. Give us. Forgive us. Lead us. One man asks Jesus how he should pray, and Jesus answers in the plural — every single time. Even alone in your car at seven in the morning, this is a prayer you pray with other people.

That's what we're after this fall. Not information about a famous prayer. A way of praying that reorients you — up toward a Father who is actually listening, and out toward the people sitting right next to you.

Come learn it with us. Thursdays, 7pm.

Mark your calendar

Worship nights, late nights, and the gatherings worth showing up early for.

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Everything on the YA calendar.

Weekly gatherings, monthly rhythms, and one-off events — all in one place.

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You don't have to have it figured out to come.

Most of the people in this room walked in for the first time wondering if they'd fit. They stayed because they did.

Doors open Thursday at 7. We'll save you a seat.

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Questions? Reach out → jarnett@highdesertchurch.com