Junior High is a huge shift in life! Students explore who they are and who they want to become. The time for truth is now. During this roller coaster experience, we want to develop four core values that strongly identify with Jesus Christ.
Core Values
Authentic
We desire to be real with our identity, problems, and victories. You can be who you really are when you come to 180 and when you leave – live one life!
God Centered
We want our whole lives centered on God. Our desire is to see students let God take the lead and not try and lead Him. We need to be asking the question, “Is this a good thing or a God thing?”
Relevant
The world wants to know how this God stuff relates to them in their world. “Why, who says, and what does this mean to me?” - All major questions in Junior High. The world wants to see the God-life lived out and not just spoken of.
Influential
Our world needs change and we desire to be a transformed people set out to influence families, schools, and the world. If we believe all the right things, say all the right words, and do not influence others, we have missed the point. Jesus says we are the salt and light of the world!
Staff
Joel Vint
180 Pastor
Greetings! This is my fifth year of leading 180 and I love what God is doing among us. Lives are being changed and He is getting fame. I'm married to an amazing woman named Sarah also serves at Cornsersone as the Salt Company Coordinator. Sarah and I love ministering to teens and their families. I became a Christian through the Salt Company ministry in 2003 and have enjoyed knowing God more and more since then. I graduated from Iowa State in Horticulture and I love to do landscaping and golf. I've also been known to choreograph a car dance or two. My passion is to be maximized for God's kingdom until he returns or calls me home.
Shane Kelley
180 Intern
Hello! I am a recent college graduate from Iowa State and have enjoyed the blessing of being able to volunteer at 180 for the last four years. I came to Christ as a child but started really LIVING for Him soon after coming to Cornerstone as an ISU freshman. I'm married to an awesome woman and former 180 lady - Samantha Kelley. God has blessed us both with a heart for young people and we love to influence the lives of junior highers together! See you at 180!
Lauren Chorpening
180 Coordinating Intern
Lauren is a recent graduate of Iowa State University. She has a heart for young women and aims to help them establish or deepen their relationships with God. She is the go-to person for staff, parents and students as the new coordinating intern for Escape 22 and 180 ministries.
