To be a new generation of Christ followers who will impact our community, our nation, and the world. Heart in the community... Focus on the nation... Sights on the world.

Ozzie Ortiz is the youth pastor of The Next Wave, and his wife Apryl Ortiz is the Campus Life director and a main leader of the youth group. Apryl and Ozzie have plans to make The Next Wave a completely student-led group and are focusing on youth leadership and community impact. To contact Ozzie just email him at ozzie@fccec.net

First Christian Church is located at 450 South Waterman Avenue in El Centro, CA. The Youth Room is located upstairs, so any outdoor stairs you see, climb them and you'll get to the youth room. On Wednesdays we meet at 6:30pm and there is a Soup and Salad dinner in the gym at 5:30pm. On Sundays we meet at 9:30am and usually attend the 11:00 main church service.

"But you will receive 'dunamis' when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” -Acts 1:8

"Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity." 1 Timothy 4:12

"What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." -James 2:14-17