United Methodist Youth (UMY)
NEW SUNDAY NIGHT SCHEDULE:(beginning March 9th)
4 pm - Loft is open for students
5 pm - Bible Study
6 pm - Kaleo Community Worship Service
Some of our volunteers will be going to Little Rock for a training event the
weekend of February 8th. If you are an adult working with students or
interested in working with students, please call Lance in the church office
as soon as possible. This might also be a good event for teachers that work
with 7th-12th grades
Live @ the Loft with Mark Sorensen Band, Saturday, April 26th
WHAT: A night of great music and good friends!
WHO: This event is open to all students and they are highly encouraged to bring their friends.
WHEN: Saturday, April 26th
WHERE: The Loft
COST: $5 will cover the cost of the band and we will have refreshments, CDs, and tshirts for sale as well.
Spring Break Trip, March 24th-28th
Just the facts
WHAT: 3 day, 3 night, Camping and Canoeing down the Buffalo River.
WHO: This event is open to students and their friends.
WHEN: March 24th-28th
COST: non-refundable $50 deposit due by February 27th
FAQs:
What time will we leave?
We will leave at 1 pm on Monday, February 24th
What about food?
All food will be included in the full price of trip.
Who are the chaperons?
Jim Polk, Patty Polk, Bob Depper, Mary Depper, Cindy McKinnon, Lance Green
What about a backup plan for weather?
We need to have a back up plan in case the weather is too cold, so we would like to have your input. Some suggestions made have been…Hot Springs, Branson, and a southern states Road Trip. Any resources or thoughts you may have would be highly appreciated.
What is the schedule like?
Though we don’t know the exact schedule, we can tell you we will be staying at First UMC,
Harrison on Monday night. We will begin the canoeing the next morning and we will do around
10 miles per day. This will be rustic camping. It is undetermined if we will have access to
showers as of yet, but it is being looked into. We will have times to fellowship, eat, and
worship along the river. This has the potential to be an extraordinarily exciting and enjoyable trip!
REMINDERS
Suspended Youth Activities on March 23rd due to Easter. Kaleo will still take place.
Dinners on Wednesday night are a FAMILY AFFAIR. We understand if you can not be here, but it is a great time for you to come and take part in a great church wide ministry. The cost is $5 per person (beginning with 7th grade students).
Any mission or service events provided through the church, we will sign off on service hours for students.
Don’t forget to see Katrina Abbott if you are interested in joining the Relay for Life Team.
NEXT PARENT MEETING - March 9th, 5 pm
Summer Schedule
Mission Experiences
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These are currently being reevaluated and we will let you and your students know as soon as
possible about these great Mission Experiences.
Camp Experiences -
Camp Tanako in Hot Springs, AR has many opportunities you can explore for your child at
www.tanako.org. We will also be taking any students that care to attend to Camp Alpha in Andalusia,
Alabama June 23-28. We will provide more info on cost at next months parent meeting, but if your
child is interested in Camp Alpha, please let Lance know as soon as possible.
Vacation Bible School
- June 16th-20th
Florida slideshow
A Call to step up
Our mission is to be a growing and committed group of students, united as followers of Christ!
Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young..." I always really loved this verse when I was a teenager. Every time an adult would say something that felt like they were slighting me, I would always come back to this verse and say…”Ha! You can’t look down on me!” I thought Paul was telling his young friend Timothy not to let anyone talk bad about him or question his judgment. Oh I was so wrong. Paul was telling Timothy not to give anyone reason to look down on him. Paul was telling Timothy that even though he was very young, that he was still a follower of Christ and needed to act like it. Paul was telling Timothy that even though he was young, he had to step up and have an even stronger faith and walk with Christ than some of those
around him.
Here in First Life Student Ministry, we are going to challenge you to be Timothy! If you want to be a what we call a “member” of First Life Student Ministry we are going to call on you to step up yourself. Some of you are members of this church; that is not what we are referring to. First Life members are challenged to do some things that help to reflect their individual dedication to Christ. Remember friends, if you are a Christian, you carry the name of Christ. Let’s reflect that to our friends, our families and our church by stepping up in our commitment to the Lord and to the ministry we belong to. I will be the first to step up! I am committing to you the four things that we will be asking of you. In addition, all of our adult leaders will also have to commit to those four things. So now, what about you? Are you willing to step up.
~Lance
What is expected of me as a member?
1. To worship regularly
2. To continue to grow in your faith by participating in a small group study
3. To serve God with your hands by volunteering in service to the congregation and the community
and the world
4. To try your hardest to give financially in some way (not your parents money)
If you choose to not be a member, that is understandable. Not everyone is willing to make these
kinds of commitments. If you choose to not be a member, you still have access to everything that
everyone else does. Nobody gets special treatment for being a member. Everybody gets access to
all the same events and ministries. It’s crazy, I know! But being committed to
Christ...THAT IS FUN STUFF!
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All fundraisers benefit the student ministry which offsets the cost of mission trips, retreats and
other events. Tickets, more information and adult volunteer opportunities are available b
y contacting Lance Green, Director of Student Ministries through the church office
or lance.e.green@gmail.com
