On Saturay February 28th Youth from NUMC joined other Methodist MYF groups from all over the Santa Barbara District for an Overnight – mini conference Event all about making a “Clean Sweep” in their lives. Our youth choose from 8 of the different seminars offered and enjoyed discussion and activities focused around Relationships (setting boundaries), Anger (Letting go of resentment), Forgivness and Leadership. Then they were introduced to the fun game of Broom hockey on Ice! After one regretful incident J, the rest of our youth enjoyed making goals and “hanging” with all the other 100 teens. After broomball, there was a worship service at Westlake Village UMC which included acustic music and a sermon given by a recent High School Grad who talked about her faith and how she had to struggle to hold onto her beliefs in college. She talked about how she turned to the Bible in times of trouble and learned to define herself through Jesus as a Christian. Here is what Clara Scorintino had to say about the event: “I am so happy that you took us…I got something out of every session… It was fun and meaningful at the same time. I had a good time!”
I am looking forward to taking our youth to more District and Conference Events! Katherine Stanfill