Youth Ministry

Youth Ministry

UPCOMING UMYF ACTIVITIES

UMYF: “A Time for Fellowship, Faith & Fun!” Meets every Sunday in the YAC for fun, food, games and good times with God and friends! UMYF is open for all youth Grades 6th -12th (Unless otherwise noted). For more details contact Katherine in the church office.

Feb 14 - Youth Alive Weekend (Senior High Youth)
Junior High UMYF - Jesus encounters a Nobleman's Son and a Crippled Man (John 4:43-5:18)

Feb 21 - Mardi Gras Youth Fundraiser- Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner - Youth Fundraiser
(Volunteers needed 4:00 - 7:30 pm)
Dinner is from 5:30-7:00 pm
Suggested Donation - $7 Adults, $3 kids 12 and under.

Feb 21
3:00 pm - SSP planning meeting
4:00-6:00 pm - UMYF- Jesus Encounters a Blind Man (John 9:1-41). Come prepared for lots fo games....IN THE DARK!

Feb 27-28 - Straight and Narrow District Overnight
Extreme Bowling, Fellowship, Games and Seminars with youth from all over our District. This is for youth in grades 6-12. Cost is $15 per person and covers food and bowling. Meet at NUMC by 1 pm on Saturday to carpool, we will return by 10:30 am on Sunday morning.

March 7 - IN & OUT - Rollerskating at Skateland - 12 noon -3:00 pm
Youth and their ENTIRE families are invited to enjoy a family day out at our local skate rink. Bring $8 for admission and extra money for rentals and food.

March 12-13 - Confirmation Overnight

March 13- Youth Sunday rehearsal 9 am - 10:30 am

March 14 - Youth Sunday- Youth will be leading the worship services.
This is the day the Youth take over the church services and minister to the congregation in our very own style. The Scripture for the Service is John, Chapter 10. Start thinking of creative ideas!! We will be spending time in our Sunday School and Confirmation classes leading up to this week planning and practicing our service. Please let Katherine know if you would like to be involved.

March 21 - UMYF - Jesus Encounters Mary and Martha (John 10:40 - 11:46)

April 4 - Easter Sunday

April 23-25 Time Out: SpiritQuest 2010 - A Junior HIgh Conference Event.
Spirit Quest is a "time out" from the chaos and distractions that grab our attention and distract us from God. Spend a weekend at Forest Home Campground climbing Rock Walls, riding Ziplines, tackling a Challenge Rope Course, and in Worship and Fellowship with other Junior High Youth in our Methodist Conference. Cost is $125 and includes all meals, lodging and a tshirt! Save the date and look for your registration form in the mail.

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Senior High Sunday School- Meets from 10-11am in the YAC
Our focus for January will be on Missions and Outreach.

Check out the YOUTH BLOG!

CONFIRMATION - Please click here for Confirmation information!

Sierra Service Project -

Sunday, February 21st 3:00-4:00 pm in the YAC - Planning meeting for all participants.

This Summer our NUMC youth will join hundreds of church youth groups from all over the western states as they travel to one of our designated Native American Reservation worksites for an unforgettable week of serviing, learning, worship and fellowship! During each of the weeks* we will be repairing homes, and exploring the culture of the communities where we will be living. Work will range from roofing and building wheelchair ramps, to porches and painting.

This planning meeting on Feb 21 is important to ALL thoses who plan on participating. As we finalize our teams it is important that we take the time to plan opportunities for team building, and to make preparations for our journey to and from the reservations.

PLEASE make it a priority to attend (both Parents and Youth). Bring a calendar so we can set dates for our Big trip Fundraiser and for our Team Building Overnight. RSVP to Katherine.

* Senior High Trip - Destination - Teec Nos Pos Navajo Reservation in Northeastern Arizona. Trip dates: July 1-July11
*Junior High Trip - Destination - Fort Mc Dermitt Reservation in Nevada. Trip dates: July 30-August 8

Health Kits for Haiti -

Health Kits for Haiti -
Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Health kits are also used as learning
tools in personal hygiene, literacy, nutrition and cooking classes. Please bring supplies and/or completed Health Kits to church by January 31st. The youth group will be packing them and mailing to the Haiti Relief efforts through UMCOR.

Health Kit Items Value: $12 per kit
Place these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag:
1 hand towel (15” x 25” up to 17” x 27”, no kitchen towels),
1 washcloth, 1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocketsized),
1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers), 1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up),
1 tooth-brush (single brushes only in original wrapper, no child-size brushes), 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages and $1 to purchase toothpaste.
(NOTE: UMCOR Sager Brown is now purchasing toothpaste in bulk to be added to health kits before shipping to ensure that the product does not expire before they are
sent.)
Important Kit Assembly Information
All items included in kits must be NEW items. All emergency kits are carefully planned to make them usable in the greatest number of situations. Since strict rules often
govern product entry into international countries, it is important that kits contain only the requested items, nothing more.
DO NOT include any personal notes, money or additional materials in the kits. These things must be painstakingly removed and will delay the shipment.

Policies
We take the care and safety of your children very seriously. All of the people who work with children have undergone extensive background checks and adhere to the Safe Sanctuary policies that have been established by the Northridge United Methodist Church.

For a copy of our policies, please call the office at 818-886-1555.