Confirmation Students
 Our Schedule:
 We are meeting twice a month on Wednesdays from 4-6:30 p.m.
in the Middle School Youth room. 
 Here’s the schedule: Apr. 11 & 25  and May 9.     

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​Confirmation Sunday will be ​May 13th

Senior Recognition
 Join us on Sunday, May 20th during the 10:00 am worship service while we recognize this year's graduating high school seniors. A reception will follow the service in the parlor.

We pray for God's guidance as the following students head off for new adventures: 
 Blake Christensen, Emma Gaes, Cassidy Kascht, Sydney Metteer, Jessica Rebstock and Jacob Sponder. A reception will be held in the parlor after the service.   (If you do not see your senior on this list please contact Alaina Dick via the church office phone or email at alaina@gracesiouxcity.org) 

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High School Sunday School

Grades 9-12
Sunday School
 
This month High School will be exploring themes that come with the Easter as well as spring season. With this season comes the sense
of new beginnings.
In Easter we celebrate how Christ rose from the dead and gave us a new life by making it possible for us to come closer to God than we ever had before. Forgiveness can bring about new beginnings. Evangelism can help bring new beginnings to those who do not yet know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. God’s Blessings can bring us a new way of seeing ourselves, those around us and a new perspective on our everyday life. Quiet time with the Lord can bring a about a new heart.
 
1-Easter—Matt 28:1-10
8-Forgiveness—Matt 18:21-35
15-Evangelism—Matt 13:44
22-God’s Blessings—Matt 5:3-11
29-Quiet Time—James 4:8-10

 Grades 6-8
Sunday School

 This month Middle school will be diving deeper into the
​ Easter Season as well.
Once Jesus’ resurrection happened it changed how we would encounter God and his son, Jesus. It changed the disciples and anyone who came into contact with them. Jesus’ disciples learned how to put their trust in him after he left this earth. They also learned how to wait on the Lord. These are all things that we, as Jesus’ followers, today must still learn how to do. It’s very important to learn our history as well as how and why it still applies today. The Pentecost marked when the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles, thus changing everything once again for Jesus’ disciples and those who encountered them.
 
1-Resurrection (Jesus’ Resurrection)
8-Encountering Jesus (The Road to Emmaus)
15-Trust (Jesus and the Disciples)
22-Waiting (The Ascension)
29-The Holy Spirit (Pentecost)

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Our Lent Photo a Day was still going very strong in March all the way till Lent ended on March 29th.  Below are a few examples of what has been posted during the Lenten season

This was Day 20:  Persecution
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you." John 15:18

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This was Day 26:  Sacrifice
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

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Youth Group
​2018-2019

It is going to be a fun and interesting month. Below is the tentative schedule of lessons. Be on the lookout in the Church bulletin and on the Facebook page, Grace UMC Youth, for more information on any events
 that pop up this month.
 
High School we meet every Wednesday night at 6:30 pm upstairs
April 4-Easter Celebration and Reflection night
April 11- Corrie Ten Boom
April 18- How to Share your Faith
April 25- LGBTQ+
 
Middle School we meet every Wednesday night at 6:30 pm downstairs
April 4-Easter Celebration and Reflection night
April 11-Why Jesus Session 4 Part 2
April 18-Do not worry about anything
April 25-Patience 

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March Recap!
The High school students learned about how alcohol has affected everyone’s life differently, the United Methodist Church’s stance on alcohol, how it was used and abused in the Bible and how we, if we do choose to drink once we are of age, are supposed to treat it even though today’s culture paints a vastly different picture of how we are to treat alcohol.
 
The Middle school students were able to talk about Harry Potter and how it has been so huge in pop culture for the last decade. This was timed to be taught the day that the new trailer of The Crimes of Grindlewald aired. This movie aims to expand the wizarding world of Harry Potter even more than the other spin-off: Fantastic Beasts and where to find them. The Morningside students guided the students through questions to help them think about where Jesus would fit into the fantastical world that they have grown up with.
 
Together we all learned about the graphic, yet, very real story of Jesus’ death. We learned the science behind why it was hard for Jesus to breathe when he was on the cross and how he eventually died due to not being able to breathe because of the stress his body was under and how he would eventually run out of strength to pull himself up to catch his next breath. We also talked about how important it was that the Roman Centurian recognized Jesus as the Christ and what was so weird about blood and water spilling out of the puncture wound in his side and why that small section of scripture is so significant.
The following week each student was given a small envelope and a nail. They were asked to pierce the small envelope and to not open it until the end of our worship service. To their surprise, their nail pierced a picture of Jesus that has been slipped into each of their envelopes. This signified to them that their sins were also why Jesus was nailed to the cross. That he died for them, today, not just for those we read about in the Bible.
 
It has been a very powerful month for all of us.
 We hope you can join us for the month of April

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There's More to Explore

Here’s just a few of the things we do
Retreats
Summer Mission Trips
Habitat for Humanity,
Red Cross,
Camp High Hopes,
Ronald McDonald House
CROP Walk,
Life Light Music Festival And more…!!

Check out our Youth Facebook page!

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YOUTH GROUP WEATHER POLICY:
If there is no school due to weather, there is no youth group.

​Alaina Dick
Christian Education Director
Alaina@gracesiouxcity.org

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