Confirmation Interest Meeting
Sunday, Aug. 26 "Confirmation" is an opportunity for young people to enter into conversations with me, their peers, parents and other church members and friends about their faith journeys. They'll discover more about themselves and others, about Christianity, United Methodism and Grace United Methodist Church. Once they've completed the Confirmation experience, each participant will be invited to consider making a formal commitment as a member of our family of faith at Grace. I'm excited that we'll again be using a curriculum resource for Confirmation which debuted last year! It's called "Confirm" (great name, right!?) and will, I think, help participants, parents, mentors (and me!) learn a great deal and have a good time doing it. I'm inviting 7th and 8th graders (and the adults responsible for them) to join me in the large conference room Sunday, Aug. 26 at 11:15 a.m. We'll enjoy pizza and get better acquainted with each other and our new Confirmation experience at Grace. If this meeting time/date doesn't work for you but you're interested, please contact me...jim@gracesiouxcity.org If there are those in 9th grade or above who “missed” Confirmation classes here at Grace or elsewhere (or who’d like a refresher!), let’s talk. Also...I'm looking for folks who'd love to share their journey of faith one-on-one with one of the confirmation students as a mentor! I'll gather the mentors at a separate orientation meeting at a time/place to be announced, but I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know of your interest, and any questions, as soon as possible. UPCOMING YOUTH EVENTS
Sept 5th - Sunday School Orientation 6:30 pm in the Parlor
Sept 9th- Fall Kick Off! - will start following worship in the Fellowship Hall Sept. 16th- Middle School and High School Sunday School Start at 9 am! This first Sunday school gathering will have food and be a time to get to know the students and leaders better and to hear how everyone’s summer went. We will start our curriculum for the year on Sept 23rd |
This school year Alaina Dick is looking for substitute Sunday school teachers for both Middle School and High school youth!
If you love the Lord, love youth and want to teach others please consider using your God given gifts, talents, and abilities to help enrich the lives of the students at Grace. No experience is needed. We welcome all who want to serve the Lord and use their gifts in this capacity. Alaina Dick will work with you if you feel you need some guidance and or help with understading the material and teaching the lessons. We all grow in Grace and God’s love best in community. 
This first Sunday school gathering will have food and be a time to get to know the students and leaders better and to hear how everyone’s summer went. We will start our curriculum for the year on Sept 23rd.
-This year the middle school curriculum will be from Submerge! We loved this material last year and are looking forward to diving even deeper with them again this year to see what all we can learn
-The high school students will be going through The Story. This curriculum is designed with little videos to help students learn how each story found in the Bible is connected thus being shown that we can read the Bible as ONE STORY! They will be working their way through the Bible starting in Genesis in September and ending in Revelation in May.
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Youth Group
Sept 19th Middle School and High School youth start!
There has been a few changes made for youth this year : Middle School will start at 6:30 pm and the High School will start at 7:30 pm
-We will be having a pizza party and spend time getting to know one another
-Bring something to drink and something to share and most importantly BRING YOUR FRIENDS! ALL ARE WELCOME!
Sept 26th We will be talking about what our goals are for the year and places we would like to serve as well as spending some time with the Lord to help us center ourselves in preparation for the two women who will be coming to talk to the youth in Oct. More information about who will be speaking in Oct will be in the September Chimes.
There has been a few changes made for youth this year : Middle School will start at 6:30 pm and the High School will start at 7:30 pm
-We will be having a pizza party and spend time getting to know one another
-Bring something to drink and something to share and most importantly BRING YOUR FRIENDS! ALL ARE WELCOME!
Sept 26th We will be talking about what our goals are for the year and places we would like to serve as well as spending some time with the Lord to help us center ourselves in preparation for the two women who will be coming to talk to the youth in Oct. More information about who will be speaking in Oct will be in the September Chimes.
JULY RECAP
This summer was a busy one for everyone! It’s nice that even through all the busyness of life there were events set up for the youth to slow down and catch their breaths after work, traveling, spending time with friends and their families.
The first weekend in July we had our youth pool party in Le Mars. Everyone who needed the break to hangout and spend time getting to know each other more attended. It was a gorgeous night with great food and fun conversation. We are looking forward to having more youth attend next summer!
July 25th a small group with youth and adults from Grace met at the church and went to Camp High Hopes to help with a variety of different projects that the staff at the camp needed some assistance with. It was a lot of fun and we are hoping to continue working with Camp High Hopes throughout the up and coming school year and
This summer was a busy one for everyone! It’s nice that even through all the busyness of life there were events set up for the youth to slow down and catch their breaths after work, traveling, spending time with friends and their families.
The first weekend in July we had our youth pool party in Le Mars. Everyone who needed the break to hangout and spend time getting to know each other more attended. It was a gorgeous night with great food and fun conversation. We are looking forward to having more youth attend next summer!
July 25th a small group with youth and adults from Grace met at the church and went to Camp High Hopes to help with a variety of different projects that the staff at the camp needed some assistance with. It was a lot of fun and we are hoping to continue working with Camp High Hopes throughout the up and coming school year and
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There's More to ExploreHere’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!
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 712-276-3452 |