Weekly Youth Schedule
The weekly youth schedule from September through May, is as follows:
Sundays
- 9:45-10:00 a.m. – Opening Celebration
- 10:00-10:45 a.m. – Bible Study
- 11:00 a.m. – Worship
- 4:00 p.m. – Youth Choir
- 5:00 p.m. – Guaranteed Recreation
- 5:30 p.m. – Youth Supper
- 6:00 p.m. – Youth Fellowship (small groups, singing, theme discussion)
- 7:15 p.m. – Dismissal
Wednesdays
- 5:30 p.m. – Church Supper
- 6:10 p.m. – Community Concerns and Celebrations
- 6:30 p.m. – Youth Service Learning
- 7:15 p.m. – Dismissal
Youth Ministry Calendar
September
2 – Wednesday Night Church Suppers resume/Confetti Soup project
6 – No evening youth activities (Labor Day weekend)
6 – $40 deposits due for 2015 Youth Fall Retreat
9 – Youth Service/Learning activities resume
13 – Sixth Graders presented with Bibles in morning worship service (11:00 a.m.)
14 – Youth Education Committee (7:00 p.m.)
16 – Youth Service/Learning at IHN (5:15 p.m.)
18-20 – Youth Fall Retreat at YMCA Camp Weaver
20 – No evening youth activities
October
3 – Training Event for Volunteers working with Children and Youth (9:00 a.m.)
4 – Fall Church Meeting (Youth serve lunch)
10 – YAM JAM Gleaning Project (8:00 a.m.)
10 – Church Picnic at the Lutz Farm (3:00-6:30 p.m.)
12 – Youth Education Committee (7:00 p.m.)
18 – Stewardship Lunch
25 – Promise Sunday
25 – Scavenger Hunt for Red October (3:00-7:00 p.m.)
November
1 – Set up for Church Yard Sale (12:00 p.m.)
4 – Pricing/Sorting for Church Yard Sale (6:30-8:30 p.m.)
5 – Pricing/Sorting for Church Yard Sale (5:30-8:30 p.m.)
7 – Church Yard Sale (and Fall Bazaar)
8 – Bonfire at the Lutz Farm (4:00-7:00 p.m.)
9 – Youth Education Committee (7:00 p.m.)
14 – Youth Service/Learning at Stop Hunger Now
24 – Thanksgiving Eve Soup Supper and Communion (Tues.)
29 – Hanging of the Greens (5:00-7:00 p.m.)
December
6 – $40 deposits due for Winter Retreat
11 – Youth Christmas Party (7:00-9:00 p.m.)
16 – Children’s Christmas Pageant (6:00 p.m.)
20 – Christmas Caroling at Croasdaile (3:00 p.m.)
24 – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service (4:00 p.m.)/Lovefeast (6:00 p.m.)
27 – No Church School, no evening youth activities
January
3 – Parents and Youth Potluck and Symposium (5:00-7:00 p.m.)
6 – Church Suppers resume
11 – Youth Ed. Committee (7:00 p.m.)
17 – MLK Service
22-24 – Youth Winter Retreat at Camp Broadstone
24 – No evening youth activities
TBA: Youth Service/Learning project for January
February
3 – Discipleship Class, Part 1 (4:30 p.m.)
7 – Super Bowl Pre-game Party (4:00-6:00 p.m.)
8 – Youth Ed. Committee (7:00 p.m.)
10 – Discipleship Class, Part II (4:30 p.m.)
10 – Ash Wednesday service
13 – Decorate for the Sweetheart Banquet (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)
14 – Youth and Senior Adult Sweetheart Banquet
15 – No evening youth activities
17 – Discipleship Class, Part III (4:30 p.m.)
21 – Winter Church Meeting (Youth serve lunch)
March
6 – Deposits due for 2016 summer trips
14 – Youth Ed. Committee (7:00 p.m.)
20 – Palm Sunday
20 – Durham CROP Walk
20 – No evening youth activities
23 – Baptism rehearsal
24 – Maundy Thursday service
25 – Good Friday service
27 – Easter Sunday, baptism service
27 – No evening youth activities
TBA: Recreation/fellowship event for March
April
10 – Youth Sunday
11 – Youth Ed. Committee (7:00 p.m.)
22-24 – All Ages Beach Retreat
24 – No evening youth activities
TBA: Service/Learning project for April
May
1 – May Day (!) Spring Fund-rasier
9 – Youth Ed. Committee (7:00 p.m.)
11 – PASSPORT Team Meeting
18 – Children’s Choir Celebration
TBA: Recreation/fellowship event for May
Summer
June 5 – Graduate Sunday
June 5 – “The Wattsies” End of the Year Youth Ministry Celebration
June 12-16 – Vacation Bible School
TBA: PASSPORT, Senior High Mission Trip