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YOUTH EVENT CALENDAR:
PRAYER BREAKFAST
Our Thursday morning Prayer Breakfast meets every Thursday at 7:00 am. Our prayer breakfast is such a blessing to all who attend. It’s a great start to our school day, work day or anyday! We are meeting at Homefolks Café at 7:00 am on Thursday mornings to feed our tummies, our souls and our hearts with friendships, devotions and prayer time before school. Everyone of all ages and all denominations are invited to join the prayer breakfast group! Our church van will be there to provide a ride to school for anyone who needs it. BUT Buckle Up and hold on to your stuff! There may be a BUMP in the road!!! 😊
UMYF: U.M.Y.F. (United Methodist Youth Fellowship) has resumed for our 2024/2025 year. We have gained a few folks with our 6th graders moving up and we welcome them to our group. We offer a big thanks to Andrew and Chrystal Harmon for hosting our kick off pool party on September 7th. Thanks for the food games and providing a place to have fun and gather. Our regular meetings are at the church each Sunday night 6:00 to 7:30 pm. All 6th graders thru 12th graders are encouraged to be a part of our group. We had a planning meeting on September 15th to get started and set our goals and plans for the year.
Our group and invited guests experienced the movie “The Forge” on September 22 at the AMC movies in Shelby. This was a very powerful, moving and motivating film based on Christian beliefs and discipleship! It was very meaningful for all of us! We plan to discuss it further this coming week.
We have planned something special each month as well as our on-going lessons and faith sharing time. Our study is on “Faith Fails-And Gets Back UP!” We all fail at times but God is willing to forgive and give us a second chance if we ask!! Our two Bible characters are Samson and Peter focusing on forgiving ourselves, others and accepting God’s forgiveness.
Our next outing will be Friday night October 4th! We will go to the Corn Maze for fun and games and Haunted Maze in Shelby NC. We will leave from the church at 6:00 pm and return around 9:30 pm. The cost is $22.00 per person for the full experience of the games, hay ride, and haunted maze. We will eat supper there at the concession stand if you wish. That is extra. FYI, this is a bye week for the football game.
The UMYF will be helping and participating in our Trunk or Treat night on Wednesday, October 30th. So be creative and get your costumes ready!!!! We will meet at 5:00 to set up.
Upcoming and future plans are Lock-in, Thanksgiving food donations and serving in November, Christmas shopping and needy family gifts, Coffee Bar Sundays in December and of course the much-anticipated Edge Conference January 18th – 20th, 2025.
Watch your mail and FUMCY News Flash text for details!!
All 6th thru 12th graders is invited to be a part of UMYF. And yes, you can Invite!!!
*****Also…. PLEA FOR HELP! Youth helpers and counselors are needed for the coming year! If you are a parent or a friend of our young folks, please prayerfully consider volunteering to help on Sunday evenings with our fun, energetic group of Christian young people and UMYF members! We need you!!!