YOUTH ACTIVITIES*

February Youth Meetings LUMC Youth Group

4^th– 8^th Grade Youth will meet from noon to 2 pm Feb 12 to plan a video project that will help them (and others!) learn more about the Methodist faith and our church.

Youth in Grades 7-12 are invited to join us for Sunday School during the worship service February 12 to continue with a devotional study inspired by the movie Soul Surfer.

All Youth (grades 4 and up) are invited to join us to help prepare and serve the Mardi Gras Pancake Lunch on Feb 19 immediately after church.

High School Youth will meet from noon to 2 pm Feb 26 to continue the devotional study inspired by the movie Soul Surfer. Any 7^th or 8^th graders who are participating in the study are, of course, welcome to join us for this meeting.

Pulled Pork Dinner -- 5:30 pm Saturday, February 4

Join us for a yummy pulled pork dinner with all the trimmings. This serves as a fundraiser for youth activities and mission trips.

Mardi Gras Pancake Lunch -- Sunday, February 19
Immediately after church

Church Kick off the Lent season with fellowship and good food. The youth will host this annual celebration.

Fair Trade Coffee still available for purchase from the Youth Group. There are flavored coffees and chocolate bars as well. Please see any one of the youth for information on Sunday mornings.

Rerun Shoes Project

The youth group has a new mission project. It is called Rerun Shoes. Rerun Shoes project is a social enterprise with an environmental mission. The program is committed to sustainable development; and its efforts divert usable shoes from landfills and garbage dumps in the US to reuse in African markets. Rerun Shoes supplies usable shoes to small business people in Mali, Guinea and Liberia where they are refurbished and sold. These shoes provide income for small businesses and affordable footwear for the customers.

The youth group will have a large box in the narthex to collect good used shoes- men’s, women’s, sandals, athletic shoes, kid’s shoes, and cleats. These shoes can not have any holes, they must be paired and the African people can not use our winter footwear. When there is enough of an amount the shoes will be delivered to Runners Alley where they will be packaged and shipped out. Please consider cleaning out your closet and helping someone who has less than you do. - Doreen Bowlin

Update- Janurary 2012: ReRun Shoes

By the time you read this, the youth group will have sent off their first round of ReRun Shoes. There were two large boxes and about 70 pair of shoes. Thank you for your help and generosity to this Youth Group Mission Project. Keep those shoes coming!

Looking ahead....

Hockey & Disciple Concert, Saturday April 14th at 7 pm

The Manchester Monarchs will host a special Faith & Family night at 7 pm Saturday April 14. Following the hockey game, there will be a free concert on center ice performed by the Christian rock band, Disciple. Discounted tickets are available if we have a group of 10 or more. Please contact Tonya McMurray at 863-3561 or tonyam@myfairpoint.net if you are interested in attending or want more information.

SOULFEST 2012 (August 1-4, 2012) Gilford, NH features contemporary Christian music and speakers. Sonya Campbell has volunteered to chaperone a 2-day trip for senior high youth. We need a male chaperone (and interested youth!) to make the trip a Go! See Sonya or Tonya if you are interested. See www.soulfest.com for more information.

Report on YOUTH 2011 by Justin Bowlin: YOUTH is the largest gathering of Christian youth in the country. The event is held every four years in a different location every time. This year it was held in two places: Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana and Sacramento, California.

Emily Langley,Lyssa Wright and Justin Bowlin attended the event in Purdue in 2011.

Purdue University is a beautiful campus and a perfect place to host a spectacular event like Youth 2011. Each day, there were many workshops to choose from that people could attend ranging in subjects from faith through music to building team skills to teens finding faith through doubt.

Each afternoon, there was a bible study involving wonderful music from the Rezlife band and a sermon lead by the inspiring Olu Brown and in the evening 3,700 attendees from 250 Methodist churches and 41 states and the Philippines all came together for worship complete with awe-inspiring music provided by Kristian Stanfill and a different mind- blowing speaker each night. The speakers included Fred Lynch, Jim Walker, Motoe Yamada and Zach Hunter.

Youth 2011 was truly a life changing experience for all who attended. It was inspiring to all to go out into the world, help everyone you can, and believe with all your heart, mind, soul, and spirit .

(All Youth grades 4 and up are welcome to our youth events. Please feel free to invite your youth friends to join in these fellowship activities! Contact Tonya McMurray for more information at 603-863-3561 or tonyam@mtfairpoint.net

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Click here for September 11, 2011 Youth Group Kayaking photos.