Youth Ministries

United Methodist Youth Fellowship (UMYF):

Sunday evenings from 5 - 7 PM. All youth, 6^th grade – 12^th grade are welcome.

We begin with a snack supper and then split into middle school groups and high school groups. We do many activities at church and away from church. We encourage youth to form long-lasting relationships with their peers and other adults.

**All adults that spend time with the youth (youth sponsors and leaders) have a background check done yearly.

WHAT’S UP AT UMYF IN FEBRUARY?

Sunday, February 5, 2012

11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Talent show practice
No UMYF Super Bowl)

Sunday, February 12, 2012
Talent Show
4:00 p.m.—Show up and prepare dinner and get
ready for the talent show
5:30 p.m.—Dinner is served, followed by the show.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

5:00-7:00 p.m.
Regular UMYF
Dinner: Volunteer Needed*

Sunday, February 26, 2012

5:00-7:00 p.m.
Regular UMYF
Dinner: Volunteer Needed*

Reminder: High School small group meetings will be held at Traders Coffee Shop at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8 and 29.

VALENTINE DINNER
AND TALENT SHOW
The youth would like to invite you to join them for a spaghetti dinner and talent show on Sunday, February 12. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. followed by the show. Money raised by this event will go to the youth group to help pay for church camp and other spiritual retreats. Cost is $5.00 per person or $10 per couple. Please purchase tickets from the Welcome Center on Sundays or call the church so we are sure to have enough food.
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Sunday Night Dinners

The youth would like to invite you to make and serve dinner on Sunday nights for youth group. We eat a snack supper before we get busy with our activities. We are not picky and we are very appreciative of any meal. If you would like to get to know the youth better and spend some time with us, please sign-up to fix us a meal. Contact Susan Zanski at 245-1478 or by e-mail at susan@rumcgj.com.

YOUTH FACEBOOK PAGE

If you would like to be “friends” of the youth group at Redlands UMC, just ask to be friends with RUMC kids and you can see what we are doing. We have daily scripture, updates on events and even prayer concerns for each other. We would love to be your friend.

CHURCH CAMP
It is that time of year again, time to start thinking about church camp. We are so blessed to have the opportunity to send our children, youth and families to a great camp on the Grand Mesa.
The dates for each camp are: Elementary camp (completed 3rd grade – 5th grade), July 30 – August 3, 2012; Mid-high camp (completed 6th grade – 8th grade): July 23 – 28, 2012 ;Senior high camp (completed 9th grade – 12th grade), July 16-21, 2012; and Family Camp (everyone welcome), August 3-5, 2012.
If you would like to help someone go to camp, please get in touch with Susan Zanski. You can donate money in addition to your regular offering and help someone go to camp. It is a life-changing experience that won’t be forgotten.

Youth Fundraisers

The youth group is filled with young men and ladies who are excited about their faith and learning more about God. They are young people who attend worship, Sunday school, volunteer in many ways in the community and are an active vital part of Redlands United Methodist Church. Some of the youth who attend youth group don’t attend church or Sunday School but are looking for something bigger and better than they are….they are finding it at MYF.

Part of MYF is fundraising for many different things. We raise money for spiritual trips, mission work and our adopted friend from Uganda. We do take a weekly offering but that is just not enough. Throughout the year we will be participating in various fundraisers. We will be raising money both inside and outside the church.

Used Cell Phone Collection and Fundraiser: This fundraiser has nothing for you to buy or sell to participate. We simply ask that you donate your extra inactive cell phones to our drive. 100% of the proceeds will go to our youth group. This phone drive benefits your family, our youth group, and the environment by keeping the harmful materials the phones contain out of our landfills. Bring your old cell phones with their batteries to church and place them in the special bags/boxes you will see around. Don’t forget to gather phones from your family, friends and co-workers. Every phone helps. No chargers or accessories necessary. The phones are used for 911 needs in the United States, provide an inexpensive alternative for those in need of cell phones, are redeployed nationwide, and are used in developing countries to improve quality of life through better communication.

Kanyesigye Nicholas is a young man from Uganda that the youth group has decided to adopt. He is 17 years old. The youth who participated in Youth 2011 decided that we should adopt him so we could help make a difference. We pay Compassion International $38 a month to help with his needs. The youth take an offering each Sunday evening to pay this bill. We are so excited about Nicholas! We will be writing letters and praying for him.

RUMC YOUTH GROUP ATTEND JULY PURDUE UNIVERSITY
“YOUTH 2011”
Susan and the Youth felt that the trip was amazing and that they all had a great experience. Everyone was very excited about their faith and the overall event! They especially enjoyed the speakers and all of the varieties of worship music that were presented and, in fact, felt that the Church of the Resurrection was so good that they should have their own CD.
The Youth also learned a great deal about mission work participation, i.e., prison ministries, etc. Everyone is looking forward to implementing some new things learned for both UMYF and RUMC.