Church Street UMC Youth Vision Statement
The youth ministry of CSUMC loves, serves, and fosters the spiritual development of our youth, their families, their friends, our volunteers, and our community in order that they may grow as disciples of Jesus Christ in fellowship with one another.
- There are LOTS of announcements today, please read carefully and thoroughly. Thanks!
IgnitionSeven - One of the challenges Reggie Dabbs left us with after Resurrection 2012 was to walk with him for the next seven days by watching a a series of videos, one each day, and engaging in bible study and prayer that accompany each video.
Sunday night during Nightlife we kicked off our own challenge asking students to carve out 20 minutes in their day to watch the video onwww.ignitionseven.com and read and respond to the accompanying scripture in the “LUP ” section of the website. Many of our youth said they would join me in doing this?
So, how are you doing? Stay with it. If you are faithful in your efforts God will bless you.
High School Bible Study - One of the goals that came out of visioning in early December was to start two mid-week Bible studies this year. We would like to begin with a high school study. We know that high schoolers are extremely busy and we want to make this as convenient as possible. Perhaps a weeknight with a later starting time at a central place like Panera in Bearden? Jenny has created a simple Google form so that you can express your desire and preferences. High school youth, please take a moment to fill it out, it will be very helpful information. Visit this link to access the form: High School Bible Study Form
New Drama Group - Many of you may have heard about the exciting new drama group that Laura Still is starting at Church Street. She made an announcement about it this past Sunday before Sunday school
There will be a meeting this Sunday, January 29, 3 PM, in the Gathering Place in the children’s area for those who might be interested. As I understand, the plan would be to have a first production ready for a dinner theater evening this spring. Sounds like lots of fun.
Safe Sanctuary Training - Safe Sanctuary is a policy that we have at Church Street designed to protect our children and youth as well as the volunteers who work with them. Most of our volunteers were trained a number of years ago and it is our intention to retrain everyone after the policy has been reviewed by our church Safety Committee.
In the mean time, we have several volunteers (and potential volunteers) who have not completed Safe Sanctuary training and need to do so. A training has been scheduled for those folks for February 26 during Sunday school from 9:50 -10:40. There will be a presentation, handouts, and paperwork to complete. A background check is a part of the initial Safe Sanctuary training and is required by our policy. If you have not been trained, please make plans to attend this training.
Girls’ Basketball - Girls’ basketball is in full swing. We had great games this past Saturday with a win for our younger team, the Night Furies. Our older team, the Protestant Princesses had a hard fought and respectable loss. Please join us for a game. You can view schedules by visiting this site: http://sites.google.com/site/westknoxbasketball/schedule. They would LOVE to have cheering sections.
Parking Hangtags - Church Street is entering into a partnership with Republic parking where they will manage our lots for most all events. Obviously we will retain parking on Sunday mornings, evening, football games, and other church events. Weekday parking, community events, and random off the street parking will all be handled by Republic.
We have been asked to place a small Church Street parking decal in the lower driver’s side of our windshields to let Republic know that we are allowed to park in the lots anytime. Youth who drive and adults, if have not picked up a parking decal, they are available at the Welcome Center on Sunday mornings. I will also try to have a few available on Sunday to hand out.
Curriculum Retreat - The Youth Ministry Architect guys are coming back February 10-12 for a curriculum retreat. It is that weekend that we will make a plan for what we will study in youth ministry over a six-year time span. We will ask the question, “What is it that we would like youth to have been taught when they graduate 12th grade at Church Street?” We will then work backwards from that questions and develop a systematic plan for teaching those things over a six-year period. After the plan is developed we will begin matching the topics and lessons with appropriate quality curriculum. If there are adults or youth who are interested in curriculum and would like to be a part of this process, please let Marc know. It will require a Friday evening and Saturday morning commitment.
