Maple Ave. Youth Ministry

Feel free to contact our committed youth counselors, Tom or Marla, anytime if you have any questions.
Tom: (404) 408-0481 thomasedexter@gmail.com
Marla: (770) 815-7731 marladex@gmail.com

Youth Calendar
Here’s the list of Youth Activities for the Fall, so mark your calendar. A lot of work goes into planning for Youth Ministry events and activities, so please support this ministry through your prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness. There is also a “look ahead to 2011” for planning and family budgeting purposes.

Youth Calendar for Fall 2010 & Look forward to 2011

August 25, 2010 - Youth Clean Up @ Wednesday Night Supper 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
August 29, 2010 – Youth Sunday Fellowship 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
September 1, 2010 - Youth Wednesday Bible Time 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
September 5, 2010 – Labor Day Weekend – No Sunday Evening Relax and enjoy time with your family.
September 8, 2010 – Explore - Youth Wednesday Bible Time. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
September 11, 2010 – F.L.A.G Project – Come and help deliver goodies to our local Police and Fire Departments. This is a our way of saying “thanks” to those individuals who work for our safety.
September 12, 2010 – Youth Sunday Fellowship 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
September 15,, 2010 – Explore - Youth Wednesday Bible Time. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
September 19, 2010 – Youth Sunday Fellowship Softball Game @ Laurel Park We’ll meet at 5:15 p.m. and get ready to play softball. Bring a sack supper and drinks. Don’t forget your gloves and bats. This event will end at 7:15 p.m. The location is TBA
September 22, 2010 - Explore - Youth Wednesday Bible Time. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
September 26, 2010 – Youth Sunday Fellowship 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
September 29, 2010 - Youth Clean Up @ Wednesday Night Supper 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
October 2, 2010 – Annual Church BBQ, Auction and Car Show. Please make plans to support this important church wide fund raiser and fellowship event.
October 3, 2010 – Community Blessing of the Animals Celebration At 2:30 p.m. we will conduct our Blessing of the Animals Service, so bring your pets and join in thanking God for the joy of having our feathered, furry ,fuzzy and scaly friends. After the service, join us for fellowship. We’ll have cookies for the humans and special treats for our pets. NO

YOUTH EVENING FELLOWSHIP
October 6, 2010 - Explore - Youth Wednesday Bible Time. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
October 17, 2010 - Youth Sunday Fellowship 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
October 20, 2010 - Explore - Youth Wednesday Bible Time. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
October 24, 2010 - Youth Sunday Fellowship Bowling @ Stars & Strikes 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Meet at the church at 5:00 for a quick dinner. We’ll leave the church at 5:30 p.m. and head to the Stars & Strikes in Harem. Bring $10.00 to cover bowling, shoe rental and laser tag. You’ll back at the church by 8:00 p.m. If you plan on bringing a friend, please pick up a permission form for them from Tom & Marla. The form must be completed and return in order for your friend to participate in the outing.
October 27, 2010 - Youth Clean Up @ Wednesday Night Supper 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
October 30, 2010 – Trunk or Treat & Chili Cook Off 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
October 31, 2010 – Happy Halloween – No Sunday Evening activities. Enjoy time with your family and friends. Be good and be safe.
November 3, 2010 - Explore - Youth Wednesday Bible Time. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
November 7, 2010 - Youth Sunday Fellowship 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
November 10, 2010 - Explore - Youth Wednesday Bible Time. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
November 14, 2010 - Youth Sunday Fellowship & Shopping for Shoebox Christmas 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
November 17, 2010 - Youth Clean Up @ Wednesday Night Supper 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
November 21, 2010 – Turn in Shoebox Christmas collection at worship
November 21, 2010 – Youth Sunday Fellowship Wii Tournament 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. It’s time to test your skills. We need some folks to bring their Wii systems and games. Marla says, “There will be prizes.” All the details will be worked out and shared with you before the event.
November 24, 2010 – Thanksgiving Week – No Wednesday Evening Activities
November 25, 2010 – Thanksgiving Community Meal – Please look for ways that you and your family can help with this celebration of serving a meal to our friends in the community. Look for information on this event in the bulletin, website and youth facebook page.
November 28, 2010 – Thanksgiving Weekend – No Sunday evening activities. Spend time with your family. Recuperate from eating too much turkey and get ready to go back to school.
December 1, 2010 - Explore - Youth Wednesday Bible Time. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
December 5, 2010 – Maple Avenue UMC Talent - 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall – This just may be your time to shine, so let Barry Lancaster know if you want to participate in the show.
December 8, 2010 - Explore - Youth Wednesday Bible Time. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
December 12, 2010 – Youth Christmas Party & Progressive Dinner - Details to Follow
December 15, 2010 – Birthday Party for Jesus @ Wednesday Night Supper – Please come and bring new, unwrapped toy for M.U.S.T Ministry Christmas Toy Shop. The youth will help with clean up.
December 19, 2010 – Community Christmas Caroling - All of the church is invited to join in this celebration of the Christmas Season. This is our children and youth activity for the day, so please make plans add your voice to the celebration. Look for information on this event in the bulletin, website and youth facebook page.
December 21, 2010 – Christmas Holiday Week - No Wednesday Night activities
December 24, 2010 – Christmas Eve Service @ 5:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary Bring your family and friends and come celebrate the real reason for the Season.
December 25, 2010 – Merry Christmas! Celebrate. Eat food. Take a nap.
December 26, 2010 – Yes, it’s Sunday, so come to a Worship Service & Sunday School
December 26, 2010 - Christmas Weekend – No Sunday evening activities. Enjoy time with your family. Eat those yummy Christmas dinner leftovers and take another nap. Joyfully contemplate a week with no school.
January 1, 2011 – Happy New Year! Resolve to keep Jesus Christ at the center of your life and all you do. Celebrate the New Year safely.
January 2, 2011 - Youth Sunday Fellowship New Years Celebration 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

A LOOK AHEAD TO 2011 - Make your calendar for the following:
January 14 – 16, 2011 – INFUSE III Winter Retreat @ Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center - Travel to North Carolina with the youth for a ski weekend packed with worship, fellowship and skiing. The program includes relevant contemporary spiritual messages and an awesome Christian music concert. Rev. Olu Brown is the event speaker and praise and worship is lead by Unspoken. You will spend Saturday on the slopes at the Cataloochee Ski Resort. The event cost of $225 per person covers gas for the vans, lodging for 2 nights, 4 meals, lift ticket, rental of skis, boots and a lesson and admission into the Friday and Saturday evening programs. The groups will leave after worship on Sunday morning. If you want to go to the INFUSE event, your $50.00 deposit must be turned given to Pam McCurdy by October 4, 2010. This event fills up quick, so we need to get on the list by mid-October. For more info on INFUSE check out www.myp.lakejunaluska.com/infuse-retreat.

March 18 – 20, 2011 – Confirmation Retreat Mega Weekend @ Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center. The Confirmation Class will join Mark for a weekend of praise, worship, fellowship and fun. United Methodist Youth from all over the South East will come together for this event. The cost for this event is $200 per person, which covers lodging, food @ the center, program cost, t-shirt and gas for the church vans. R.V.S.P deadline and payment schedule information will be sent out to a.s.a.p.

March 25 – 26, 2011 – Spiritual Life Retreat @ Camp Glisson - It’s time for Senior High Youth to head to Dahlonega, Georgia for SLR and a time for faith building, fellowship & fun. You’ll be hanging out with Youth from all over North Georgia. The approximate cost for the retreat is $125.00 per person. R.V.S.P deadline and payment schedule information will be sent out to a.s.a.p.

June 18 – 24, 2011 – MAUMC Junior & Senior High Youth Mission Trip to Choctaw Mission in Mississippi – This United Methodist Mission is surround by the Choctaw Reservation main community known as Pearl River. There are eight Choctaw communities in Mississippi and 9,600 members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The mission is located six miles west of Philadelphia, Mississippi and 20 miles of Carthage, Mississippi on Highway 16. The Choctaw Mission focuses on families with an emphasis on children and youth. Poverty, substance abuse and chronic health problem are some of the hard issues faced by the Choctaw. Our trip will focus on sharing the love of Jesus Christ through fellowship with the Choctaw. We spend time will them through Sunday worship at one of the three local UMC churches, Vacation Bible School, preparing and serving simple meals to children and to the community, home repair and other projects as needed. We will also tour the Choctaw museum and visit sites that the community honors, which will give us a better understanding of the Choctaw history and culture. This is going to be a wonderful opportunity. The per person cost of the trip is approximately $325.00,* which covers food, lodging, gas and project expense. More information about deposits and payment deadlines will be sent out as soon as possible. Mission trip fund raising will take place and information will be sent out on these opportunities. To receive a credit toward the trip cost, participants must take part in fund raising.

* The youth fund raising is limited to covering the cost of the Summer Mission Trip and Summer Mission Programs. The cost for retreats will not be covered by fund raising, so information is being sent out early for the purpose of budgeting. If you have question, please contact Pam McCurdy.