Week 3 and 4!

Hot Days + A bucket of water= Tons of fun :)

The last two weeks have been great!!! We are now up to 39 kids who have participated in at least one of our sessions!! This number is so exciting! We would love to keep growing in number, so if you have any friends that would like to join us, please bring them along!! We are planning a lock-in for middle school and high school students on Sunday, July 11 from 7pm to 7am Monday morning. Remember, we are more than happy to help out with rides to or from church, so please let us know! We are organizing a fun, day activity for the K-5 group so watch for an update about that! This week's lesson (for those who are interested) will be on honesty! We can all use a little reminder about how important it is to be honest. As always, we'll have a bunch of fun games and activities planned, also! Oh, and don't forget about snacks! :) Can't wait for another great week! Check out the pictures below from our sidewalk chalk adventure and more! :)

Week 2

Hey guys and gals! We have had such a great second week! We switched times around to put the two younger groups together because of low numbers, and guess what?! We had SIXTEEN kids in those two age groups alone! That doubled last week's numbers!!! We had a good time learning about friendship in our younger group on Monday and goals on Tuesday with the Youth Group. Wednesday was full of heat and fun at Auld Park. We cooled off with a water balloon fight (which the girls obviously won :)) Then, after a few games of "toilet tag", we headed back.

We are going to continue to keep the Explorers coming from 1-3 on Monday with the Kids Club for this week. We thought it went really well last week, so we'll keep that up! Also, parents, don't forget to sign a consent form next week if you have not already done so! When we do our bigger activities on Wednesday night and sometimes drive, we have to have those in order to take the kids!

We are hoping to do a service project with the older group very soon, so be watching for an update on that, too! Kids in Youth Group: Please be thinking of any service projects you may be interested in! We are open to any suggestions!

Thanks to all the parents for all of the rides given, and remember, if there is ever a time that we could assist you in giving your child a ride, please don't hesitate to call! My number is on all emails sent out. Also, if you are reading this thinking, "I'm not getting any emails," email us at FUMCyouth2010@gmail.com, and let us know that you'd like to be put on our list! Continue to invite friends to our sessions. We've had 28 different kids at at least one of our sessions!! Awesome!! Can't wait to see you next week!!

Kickoff Update

Here's an update from our first week of our new summer youth program.

Our kickoff was a great success!! We had sixteen kids from ages six to seventeen. We played a water relay game, the human knot, and log line up. The kids seemed to really enjoy spending time with others their own age and even taking care of some of the younger kids.

We encourage everyone to join us and bring your friends!!! Don't forget that we have started our regular meeting times which are:

Explorers (K-2): Monday 9-11

Kids Club (3-5): Monday 1-3

Youth Group (6-12): Tuesday 1-3

Everyone: Wednesday 6:30-8

Hope to see you all tomorrow night when we all come together!! Thanks for a great start to our program!