Sunday Bible Fellowship for Youth

Our youth class is for grades 7-12 and is not a "class" like school.  There are couches.  There are snacks.  So many snacks.  There is sharing highs and lows from your week.  You read the Bible.  You talk about what you think and hear from the leaders.  You share some application to your life thoughts.  You pray for the concerns and needs of the group.  Lots of bonding.  Growing together with Jesus.

Parents & Youth - Faith Active In The Home
In Youth Bible Class today (March 24) students read Acts 24:1-26:1.
Please continue the learning and growing together in Christ at home.

9:30 - 10:30am Sundays
Youth Room Bible Class - join us and bring a friend!
Summer Servant Event - June 24 - 29 Sign Up Now!
Our 7th-12th Grade Youth are doing a Servant Event at Heit's Point in Lincoln, MO with youth from other churches

Our youth will serve by working on projects at Camp and enjoy the great outdoors incluing lake fun, camp recreation, campfire devotions, Bible studies and so much more!

Water of Life    Servant Event

June 23-29 or June 24-29*  Departure day pending parent/family feedback

$100 deposit and permission paper work required.  Contact DCEMark for more information.

Youth News 

Join Our Sunday Bible Class at 9:30am for Grades 7-12 in Sr Youth Room. 

Ministry Update - Read the DCE Report for March.

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Set Dates at a Glance

Mar. 23 - Youth Serve at Egg Hunt Outreach

Mar. 30 - Easter Breakfast set up (5:30pm)

Mar. 31 - Easter Breakfast Prep, Serving, Clean-up

Apr. 5-7 - MO Dist Youth Event in Roach, MO (no second Sunday event in April)

Apr. 27 - Youth Serve at Shine Event - Shred/Scrap/Recycle (8am-12pm)

May 12 - Youth Funday (specific event & time to be determined)

Jun. 23-28 - Youth Mission Trip, Heit's Point Camp, exact dates and details pending

Jul. 19-23, 2025 Youth Gathering in New Orleans

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Upcoming Events 

Egg Hunt Outreach Serving - Youth Grades 7-12 

Saturday, March 23 we will serve again at the park and help children and families 

Easter Breakfast Meal - Youth Grades 7-12 

We will again serve gym full of people with breakfast and fellowship and be servied with funds raised for our youth minitry.  Saturday, March 30 we will set up the gym and helpin the kitchen prep.  Easter Sunday March 31 we will prep, serve and clean-up for breakfast.

April 5-7 District Youth Retreat - scroll up see that event featured on this website for more info.  We need to send in our registration to insure we got hotel style rooms ASAP so please let Mark know if you plan to attend.  Deposit is $75 and permission / liability form completion is required.

Youth SHINE Service Event - April 27

Our Youth do an amazing job serving with our congregation with our annual Shine Service Event (Scrap,Shred,Recycle)!

Summer Trip - Youth Grades 7-12 

Once again we will serve and enjoy a summer camp and a mission trip at the same time Jun. 23-28, 2024 at Heit's Point Camp with other church youth groups.  Exact depature and return dates are pending.  Soon we will be sharing details and asking you to put down a deposit so we can secure out spot for fun and serving!

Past Events

Mar. 10 was a great Youth FunDay at Christ Memorial where we enjoyed pizza and cooked, Nerfgun fun, and a devotion that including discussion and getting back to old friends and making some new ones.

We had a great turnout for our Youth Lenten Meal Fundraiser  with many wonderful dishes contributed by our youth families.  We did this as a fundraiser but also to serve our congregation during out special time of Lent.   Thanks to all the families who brought their wonderful dishes and for all our youth servers!.

On Feb. 25 we had a meeting for Parents and Students about our Summer Trips in 2024 (Heit's Point Servant Event) and 2025 (Youth Gathering).  Information from the meeting (slides and audio and handouts) are available from DCEMark.

Youth Ice Skating on Feb. 11 we had a good time with our group and teens from Messiah Lutheran Church.  Skating, card games, dominoes and pizza.  It was a beautiful day and lots of fun!

On Dec. 22 our Sr. Youth had a great time with our friends at Christ Memorial at The Edge in Belleville for laser tag and games! Afterward we met back at Christ Memorial for skits and a devotion.

Christmas Caroling on Dec. 16 we had a great time with church choir and our families sharing the joy of Christmas with seniors in our neighborhood, some of whom we served earlier by raking their leaves and cleaning up their yard.

Leaf Raking Serving Neighbors on Dec. 16 we had a dedicated crew that worked hard and had fun together cleaning up the yards of some neighbors in need

Christmas Market Fundraiser on Dec. 2 we sold beverages and PIE at the Christmas Market and had a lot of fun doing it!  BIG THANKS to all our families who brought in the yummy pies and for all the youth who sliced and served!  We raised over $300 and served our congregation and neighborhood.

Youth Fellowship Night with Christ Memorial - Youth Grades 7-12 

On Nov. 12 we had a great time with our friends at Christ Memorial Lutheran Church! In addition to the meal, we did ice-breaker games, had a devotion, played games and had fun hanging out with youth we knew and some new ones we met.  

Six Flags in Eureka - Youth Grades 7-12 

On October 1 we enjoyed a nice day at Six Flags during their "Fright Night" theme.  We enjoyed rides and togetherness fellowship.  We sort of enjoyed or at least had some laughs with the "Fright" characters.  Thanks to Pastor Dinger for joining our fun!

End of the Summer Pool Party - Youth Grades 7-12 

Our plan was to enjoy the Concordia Turners pool for some end of the summer fun, but the weather did not cooperate.  Instead we had games and nerf gun fun back at church, along with some pizza and fun together. 

Mini Golf - Youth Grades 7-12 

On Saturday, May 20 our Youth did a little Putt Putt at Concord Bowl in the Pirates Crusade mini golf.  It as a lot of fun, and so was the ice cream afterward!

Summer Trip - Youth Grades 7-12 

We did summer camp and a mission trip at the same time June 24-30.  Soon we will be sharing with the congregation about our wonderful week in Michigan!

 

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Paperwork needed for events...

Here is the paperwork we need for all youth events:

Timothy Medical Permission Liability Waiver

District Youth Weekend - April 5-7 Sign Up Now
Our 7th-12th Grade Youth are heading back to CrossPointe Retreat Center to join other youth from our MO-District

Our youth will enjoy great music, speakers, recreation, food and so much more!

We have been going to this retreat for a number of years now and it has been such a highlight of the year.  We get to meet and hang out with teens from other churches, choose sectional speakers that interest us, free retreat t-shirt and so much more.  

$75 deposit and permission paper work required.  Contact DCEMark for more information.

Youth Summer Trip
We had an amazing experience at Camp Concordia in Michigan June 24-30

Our youth teamed up with 5 other groups to serve in work projects to improve Camp Concordia buidlings, but we also enjoyed all the fun activities at camp!  We grew in our faith through BIble Studies, Devotions and singing around the camp fire! Thanks to all who participated and everyone who supports our youth!

Church t-shirts are for sale as another way of supporting our youth ministry!

YouthLeadMO
We had 6 youth spend a weekend dedicated to growing as a teen leader!

On Saturday through Monday (Feb. 18-20) our youth had an amazing weekend growing in their faith, growing as a leader, learning practical leadership skills, and learning methods that will help them share their faith and care for their neighbor.

Youth Lenten Meal

Thanks for your support!

So many wonderful dishes with a variety of flavors were enjoyed by our Lenten worshippers.  There were many compliments from participants, and our youth worked hard setting-up, serving and cleaning and putting away.  Thank you for your support!  This was not only a fundraiser, but a way of serving our congregation and sharing what our youth ministry is all about.

TIMOTHY YOUTH SERVING
Helping Our Neighbors Youth Leaf Raking November 12, 2022

"Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms."

– I Peter 4:10 

Youth Gathering
In All Things - 2022 LCMS Gathering

We had an amazing Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas 

20,000 participants

1,200 congregations registered

34 Districts and 44 states (including some international groups)

Youth Gathering Report
Thanks for your support!

Our group of Aria, Christin, Constansa, Lana, Luca, James, Mathias, Amanda and Mark survived the Houston heat and our travel went well.  Certainly the mass events were powerful to see around 20,000 youth singing hymns and songs of praise together. We grew closer as a group and made friends and connections with people from all over.  Of course the games were one way that happened, from 9Square to volleyball to many and various games and challenges.  The food part was most difficult, with so many others trying to get food one location prices and lines were crazy.  Please ask one or more of the participants about their experience.  I’d love for you to hear directly from them!  Thank you and the whole congregation for your wonderful and generous support!