Wednesday Night Youth

Youth Group meets every Wednesday night from 6:30 – 8 p.m. in the ARK! On the third Wednesday of the month come early at 6:00 for a free meal with our church and community in the CFC.

August 15 – Get ready for a football game, youth group style, to prepare us to talk about faith and perseverance! Come early for the Community Meal!

August 22 – Tired of the Olympics? Not the way we play them! Come compete in our SPC Youth Olympics to get us ready for more Bible verses on running the race with Christ!

August 29 – Can you curl your tongue? Come show us for week one looking at Bible verses about this dangerous organ.

September 5 – Week 2 of our conversation about your tongue and the PAPER GAME!

September 12 – NACHO NIGHT and a conversation about mission and Boaz and Ruth

September 19 – Community Meal then a return of $5 and 30 minutes missions

October 3 – Family is complicated. Let’s talk about it.

October 10 – FAMILY DAY at Youth! Bring your families to compete together.

October 17 – Community Meal and Youth Halloween Party! Wear your costumes and come ready for Halloween classic. You haven’t had this much fun since your 3rd grade Halloween party.

October 24 – Trunk or Treat with Dayton Urban! Get ready to host an awesome Halloween party with the kids from Dayton Urban! More details coming soon.

October 31 – NO YOUTH! Have a fun (and safe!) Halloween!

November 7 – Feeling the pressure yet? Come talk about what the Bible has to say about appearances, perfection, and all of the expectations you feel on yourself.

November 14 – We’ll talk about pressure again this week, and also about mental health (we’ve all got something we deal with, don’t we?) Then . . . . let’s just say be prepared to distribute something pink and plastic onto someone’s grass.

November 21 – No youth – have an awesome Thanksgiving break!

November 28, December 5 and December 12 – Christmas movies and faith. Come for a clip each week of one of your favorite Christmas movies and how it relates to the Bible.

December 19 – Youth Christmas party!

** Juniors and Seniors meet on the first Wednesday of the month at 5:00 at Panera in downtown Centerville!

Service Opportunities

Soup kitchen – the youth cook a meal for the Men’s Homeless Shelter in Dayton on the 4th Sunday of every month in the CFC kitchen at 10:00. We take a team of youth to serve at the shelter from 11 – 1. Talk to Megan if you want to come! Soup kitchen dates this fall are Sunday August 26, September 23, October 28, November 25.

Build a house at SPC! Grab a friend and come on Saturday September 22 at 8 a.m. to frame a house for Habitat for Humanity! All ages are welcome, and you don’t need any construction experience. Bring your friends and family and get ready for an awesome day together of service!

Trunk or Treat – each year we host a Halloween party for the children of Dayton Urban. This year we will partner with the session, and more details are coming soon!

Just for Fun

In addition to our Wednesday night craziness, we are having a youth group outing to the Greene on Saturday, August 25th! Meet in the grass area at the center of the Greene at 6:00 and wear your snazziest dressy clothes. (Goodwill has some great ones if you don’t have anything in your closet!) We will have dinner at the Greene and then head to Flash Photography at 8:00 for crazy youth group pictures!

Details for a youth group campout this fall at Margaret’s house are in the works. Word is there may even be a bonfire. And smores.

Sunday School

Sunday programs between services start September 9th! Middle school students head to the middle school room (near the supply room in the downstairs hall with the yellow walls). This year we are purchasing a special curriculum that spans 2 years and will prepare the students for confirmation. It is a great program and we would love to have all middle school students come! High school students have two between service options. Students who would like to shepherd one of the children’s classes can sign up with Pastor Jackie or Ms. Barb. Shepherds work with the same class each week and help the children with their rotations and Bible stories. High school students are also invited to a new high school Sunday School class in the ARK! Bring your Bibles with you!