Swap Sharing Night
June 4 @ 7 in Sanctuary 

On Friday night during our trip, each youth named one story/experience that they wanted to share with the congregation.  We took each of these topics and gave them each a Powerpoint slide.  We asked the youth to speak on this topic during our sharing night tonight.  Below is the order of the Powerpoint slides.  

We will meet in the sanctuary at 6:30 pm to review this order and practice.  The program will begin at 7 pm.  

We told the youth to please wear their SWAP shirts if possible.  Youth will need to come prepared with notes on their topic to share with the congregation.  If you have questions or need help preparing for tonight please text or call Pastor Andrea at 402-710-3195.

1. Road Trip - Leader
2. St. Louis Arch - Carter and Darren
3. SWAP Overview - Pastor Andrea
4. Activity Night - Building a Safe, Dry House - Leader
5. Angela's Story - Leader
6. Amy and Jaxon - Maddie 
7. "Flooring with Old Guys" - Ben
8. Working with Larry - Jacob
9. Playing in Water - Andrew
10. Learning New Skills - Leader
11. Snakes, Bees and Wasps, Oh My! - Jace
12. Experiencing a new kind of poverty - Trev
13. It was Worthy It - Kara
14. Breaks Interstate Park - Ava
15. Hiking - Sam
16. ATV Rides - Braden
17. Bonding Time - Tucker
18. Ongoing Prayer Needs & Thank You - Pastor Andrea

Youth Fundraiser Info

The document below includes a parent letter regarding our fundraisers for this year.  There is also a poster that you can use as a reminder of the upcoming fundraisers.  Copies of this poster will be available by the church office.  
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2022-2023 Youth Group

Small Groups 

 lTo kick off the year, our small groups will be doing some fun activities together throughout September and October to build trust and connections in our small groups.  Beginning in October Pastor Andrea will begin Bible studies on 1st Peter.  Below is the list of the small group leaders.  I will text out their phone numbers to parents. 

Ashton Kroeker & Ashley Buller - Girls Group Leaders
Kara Janzen & Andrea Wall - Girls Group Leaders
Kevin Friesen - Boys Group Leader
Homer Friesen - Boys Group Leader

Wednesday Night Schedule

6:30 Meals or Snacks and Games
​7:00 Biblestudy and Small Group Conversations

Youth are welcome each week to arrive between 6:30 and 7 pm.  During this time we will have either a meal or snacks.  Youth can also play games or hang out until 7 pm.  Starting at 7 pm we will begin either our Bible study time.  

Contact Pastor Andrea to receive text messages in order to stay up-to-date on weekly changes. 

Wednesday Night Changes

This year Wednesday nights will look a little different. 

1. Powerhouse will no longer practice on Wednesday nights. Instead the Powerhouse band will meet at a different time to practice and prepare to lead worship. Youth are welcome to participate in this group as they choose.  If you or your child is interested please contact Jay and Marilyn Kroeker.  

2. Wednesdays will be spent in small group Bible studies.  It is important that youth have a space where they can build trust with peers and and a mentor adult so they can have important conversations about real life and the Bible.

It will be crucial for the youth to participate regularly in these small groups to build relationships with one another.  If one individual is missing it changes the dynamics of the group.  Groups will be between five and seven youth.  We will be studying 1 Peter this year.  We will do some large group studies alongside the small group conversations.  We will also have times of worship and and fun activities.  

We will send out text reminders when the schedule (6:30-8 pm) or location changes.  This means there will not be a weekly reminder text this year.   
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Reminder to Fill Out Forms

Youth Permission/Waiver Form

Trip Permission Form

Remember to fill out the following annual forms (one for each child) so your child can participate in all church activities this year.  If you updated your forms for the 2022 Service Trip to Minnesota you do not need to fill them out again.  

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​2022 High School Service Project:
Minnesota, May 22-26

2021 Fall Youth Retreat - Ashland, NE

menno con19 convention

fusion Summer Service Days 2019

This summer the combined area youth group, FUSION, spent two Saturdays volunteering with the local non-profit, Grace Children's Home to help them upgrade their properties to prepare to serve the foster children who will be joining our community in the upcoming years.  We worked hard at the Horse Arena to prepare it for Equine Therapy.  In addition we worked at the local houses and at Grace Hall painting, putting in fences and cleaning.

We ended the summer and kicked off the school year on August 18, 2019, in the green space by Grace Hall for a time of worship, snacks and games.  Mark Danielson, Grace Children's Home Director, and Paul Daly, a foster parent for Grace, spoke about 2 Corinthians 5: 14-21 and encouraged the youth to be ambassadors for Christ during this school year.    

2018 Mennonite Disaster Service - BLOOMINGTON, Texas

2018 Youth Escape - Hidden Acres Christian Center, Iowa

2018 CHEYENNE Reservation SUMMER CAMP - Montana

2017 Orlando Youth Convention