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Youth Form and Transportation forms

Each year youth and volunteers are required to fill out forms to participate in activities at Bethesda.  Click on the button below to fill out the two forms for each youth or child participating.  

1. Youth Waiver Form
2. Trip Permission Form

High School Calendar

2023 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

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.  


​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