May Youth Events

April was a busy month! We all worked really hard to bring together the Youth Service at the end of April, to host the district Youth Rally, and to go on Youth Quake. Now it’s time to settle down for a few normal weeks of youth fellowship before the end of the year. We’ve decided to meet on the evening of Mother’s Day this year. We certainly don’t expect to see everyone on May 8^th, but some of you may have celebrations for your moms earlier in the day—and maybe your mom is happy to send you to youth fellowship for a few hours ;-). We will also have one final Banquet for the year on May 22^nd.

We’re also looking ahead to the end of the year. We want to be sure that you have June 5^th on your calendars. On that evening, we’ll hold our closing picnic for the year. We’ll break out the volleyball net and enjoy eating together. It will be a time to recognize our graduating seniors and send them off to college with our blessings. We’ll also have a chance to look back over the year and celebrate what we’ve done as a youth fellowship.

We’ll make opportunities to keep meeting over the summer: look for Monday night volleyball and a possible special youth event in August.

Date	Activity	Details
April 29 – May 1	Youth Quake for Junior High Youth	Departing at 6 pm on Friday and returning at 2 pm on Sunday to PUMC.
Saturday April 30	LOL ’05 District Conference Youth Rally	1:30 – 3:30 pm at PUMC with comedians “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”
May 1	No Youth Fellowship
May 8	Youth Fellowship	6 – 8 pm at PUMC for those who already celebrated Mother’s Day earlier in the day
May 15	Youth Fellowship	6 – 8 pm at PUMC Mexico Outreach Team Meeting, 4 – 6 pm Music and Drama Teams meet 5 – 6 pm
May 22	Spring Banquet	5:30 – 8 pm at PUMC Music and Drama Teams meet 4 – 5:30 pm
May 29	Memorial Day weekend: No Youth Fellowship
June 5	Closing picnic	5 – 8 pm at PUMC: recognizing our seniors and celebrating the year Mexico Outreach Team meeting, 3 – 4:30 pm

We want to celebrate our graduates!

If you know of someone in our church who will be graduating from high school or college, please let Pastor Rebecca know so that we can recognize our graduates.

District Youth Rally

With comedians “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”

Saturday, April 30, 1:30 – 3:30 pm at our very own PUMC!

Our church has the honor of hosting this district-wide youth event.

These comedians will make you laugh ‘til it hurts!

Do you love God? Do you love students? We are looking to augment our adult youth ministry team for next year. Involvement could range from weekly to bi-monthly. We can use lots of different gifts: cooking, music, leading discussions, running games, emergency chaperones, etc. If you are interested, please pray about it and speak with Pastor Rebecca to visit a youth meeting and see what might be the best fit for you.

Summer Mission Team News

We will continue our team meetings in May, getting down to more of the nitty-gritty planning for our summer mission trips. Up-coming meeting dates:

· M-Fuge TBA

· Mexico Outreach will meet on Sunday, May 15, 4-6 pm; Sunday, June 5, 3 – 4:30 pm; Sunday, July 17, 4 – 7 pm (potluck supper); and Monday, July 25, 6 – 8 pm.

Fund-Raisers:

· Hot Dog Stand at the Youth Rally, April 30. Mission team members arrive at 11:45.

· Flea Market: Saturday, June 11. Opportunities to help include:

o Sorting and pricing, Friday, June 10, 3 – 7 pm

o Orienting vendors, serving in the food court, manning the church sale tables, anytime from 6 am to 6 pm on Saturday.

o Helping with final sales and clean-up on Sunday, June 12, 11:30 am–1 pm.

An important flea market organizational meeting for both mission teams will take place on Sunday, May 15 from 5:30 – 6 pm, (just before youth group).

M-Fuge service opportunities to help team members prepare for summer missions include serving at the Homeless Shelter on Saturdays May 21 and June 25, or helping to tutor at Tubman Terrace in May and June.

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A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who supported our All-Church Talent Show. We greatly appreciated your talented acts, your donated desserts and your enthusiastic presence at the event to help raise support for summer missions. The summer mission teams would also like to acknowledge the generous donations of desserts from Café Aurora, La Deliziosa Pastry Shoppe, and the Pastry Garden.