Youth in Action
If you have any questions about the Youth Program, please contact Lisa Mensinger (LGOLFMENSINGER@gmail.com) or Bob Hackworth (rrhackworth@aol.com).
Dodgeball Tournament
Thank you to the parents who stayed to watch the youth compete in their first dodgeball tournament at Christ UMC. We had enough kids join us to make 2 teams: High School & Junior High.
Macy’s Fundraiser - February
The youth are selling special tickets ($10) for the Macy’s City Creek Charity Shopping Day and the special day is March 17, 2012. The ticket offers special discounts and, if you attend the opening, your ticket stub will enter the donor into the sweepstakes for $500 Macy’s shopping spree. The ticket will give you an opportunity to save $10 on one regular, sale, or clearance priced purchase of $25 or more throughout the store. Tickets are tax-deductible & the Youth will retain 100% profit from the sale. See any of the youth or Lisa Mensinger to buy tickets.
Souper Bowl of Caring - February 5th
Sunday, February 5th is the day join the youth and the Rocky Mountain Synod to help fight malaria. Please remember to bring in your spare change on Sunday and place it in the Souper Bowl of Caring Pots at the end of the services.
Compassion Program
At Creation Fest, the Youth learned about Compassion International (www.compassion.com) and wanted to share the amazing stories that they heard from speakers who were children of the program. This year the Sunday School Program will be sponsoring 2 children from Haiti that the Youth have chosen. The monthly contribution from our Sunday School offerings will provide food & clean water, medical care, educational opportunities, and important life-skills training. Most important of all these children will hear about Jesus Christ and be encouraged to develop a lifelong relationship with God. We will be able to write to the children and read their responses. Thank you for your support in making a difference in another child’s life.
ELCA Youth Gathering - July 18-22, 2012
Any teenager going into ninth, tenth, eleventh or twelfth grade or having just graduated from high school at the time of the Gathering are eligible to attend this exciting event.
October 9 - Online registration opens at 2 p.m. EDT, and will close when they reach 39,000 participants.
September 18 - after church we will have an informational meeting with interested parents & youth.
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Confirmation Happenings
Confirmation ministry is a pastoral and educational ministry of the church that helps the baptized through Word and Sacrament to identify more deeply with the Christian community and participate more fully in its mission.
We believe to help our Confirmands “identify more deeply with the Christian community” requires participation from the community. Please pray for our Confirmands - Aubrey, Claire, Glenn and Preston. Please consider providing lunch or participating in a calendar session on a Sunday to support pastoral education with the students following worship. For more information, contact the church office or Marci Hall (raskhal96@gmail.com).
Feb 3-4: Souper Bowl of Caring Retreat
Overnight retreat at Zion with Confirmands and confirmation students
Feb 5: Souper Bowl of Caring Worship
Youth lead the 10:30am worship
Feb 22: Ash Wednesday-meet from 6pm to 8pm at Zion. Confirmands meet with Pr. Steve during the soup supper at 6pm and attend worship at 7pm
Christmas Concert Rehearsal Schedule:
Sunday, December 4th—8:30am Joyful NOIZ
10am—Youth Choir (4th—6th grades); 10:30—Girls’ Choir (4th-teen girls)
Sunday, December 11th—Regular rehearsal schedule
Saturday, December 17th—9am Reader rehearsal (if you are not performing musically, we need you to read)
10am Joyful NOIZ rehearsal
Sunday, December 18th—9:15—All participants rehearse in the sanctuary. Please arrive ON TIME!! Preschool and Kindergarten children may be picked up afterward at their Sunday school classrooms.
6pm—Children arrive to warm-up and rehearse in the Children’s Choir room.
6:30pm-Show time—Concert begins!
Zion’s Christmas Celebration!
Please join the youth and children of Zion for the Annual Christmas Concert, Sunday, December 18th beginning at 6:30pm in the sanctuary. All are welcome. See the rehearsal schedule on the following page.
Help is needed in the following areas: Cookie bakers, reception host, cocoa maker, clean up and robe helpers. If you can help, please contact the church office 801-582-2321.
December Family Fun Activity
Gingerbread Houses
Start planning your decorations & designs for Zion’s annual Family Fun Gingerbread House Activity to be held on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at noon in the Terrace Room. This activity is for the young in age and the young at heart, so everyone is invited to participate in this festive holiday event. It is very important that everyone SIGN-UP for both the number of houses needed and the number of adults & children attending the lunch to ensure we have enough houses/icing and enough food. The sign-up sheet is posted on the bulletin board outside of the library.
Items that are provided: Soup, bread and drinks (for the meal); Pre-made graham cracker houses & royal icing for decorating (for the activity).
Items that are needed: PLEASE bring at least one decorating item per participant to share (e.g. cereal, candy, coconut, ice cream cones, pretzels, fruit roll ups, licorice, etc.).
If anyone is interested in helping to build the houses, please let me know. A donation of $2 per person to help cover the cost of the houses and meal is suggested (but not required).
Please contact Angie Reuschel at aclmom86@msn.com with any questions, to help volunteer for this activity, or even to RSVP for the event. We hope to see you there!
Trees are available for pick up and Sale:
December 2nd 5-7 pm (pre-order pick up only) and
Saturday, December 3rd and 10th 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
December 4th and 11th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm (unless trees are gone)
We will be selling Christmas Trees (Noble Fir trees in the 6-8 foot range) this year as a youth fundraiser.
Starting November 1st we will begin to take pre-orders until November 21st.
Download an order form with this link: 2011 Christmas Tree order form
Wednesday, December 7th 7:00 pm at Calvery Chapel
Gen Adm: $15 in advance Group Tickets $13
Order on line at www.ticketswest.com (10+ in advance)
Interested n going as a group, please see Lisa Mensinger by November 20th.
