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
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.
Abel Klemz, Alex Mensinger, Lloyd Livengood, and Sam Hinderacker have been busy serving meals once a month to the homeless youth. Our last meal was homemade chile, cornbread, and brownies. We are feeding 20-25 youth each time.
November 19, 2011
1:00-3:00 pm
Zion with other Lutheran churches
We will be competing for the Turkey Bowl Trophy in a variety of fun sporting events with a slight twist to them all. Get your team ready to compete against other Lutheran churches in the Salt lake City area.
Saturday December 3rd from 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Do you need to do some special shopping for the month without the kids?Santa’s little elves will be providing babysitting from 1:000 - 4:00 pm at the church. Will will have fun games, craft projects, and snacks. We will have some adults helping out as well. Donations will go toward youth activities. Tell your friends and make your reservations by December 1st. Sign up on the bulletin board o email Lisa Mensinger, lgolfmensinger@gmail.com
If you have any questions about the Youth Program, please contact Lisa Mensinger (LGOLFMENSINGER@gmail.com) or Bob Hackworth (rrhackworth@aol.com).
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. We will be joining St Matthew’s and possibly other churches in Salt Lake. Please turn in your Registration Form and a check for $150 made out to Zion (MEMO: ELCA YG 2012) by October 1st. NO LATER.
October 9 - Registration opens online only at 12 p.m. MST, and will close when they reach 39,000 participants.
Youth Room Update:
Claire, Emily, Emma & Mack put their heads together a few weeks ago to brainstorm ways to make the youth room look more appealling and comfortable for current and future youth. A special thank you goes out to Paige Capps who happens to be new to Zion and is a Junior attending the University of Utah. Paige is an art student and we really appreciate her spending time with us to figure out our options to make the room look great for a long time. We are still working on the details but we are on our way. As they say at CreationFest - Paige you’re amazing!!
Youth in Action!!!
If you have any questions about the Youth Program, please contact Lisa Mensinger at LGOLF- MENSINGER@gmail.com), or Bob Hackworth (rrhackworth@aol.com)
Check back in August for highlights of our trip to Creationfest!
June 5 – Car Wash & Bake Sale – Postponed
Sorry, we will need to postpone the youth car wash and bake sale.
INTERIM YOUTH DIRECTOR! Zion’s Youth Committee is excited to welcome Lisa Mensinger as our Interim Youth Director. Last month at our committee meeting we discussed an interim part-time position, which allows our program to move forward as we continue to search for a permanent director. Lisa brings experience and a passion for youth. She was part of a two‐person youth team at her last church. She has already begun to lay plans and reach out to our students. Please keep Lisa and all of our youth activities in your prayers and look for opportunities to assist her and our other youth leaders as they help to develop our students’ spiritual growth. Bob Hackworth, for the Youth Committee Service Project: Thanks to Lisa, husband Brian, and all the 12-14 youth who worked Sunday, Nov. 28th making many pans of lasagna and brownies for the Volunteers of American Teen Resource Center. The food was delivered and served on Monday, Nov. 29th by Lisa and several of Zion’s youth. Thanks for a great effort!
