Middle School and High school can be a crazy time, so we want to make sure no one has to journey through it alone.
We are a welcoming community of students (6th-12th) desiring to introduce others to a real and relational God.
We hope to be a place where you can experience moments with God through a relationship with Christ and come to understand that they are life changing.
Don’t Go It Alone
Youth Meet Sundays at 1:00 pm
When We Fully Reopen
Middle School Sunday School meets on Sunday mornings at 10:15 AM during the school year, gathering for the first 15 minutes of worship in the Sanctuary and then heading out after the Children’s Time. We meet in Room 1/2 and attend the worship service in the Sanctuary on the first Sunday of every month. We welcome you to come check us out and look forward to meeting you.
UMYF
Currently, our UMYF/Youth are having both Zoom and in-person gatherings. Please check the calendar for details for each week. There is also a weekly youth update that goes out via email giving details about each Sunday. We would be happy to add you to our email list.
Contact Rev. Candace or Rev. Susan if you have any questions.
Youth Ministry Calendar 2021
Youth Ministry Calendar
Winter_Spring 2021
Well, the Pandemic has certainly changed the format of Youth Ministry at Desert Skies, but I am so proud of the youth and the adults who have been meeting regularly throughout 2020 to keep connections going and discipleship growing. Who had even HEARD of Zoom before March 2020?? After 10 months of “Zooming”, we are ready to move into 2021, and incorporate the 4 “S”s into our youth group programming: Study, Skills, Socials and Service. Once a month (twice if there are five Sundays) we will continue our Living in Christ studies via Zoom. Once a month we will have some sort of skills-building gathering (on Zoom for now) like our Pizza Making session today. One fellowship event and one service project will round out our programming. We are well aware of pandemic precautions, and understand that comfort-levels vary within the group, so please just participate as you feel safe. As your leaders, we DO promise that until we are all vaccinated and cases are in decline, we will wear masks, wash hands, and practice physical distancing. But our group is also small enough to be able to do that safely while giving our young people a chance to be together. For now, all transportation will need to be by family due to those restrictions. A prime example of that working well was our helping last month with Eric’s Eagle Scout Project. It was good to be outdoors, serving, and seeing each other! So, here is our proposal for UMYF (United Methodist Youth Fellowship) on Sunday afternoons at 1 pm:
January 17Hike to Garwood Dam; meet at the end of Speedway at the Douglas Springs Trailhead
January 24UMYF LinC Discussion/Study via Zoom
January 31Service Project at DSUMC
February 7UMYF LinC Discussion/Study via Zoom
February 14Social Activity
February 21Skill-Building Activity
February 28Service Project
March 7UMYF LinC Discussion/Study via Zoom
March 14Social Activity
March 21Skill -Building Activity
March 28Service Project
April 1Good Friday Hike/Stations of the Cross
April 4Easter Sunrise Service Leadership/ No UMFY
April 11UMYF Discussion Study via Zoom
April 18Handbell Skills
April 25Festival of God’s Creation/Houghton Campus
May 2Bird Feeders and discussion of Matthew 6: 25-34 via Zoom
May 9Mother’s Day- No UMYF
May 16Graduate Sunday/End of School Social
May 23Confirmation/Pentecost/Confirmation Celebration
May 30Service Project-Getting ready for Summer Camp (hopefully!)
June 1-5Summer Camp; Youth serve as Counselors
June 5Middle School Mission (9:30-2:30) @ RioVista Park
June 21-26Elementary/Junior High Summer Camp at Mingus
July 9-10Senior High Mission Trip (Friday Zoom/Saturday Service)
JulySummer Break
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