Our youth class is for grades 7-12 and is not a "class" like school. There are couches. There are snacks. So many snacks. There is sharing highs and lows from your week. You read the Bible. You talk about what you think and hear from the leaders. You share some application to your life thoughts. You pray for the concerns and needs of the group. Lots of bonding. Growing together with Jesus.
We need our youth families to partcipate December 7th
SIGNUP FOR SHIFT & MAKE or PURCHASE PIES HERE
1. Teens sign-up to work our beverage/pie sales table (online or Sundays with Mark)
2. Parents & teens - what pies and how many can you bring? Bake or purchase...either is great!
3. Make sure to attend the shift you sign up for - Make sure to label your pies
4. Parents, please help us prep for pie sales with pre-market pie cutting
New Orleans here we come!
Fundraising- Let's keep our out of pocket costs low!
1. Christmas Market - volunteer to work a shift and each family can bring a pie or 2
2. Envelope Fundraiser coming soon
3. Meal fundraisers ahead (Advent, Lent, Easter Breakfast)
Join Our Sunday Bible Class at 9:30am for Grades 7-12 in Sr Youth Room.
Bible Class Update - Youth read and talked about I Corinthians 8.
You can continue the learning and growing together in Christ at home this week. Faith Active In The Home
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Dates at a Glance
Nov. 24th - Friendsgiving - STL AREA churches joining together for a fun dinner, fun and service at at Christ Memorial from 5=7:00pm - Youth Grades 7-12
Dec. 7th - Christmas Market Fundraiser - selling cold beverages and pie to raise funds
Dec. 18th - Youth Advent Meal Fundraiser
Dec. 21st - Caroling with Timothy members - 4:00pm
Jan. 12th - Ice Skating Youth FunDay at Forest Park - Board Games for Non-Skaters - (after Timothy Voter's Meeting & Confirmation)
Feb. 2nd - Youth FunDay - Nerf Fun with Christ Memorial - more info coming (date changed due to Super B Game)
Apr. 4-6, 2025 District Youth Retreat at CrossPointe Retreat Center for youth grades 7-12
Jul. 19-23, 2025 Youth Gathering in New Orleans for Sr. High only
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Upcoming Events
Youth Advent Meal Fundraiser - Youth Grades 7-12
December 18 we are doing the Advent meal to serve people attending worship. We also will be raising funds. Families: can you bring a dish to share? Typically these meals have a variety of hot dishes. They are popular because of the variety of food enjoyed by our youth familes. Pleaselet Mark know the dish you plan to bring. Please have the food here by 5:00pm. Teens: please plan to help set-up, serve and clean-up.
Youth Caroling with Congregation - Youth Grades 7-12
December 21 we are caroling in the neighborhood with our fellow Timothy members/families. Join us at 4:00pm. We will enjoy fellowship and refreshments at church following the singing.
2025 District Youth Retreat - Youth Grades 7-12
April 4-6, 2025 at CrossPointe Retreat Center. The District Youth Retreat is a great time with so many other teens from all around Missouri! We will learn, play make new friends and grow together in Christ.
Past Events
Christmas Market Fundraiser - Youth and families served to raise funds by selling cold beverages and pie slices at the Christmas Market. Youth did a great job of setting up, cleaning up and selling with a smile. Thanks to all the pie donation families! Thanks to Amanda Bello for doing all the shopping, and we again appreciate Thrivent Action Team finanaical support. We made around $400 in sales and donations.
Friendsgiving Youth Special Event - on Nov. 24th - Jr. & Sr. High Youth joined youth from Christ Memorial and Peace Lutheran for a fun event. In addition to a great Thanksgving style meal, we served shut-in, made baptism gift kits, thank you cards for SS teachers and assembled food pantry donations. We also had a lot of fun fellowship with games, skits and other fun activities. We also grew our faith in devotions and singing together.
Our October Funday was at Eckert's Millstadt Farm. It was some fun seasonal fun for Youth and their families, which included pig races, apple and pumpkins cannons, and tractor bike races.
Our September 8 Youth FunDay was lots of pizza, some basketball (or what is dodgeball?) board games and fun togehter!
F.A.I.T.H. Sunday Sept. 8th Youth helped Sunday School by leading a skit that reinforced our theme , helped lead songs, helped lead games and did a great job helping kids have a fun start to Fall Christian Education at Timothy.
We closed out the summer with a blast. A Laser Blast! August 11 we did some Laser Tag and games at The Edge!
We met up July 31 for simming fun with youth from Christian Friends of New Americans and Christ Memorial at the Jeffereson Barracks - The Pavilion pool. It was cool fun on a hot day!
We had 14 teens serving at VBS Scuba Camp - and they did a great job helping children learn about Jesus and have a great time with their activities and songs and fun!
We had a great week on our 2024 Servant Event with youth from Missouri, Kansas and Minnesota at Heit's Point Camp. Completed projects included: cabin decks painted, machine shed equipment sorted, chapel area cleaned, new fire pit/worship area installed, retaining walls and dam rebuilt, ponds mucked out, as well as 3 homes in Lincoln, MO repaired.
Youth FunDay on June 9 we had 16 youth and parents enjoy a variety of board games at church, with a pizza supper
Youth served Egg Hunt 2024 with a whole bunch of voluteers for another year at the park, reaching out with some seasonal fun for children and families
Easter Breakfast 2024 we served a gym full of people with breakfast and fellowship and raised funds for our youth ministry. Thanks to all the youth and parents who served with Saturday Set-up, Sunday prep, service and clean-up!
2024 District Youth Retreat - we had a great time with so many other teens from all around Missouri! We learned a lot, saw old friends, and made new ones!
Youth SHINE Service Event - April 27 Our Youth did an amazing job serving with our congregation with our annual Shine Service Event (Scrap,Shred,Recycle)!
Mar. 10 was a great Youth FunDay at Christ Memorial where we enjoyed pizza and cooked, Nerfgun fun, and a devotion that including discussion and getting back to old friends and making some new ones.
We had a great turnout for our 2024 Youth Lenten Meal Fundraiser with many wonderful dishes contributed by our youth families. We did this as a fundraiser but also to serve our congregation during out special time of Lent. Thanks to all the families who brought their wonderful dishes and for all our youth servers!.
On Feb. 25 we had a meeting for Parents and Students about our Summer Trips in 2024 (Heit's Point Servant Event) and 2025 (Youth Gathering). Information from the meeting (slides and audio and handouts) are available from DCEMark.
Youth Ice Skating on Feb. 11 we had a good time with our group and teens from Messiah Lutheran Church. Skating, card games, dominoes and pizza. It was a beautiful day and lots of fun!
Christmas Market Fundraiser on Dec. 2 we sold beverages and PIE at the Christmas Market and had a lot of fun doing it! BIG THANKS to all our families who brought in the yummy pies and for all the youth who sliced and served! We raised over $300 and served our congregation and neighborhood.
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Paperwork needed for events...
Here is the paperwork we need for all youth events:
Our youth worked on projects at Camp and enjoyed the great outdoors incluing lake fun, camp recreation, campfire devotions, Bible studies and so much more!
Water of Life Servant Event at Heit's Point
Thanks to all who served and for all who supported our youth!
Our youth enjoyed great music, speakers, recreation, food and so much more!
We got to meet and hang out with teens from other churches, chose sectional speakers that interested us, and got our free retreat t-shirt and so much more.
Our youth teamed up with 5 other groups to serve in work projects to improve Camp Concordia buidlings, but we also enjoyed all the fun activities at camp! We grew in our faith through BIble Studies, Devotions and singing around the camp fire! Thanks to all who participated and everyone who supports our youth!
Church t-shirts are for sale as another way of supporting our youth ministry!
Youth Lenten Meal
Thanks for your support!
So many wonderful dishes with a variety of flavors were enjoyed by our Lenten worshippers. There were many compliments from participants, and our youth worked hard setting-up, serving and cleaning and putting away. Thank you for your support! This was not only a fundraiser, but a way of serving our congregation and sharing what our youth ministry is all about.
On Saturday through Monday (Feb. 18-20) our youth had an amazing weekend growing in their faith, growing as a leader, learning practical leadership skills, and learning methods that will help them share their faith and care for their neighbor.
We had an amazing Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas
20,000 participants
1,200 congregations registered
34 Districts and 44 states (including some international groups)
Our group of Aria, Christin, Constansa, Lana, Luca, James, Mathias, Amanda and Mark survived the Houston heat and our travel went well. Certainly the mass events were powerful to see around 20,000 youth singing hymns and songs of praise together. We grew closer as a group and made friends and connections with people from all over. Of course the games were one way that happened, from 9Square to volleyball to many and various games and challenges. The food part was most difficult, with so many others trying to get food one location prices and lines were crazy. Please ask one or more of the participants about their experience. I’d love for you to hear directly from them! Thank you and the whole congregation for your wonderful and generous support!
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Timothy Lutheran Church