Spring into Summer Schedule for Salem Youth!

May 15^th Lock In

7pm to 7am

We will eat junk food, order pizza, play Guitar Hero or Wii, shoot hoops, and be crazy!  Bring a friend!  Bring $7 to cover snacks and midnight pizza!  We do need signed permission slips from you and your friends.  Feel free to download one off the website. 

7pm Rehearsal for Youth Sunday…be here at 7 even if you aren’t spending the night!

May 17

Youth Sunday!

Be here at 8:10 for the 8:30 service and 10:30 for the 11:00 service to go over final details and to make sure we have our game face on! 

UMYF 5-6:30 pm

Prayer…what’s that?

May 24

UMYF 5-6:30 pm

Wild and Wacky UMYF

Wear clothes that wash…you might get a little messy!

May 31

UMYF 5-6:30 pm

Goin’ Deeper…with a special guest!

June 7^th

Final UMYF 5-6:30 pm …hosted by Tom and Jennifer Jackson, some of our fav Sunday School teachers! Bring your swimsuit and towel…the pool is open for business!  Bring something snacky to share or a couple of two-liter drinks.  We will provide paper products.  Plan to eat dinner when you get home or call cheetos dinner if you’d rather!  If a group of parents wants to cook us some burgers, I am sure we won’t say no!  ;-)

June 10^th-13^th…Annual Conference Session in Greenville

It would be great if you were bored and wanted a road trip to support the Conference UMYF president when he addresses the Annual Conference.  When I know when he is speaking, I will put it in the bulletin.  (This is an on your own event.)

June 14^th-19^th Vacation Bible School…@night!

This year there will be VBS for youth and for adults!  So, plan to eat dinner for $3 at 5 and then hunker down for some fun and Bible Study in the Youth Room!  We’ll be done by 8:30, so you can get your beauty sleep before you head to work or the pool!  Friends are welcome!  Please pre-register so we have enough shaving cream, cheetos, and other supplies. 

June 22^nd…Winter in June

Meet at church at 10:30 dressed for some winter fun!  We are heading on Fort Bragg to go ice skating!  (Parker, it’s no fair that you can skate better than we can!)  Bring a sweatshirt and some jeans to change into.  We’ll skate from 11:30-1:30 and then head out to Moe’s Southwest grill for a late but well deserved lunch!  (Eat a late breakfast!!)  Bring $3 for skating (skates included), socks, money for snacks if you wish, and about $7 for lunch.  We’ll be back at the church by 3:30 or so.  Please bring a picture ID if you have one.  Sign up with Pastor Mary Frances if you want to go!

June 22^nd-27^th…Summer Breakaway at Louisburg College

This is a fabulous week of camp for Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers designed by the North Carolina Conference.  Kids from all over join together for fun, bible study, spiritual formation, and craziness!  We make home movies!  We play stupid games!  We send blow pops to each other!  www.nccumc.org/youth for more information and the application.  The church will sponsor some of the cost of this event.  See Pastor Mary Frances for details.  (This is an on your own event.)

June 29^th…Mission Monday #1

Head out into the world to reach out to the least and the lost with your Salem peeps!   We will head over to Bethesda Nursing Home to hang out with the residents.  We will run a Bingo game, play some parachute ball, and perhaps take residents out for a spin in their wheelchairs if it is a nice day.  From Bethesda , we will head to town to get some lunch (BYOM = Bring Your Own Money).  After lunch we will have some fun together at the Climbing Place .  We need a couple of parents to assist in belaying.  $5 for the belaying class.  $12.50 per person to climb.  A waiver has to be signed by your parental units.  See Mary Frances to sign up and get your waiver!  Meet at 9:45 so we are ready to go at 10!

June 27^th…Sun and Fun at White Lake Day

We will meet at the church at 10, to head to White Lake !  Bring a sandwich or whatever you eat for lunch.  We will have drinks and snacks.  Bring money for dinner on the way home.  Don’t forget your bathing suit, towel, and a change of clothes for the ride home!  If you have a boat, call the McPhail family and volunteer it for our day of fun on the water at White Lake !  As always, friends are welcome and please RSVP by signing up or calling the church office. 

July 20-25 

ACS (Annual Conference Session for Youth) @ Methodist University in Fayetteville

This is another fabulous week-long retreat put on by the North Carolina Conference.  Here Senior High students represent their church and vote on legislation to say what the youth in our Annual Conference believe.  There is daily worship…spiritual formation groups….interest groups on topics you choose…pizza at midnight…and crazy games and fun!  Visit www.nccumc.org/youth for more information and the application.  The church will sponsor some of the cost of this event.  See Pastor Mary Frances for details.  (This is an on your own event.)

July 27^th… Mission Monday…#2

Head out into the world to reach out to the least and the lost with your Salem peeps!   We will head over to Bethesda Nursing Home to hang out with the residents.  We will run a Bingo game, play some parachute ball, and perhaps take residents out for a spin in their wheelchairs if it is a nice day.  From Bethesda , we will head to town to get some lunch (BYOM = Bring Your Own Money).  After lunch we will have some fun together at the Laser Tag place in Fayetteville .  Bring money for lunch and $20 for laser tag and whatever money you want to waste in the arcade!  We’ll be back in the afternoon…tired but thrilled at helping others and hanging out with our friends!  RSVP so we have enough van drivers and chaperones!  Meet at 9:45 so we are ready to go at 10!

Retreat Weekend!...August 7-9

Harvest of Hope is a mission retreat program and a fun and economical way to get involved in the fight against hunger and learn about why hunger exists in this country and around the world. August 7-9, 2009 HoH will host an intergenerational event in Gaston , SC. We’ll be staying at Bethel Christian Camp for the weekend, where we’ll spend time in large and small group sessions learning about the causes of hunger and how we as Christians can respond. Saturday morning, August 8, we’ll hit the fields of Lexington County knowing that through SoSA’s network of feeding agencies, much of what we’ll pick that morning will be on the tables of the hungry that evening. Cost for the weekend is $75/person, which includes lodging, meals, and materials. You will need money for meals in route, but other than that this is a very affordable weekend!  For many past participants HoH is a truly transformative experience!  See Pastor Mary Frances to sign up!  Deposit is $50.  We need one chaperone per five youth, so ask all the cool adults to be chaperones!  Depending on the interest, we might find somewhere to whitewater raft or hike on the way home!

August 11^th…Beach Day!

Addy and Cayley’s grandparents are hosting us at their beach house for the day!  We will leave at 8am so we have plenty of time to soak up the rays!  BYOS = Bring Your Own Sandwich !  We will have drinks and snacks for you.  Bring money for dinner on the road!  We will come back in the evening tired, dirty, but hopefully not sunburned!  Please pre-register so we have enough drivers, snacks, and drinks!

Mission Monday Thursday…#3…August 13^th

OK, it’s not Monday but they could only use us on Thursday.  This time we are heading to the State Veteran’s Nursing Home over by Wal-Mart on Ramsey.  We will host a snack time/joke telling contest/storytelling event.  So, have your bad jokes ready!  From there we will grab a quick lunch at Chick-Fil-A.  Then we will head back to the Climbing Place or Laser Tag or another fun venue of your choice!  Bowing is just down the street and is cheap!  Let Mary Frances know what YOUR vote is!  RSVP so we have enough people to cart us around!  You will need money for lunch and the activity!  Meet at 9:15 so we will be there by 10 am. 

August 16^th…Back to School Pool Party

Woodman of the World Pool

6pm until 8pm

Meet at the pool at 6pm.  Bring a covered dish (please don’t all bring Cheetos!), your swimsuit (be modest please), towel, and your favorite tunes!  We are taking over the Woodman pool!  The Youth Budget will provide the pool if you provide the food!  RSVP please!  Sign up for what you are bringing so we don’t starve!  We do need chaperones for this event.