Youth
November 12-14, 2010
Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville, NC
For UMYF groups...where faith and discipleship can be fun!
What is Pilgrimage?
Pilgrimage is a weekend event for UMYF and local church youth groups in which youth and adult advisors are challenged to a new or deeper faith in Jesus Christ. The event focuses on evangelism, faith sharing and discipleship. Pilgrimage is a time and place where faith and discipleship can be fun!
Who is it for?
Pilgrimage is a retreat type weekend for youth groups. Any middle high/senior high (grades 6-12) UMYF from a local church in the North Carolina Conference is invited to join the excitement.
How much does it cost?
The program cost for Pilgrimage is $20 per person--youth and adults, EXCLUDING lodging, meals or free time options on Saturday afternoon. Groups must pre-register for the event.
Featured Leaders:
Bart Campolo is a veteran urban minister and activist who speaks and writes about grace, faith, loving relationships and social justice. Bart is the leader of the Walnut Hills Fellowship, a local ministry in inner city Cincinnati. He is also a founder of Mission Year, a Christian ministry which recreuites committed young adults to live and work among the poor in inner city neighborhoods across the country.
Pilgrimage worship is led by Jay Locklear, Adam Seate, and the House Band.
Saturday Night Special Features:
Emory Anderson has founded a comfortable in-between as neither a "Gospel artist" nor a "Christian Rapper," but what would be called an inspirational, spoken word artist.
Send-Out-Cards is a unique service that allows you to send high quality, personalized greeting cards through the US mail with a click of a mouse. Send-Out-Cards allows you to choose your card from among thousands of options, personalize it with your greeting, then Send-Out-Cards places your card in an envelope, stamps it and drops it in the mail for you. No trips to the card store. No frantic searching for stamps. No more licking envelopes! Plus, with the built in scheduler, you may never again forget a birthday, or anniversary again! All this from the comfort of your desk--and all for less than $2.00 per card (INCLUDING postage!).
If you have already purchased a starter account from one of our youth, you will be able to click on the link above and log in to our "SENDOUTCARDS.com" account and begin sending cards. If you have not purchased a starter account, the link above will allow you to find out more about our youth Greeting Card fund raiser. Starter accounts are $25 and include 10 cards (including postage).
August 29, 2010, 4:00
Our youth are asked to join us on Sunday, August 29 at Seaside for the Wilmington District Ignite Rally. This rally is described on the attached flyer from the Wilmington District of the United Methodist Church.
· Youth should arrive at the church by 3:30 pm
· Meet in the gathering room of the Fellowship Hall
· Shortly before 4:00, the youth will move together to seats in the Sanctuary.
· The worship service should end by 5:30 and there is a reception afterwards in the Fellowship Hall.
· Parents should plan to pick youth up between 5:30 and 6:00
· PARENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND AS WELL!
INFO:
A Service to Celebrate and Fan the Embers of Faith to Full Fire in the United Methodist Church in the Wilmington District. The purpose is to fan the embers of faith into a fully blown fire, so that each local congregation can fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ to make disciples of Jesus for the transformation of the world. Come join us on August 29, 2010; 4:00-5:30pm at Seaside UMC. Someone once asked me, “What is the difference between the United Methodist Church and other churches or denominations?” I thought for a moment and then I said, “Grace.” United Methodists are people of grace. Wesleyan theology is based upon an understanding of God’s Prevenient, Justifying, and Sanctifying Grace. Our theology is one in which we acknowledge that God’s grace was evident upon the cross of Christ as he paid the price for the sin of the world. Our theology is one in which we rejoice in the fact that God’s Prevenient Grace is at work in our lives even before we are aware of it, preparing the way before us through which we might experience God’s presence. Our theology is one in which we embrace the Sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit within us, enabling us to become more and more like Christ. That is what we celebrate in the Wilmington District. The Apostle Paul stated it well in Romans 5:8, “But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” In other words, God did not wait for us to meet some type of pre-condition, making us worthy of God’s love. God has loved us even in the times in which we have chosen to be absent from God. The fact that the God of the Universe has interrupted time and space in demonstration of God’s love for us is truly something to celebrate.While this is what we believe, it often seems as though we fail to live in the joy of this Good News. My deep desire for all Christians and especially those of us who are known as Methodists is that we may live in the reality of God’s Grace and know God’s joy in our lives. This is what Ignite is all about. It is intended to provide the opportunity to “fan into flame the gift of God” as Paul told Timothy in 2 Timothy 1:6. This world today knows darkness far better than light. This world needs the message of God’s Grace. It is my prayer that Ignite will be one means by which the flame of faith will do more than simply shed some light into a darkened world. My prayer is that the world will also experience the warmth of God’s love through the people called Methodists.
Rev. Francis Daniel
Youth Whitewater Trip
