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St. George's United Methodist Youth Fellowship (UMYF)

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St. George's UMYF is our fellowship group for youth in grades 7-12. It provides youth an opportunity to deepen their faith relationships, develop and express leadership skills, and to have fun.

UMYF meets on Sundays from 6:00-7:30pm. We share a light dinner (provided by parents in rotation) from 6:00-6:30 and ask that each participant bring $2 to contribute for costs. Our program takes place from 6:30-7:30.

For those interested, Youth Choir (known as the Celebration Singers) meets from 5:00-6:00pm each Sunday evening before Youth Group.

Questions? Contact Karen Emmons, Director of Discipleship Ministries.

Upcoming Events

Full Schedule

Below is a rough schedule. Changes do happen, so check back frequently.

Missions Supported

The UMYF supports a variety of missions. In addition to the ones listed below, we also work on behalf of our church and preschool. We are an active, caring group!

ReCreation

ReCreation Experiences, based in Asheville, NC, "provides groups of youth, adults, and families with opportunities to share their faith through home repair mission." Each summer, the UMYF and St. George's send a team of youth and chaperones to work on a home in need. (We take students who have completed 7th through students who have completed 12th grade.) Our youth have done everything from painting exteriors and interiors to roofing and putting on a deck.

We have chosen our date for ReCreation! We will be going Sunday, June 24 - Saturday, June 30. The cost this year is $335 per participant. The UMYF fundraises throughout the year to try to reduce this cost, however, our primary goal is to cover the costs of the transportation, supplies, and part of the chaperone costs. Please do not let cost be a factor in choosing whether or not to go. Talk to Karen - we can always work out something.

See our ReCreation form for a fuller description of the program, costs, and signup. Email Karen if you have any questions.

To learn more about ReCreation itself, visit ReCreation ministries.

Rising Hope UMC

Rising Hope is a United Methodist Church established with the mission of "bringing the power of Christ and the support of the church to the community living in poverty south of Alexandria, VA along the Route 1 Corridor of Fairfax County." This active community sponsors a food kitchen, a clothing closet, and a gift closet, among its many church ministries.

The UMYF has visited Rising Hope and helped set up its Vacation Bible School. In addition, we give a portion of every major fundraiser to its work.

To learn more, visit Rising Hope UMC.

FACETS

FACETS stands for "Fairfax Area Christian Emergency and Transitional Services. FACETS offers a variety of services including:

• Feeding, clothing and sheltering the homeless
• Arranging medical care for the indigent
• Providing needs for school children and sending children to summer camp

Once each year, the UMYF volunteers to prepare and deliver food for the clients of FACETS.
To learn more, visit FACETS.

Rock the Church (Fundraiser)

The youth are doing a fundraiser called "Rock the Church".  A large fiberglass rock may magically appear in your yard - courtesy of a friend who has sent it on to you and the youth who have delivered it.  Instructions for how to pass the rock on to another person are included.

Rock Deliverers - Need more door hangers?

JOURNEY OF THE ROCK (08-09)
Normann --> Destout --> Moore (B&J) --> Plante --> Ricard --> Haley --> Jones (M&D) --> Childers --> Tuckers --> Williams (J&J) --> Kay --> Kite --> Clarke --> Cryblskey --> Becking --> Gibson --> Platenkamp --> Emmons --> Sentlinger --> Heberle --> Hoover --> Cagle --> Williams (R&P) --> Williams (J&W) --> Hopson --> Ford --> Swaney --> Rice --> Johnson --> Hahn --> Bruck --> Chappell --> Bartlett --> Bedker --> Funkhouser --> Musser --> Cherry --> Manno --> Goodman --> Saddler --> Hennessey --> Howe (G&L) --> Vacation

JOURNEY OF THE ROCK (09-10)
Howe (J&A) --> Gardner --> Root --> Joyce --> Kania --> Youngen --> Polk --> Heist --> Salman --> Brown --> Iko --> Rodriguez (A&A) --> Bennett --> Nash --> Miller (R&P) --> Moore (C&J) --> Ortiz --> Orefice --> Rovansek --> Mallory --> France --> Coffin --> Woolfenden --> Hayes (D) --> Deihr --> Dowdy --> Smith (R&D) --> McDonald (C&J) --> Vacation

JOURNEY OF THE ROCK (10-11)
Wright --> Sachlis --> Sentlinger --> Williams (K&M) --> Turner (K&B) --> White --> Plante --> Norman --> Rodriguez --> Rodriguez --> Heist --> Cagle --> Copeland --> Ricard --> Moore (J&U) --> Jones --> Watkins --> Vacation

JOURNEY OF THE ROCK (11-12)
Stowe --> Bahk --> Williams (E&J) --> Normann --> Summers --> Manno --> Egan --> Piper --> Emmons --> Moore (B&J) --> Haley --> Childers --> Bradfield --> Heberle --> Gibson --> Where next?

Dinner Schedule

We still have openings in the dinner schedule. Please let Karen know if you can take one of them.
Note: this is not the full schedule of UMYF meetings. It is only the schedule for those meetings that need dinner. To see the full schedule, go to Full Schedule.

Forms

The following forms need to be on file for youth in order to participate in UMYF activities.

• General Permission Slip
• Youth Behavior Covenant

If you do not wish pictures of your youth to appear on the website, the following optional form is available:

• Photo Opt-Out

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