Youth News January 2005

Mountain Vista United Methodist Church
West Jordan, Utah

Youth News
Nicole Murphy

The Junior High has been very busy this month. They did a service project, that we all should be thankful for—they made cookies for the Christmas Eve service. Now, that is a lot of cookies! Rachel Gibson and Stephanie Beers both gave devotions. They also made the cutest fish hook bracelets that will always remind them of our loving church family.

The Senior High had a youth group session where we thought about all of the things we needed to change and improve on. We also thought that it would be fun to go Christmas caroling at the West Jordan Care Center. We chose to go there because Melissa Lambdin and Melody Wilder both work there, so it was nice to see the people they work with and how hard that kind of job really would be.

We try to do one activity together a month (the junior high and senior high), so this month we had a White Elephant gift exchange. We had a lot of fun doing this and it was a good way to celebrate the holidays with each other.

As always our youth group would not be very strong if we didn't have the support of our church family.

JANUARY JR. HIGH YOUTH ACTIVITIES

January 5 – Card Games

January 12 – Luke will have a Bible lesson. Play a game and plan for February

January 17, Monday – Serve sandwiches at St. Vincent DePaul's. Meet at the church at 4:15 p.m. Let a leader know if you are going by Wednesday, January 12

January 19 – Bowling at Shepherd All Star Lanes – Cost for two games and shoes is $7.20. Meet at the bowling alley at 4:30 and then we will go to church

January 26 – Video lesson and discussion (Velocity)

JANUARY SR. HIGH YOUTH ACTIVITIES

January 5 – Bring a Friend Wednesday. Invite people within our church; offer to give them a ride. We will play games.

January 12 – Watch a movie, "The God Makers."

January 19 – We will have a guest speaker on the LDS religion

January 26 – Planning for February

January 16-17 will be a lock-in for the senior highs at church. Be here at 2:00 to make sandwiches for St. Vincent DePaul's. After sandwich making we will go ice-skating. On Monday, January 17, we'll go to St. Vincent DePaul's to serve sandwiches. Meet at church at 4:30 p.m. More information at youth meeting.