Youth Connect Calendar

Welcome to our YOUTH CONNECT Calendar!

News for SNL, VBS, & more!

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CURRENT CALENDAR for grades 6-8 (MS) & 9-12 (HS) – please check back regularly for updates!
For Questions Contact Tracy: tortlieb@fumcnorthville.org

Announcements:

• Tracy’s Celebration of Service & Welcome Kendall: On Aug 24th we will celebrate our many years of ministry together as well as welcome in the new Youth/Young Adult Director. We hope you will join us!
• Youth Communications: Parents receive a monthly email, and Students get twice weekly text links for calendar updates & announcements. If you or your student is not getting these communications, please contact the church office at 248-349-1144, or Tracy.
• SundayNight Live – 2025: Food, fun, faith, friends and more!   All youth must have a current Permission/Health Release form on file with the church. In April, we shift to our SNL monthly gatherings on the 4th Sunday, contact Tracy to get all the details and sign-up information! tortlieb@fumcnorthville.org

Wed., Aug 20

• Open Studio, 9am – Noon, open house style in the chapel, unaccompanied youth should RSVP to tortlieb@fumcnorthville.org. A time to gather for arts and crafts of choice. BYO project or use church sewing machines (YES! POWER TOOLS), quilting, tool pouches, yarn, beads, paints, mosaics, Friendship bracelets, needle work, scrap booking, and so much more! Practice your craft or learn a new skill – To register email tortlieb@fumcnorthville.org by Aug 17.
• All church Potluck – Bring your family and join us for this fun event at the church. Sign up on the church app!

Sunday, Aug 24

• Worship Service10am: Join us for Tracy’s celebration of ministry and a welcome for Ms. Kendall! (Note Tracy’s last day on staff will be Sept. 2) We will also include a backpack blessings.
• Connections Time11am in Fellowship Hall
• SNL Agape Potluck 6-7:30pm, upper level – Youth grades 6-12 are invited to join us for this potluck. Each family should bring a dish to share for this potluck served family style. Guests are welcome – All youth must have a current Permission/Health Release form on file with the church. Please contactTracy for any questions or to let her know you will attend.

Sunday, Aug 31 Labor Day weekend

• Worship Service10am 
• Connections Time 11am

Tuesday, Sept 2

• Tracy’s last day – Remember to contact Kendall Farnum for your youth ministry and outreach questions!

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Other Dates to SAVE / Registrations / Support:

Sept 7: Servant Sunday
Sept 14: Youth Music begins
Sept 17: Midweek Dinner and Devo begins
Sept 21: Sunday School begins
Sept 21: Confirmation Class begins
Sept 28: Sunday Night Live fall gatherings begins (We meet on the 2nd and 4th Sunday each month!)

QUEST 2025 Youth Community Outreach – COMPLETED!

• Give365 – July 8  Completed! – We met in Ann Arbor, launched from the Argo livery to kayak clean out the Huron River, ending at the Gallup livery, making a positive impact on God’s creation!  This was a super fun way to spend an afternoon, and our group of 22 volunteers was able to remove 581.8 lbs. of trash from the river!
• Motown Mission — June 22-26  Completed! We traveled to Detroit to volunteer with our partners, helping to improve conditions in our greater community. We lodged dorm style in a partner church and went out each day to do good. Evenings were filled with devotions, fellowship, and fun! Following the teachings of Jesus was not only fruitful, but fun as we grew in relationship with each other, God, and God’s people!
  —-Contact Tracy Ortlieb at tortlieb@fumcnorthville.org to reserve your spot or for more information.—-

Youth Support/HELP: FUMC is here for you! If you are suffering from grief, depression, anxiety, etc, your leaders & pastors want to help! Contact Tracy 248-982-0513 or a pastor (Pastor Sarah 248-996-5070 / Rev. Margie 248-349-1144)

GAMERS in your family? Do the words Dungeons and Dragons, anime, Discord, or Twitch mean anything to you or someone you love? If you’d like to be connected to a UMC “For Nerds, Geeks, and Gamers” group that plays together online, contact swheatley@fumcnorthville.org