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:

• Register to be a VBS volunteer – we need all kinds of youth helpers, visit the church app or email rlunning@fumcnorthville.org
• 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
• 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

Sun., July 27

• Worship Service10am 
• Connections Time 11am 
• Register NOW for VBS volunteers – we need all kinds of youth helpers for Vacation Bible School. Visit the church app or email rlunning@fumcnorthville.org
• SNL, 6-7:30 Summer Fun event for youth grades 6-12. Join us for water games, fellowship and frozen treats. Youth must have an up to date permission form on file at the church. Bring a water bottle and maybe your towel:)  For questions, contact Tracy.

Sun., Aug 3

• Worship Service10am /Servant Sunday – see Tracy in the Narthex to help with VBS prep.
• Connections Time 11am 
• TRAINING for VBS volunteers  after worship –  we need all kinds of youth helpers for Vacation Bible School. Visit the church app or email rlunning@fumcnorthville.org

Mon – Friday, Aug 3-8

• Vacation Bible School volunteers in action!
• Wed, Aug 6:  YOUTH Lunch Walk event after VBS, 12:00 -2:00pm – Youth are invited to join us on a walk to Kroger for this educational event. Each youth will be given a small budget to buy their lunch, and we will return to the church to enjoy together. Select your own food or work with others to create a mid-week lunch cooperative meal, all while thinking about others on a tight budget and relating to the trials of being hungry. Youth need to RSVP to Tracy and must have an up-to-date permission form on file with the church: tortlieb@fumcnorthville.org

Sunday, Aug 10 – VBS Sunday!

• Worship Service10am 
• Connections Time 11am 

Sunday, Aug 17

• Worship Service10am 
• Connections Time 11am 

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 /Servant Sunday – see Tracy in the Narthex to help with VBS prep.
• Connections Time 11am
• SNL Agape Potluck 6-7:30pm  – Details coming soon!

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Other Dates to SAVE / Registrations / Support:

Sept 2: Tracy’s last day – Remember to contact Kendall Farnum for your youth ministry and outreach questions!
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)