Thirteen youth with adult chaperones representing the annual
conferences of the Western Jurisdiction met on July 7-9 in Denver, CO
for the “WestFest Assembly.” The youth
representative from our Annual Conference was Matt
Thompson-Aue, chair of our Conference Youth Ministries Team. He was accompanied by his mother,
Laura. The coordinators for the event
were Judy Orecchio of the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference, along with Marcey
Balcomb of the Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference.
During the assembly it was announced that the Western
Jurisdiction now has two youth representatives on the denomination’s Division
of Ministry with Young People. One of
them is Rachel Nelson, a member of Morningside UMC in Salem. Congratulations to Rachel on her election to this important
position.
Other elections occurred at WestFest. Matt Thompson-Aue
was chosen as the secretary of the Western Jurisdiction Connectional Ministries
Youth Team. In addition, Matt will be
one of five youth members of the jurisdiction to attend the International Youth
Convo planned for July 2010 in Berlin,
Germany. Way to go, Matt! (Scott Harkness,
Director of Connectional Ministries 7-28))
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The Advance has developed a new program on hunger for youth groups and Oregon-Idaho Annual Conference is piloting this program for the Western Jurisdiction! The 24 hour B1 youth events are sponsored by local church groups anytime during the season of Lent, which begins this year with Ash Wednesday on February 25 and concludes on April 11, the Saturday night before Easter. Follow the link below to download the 42 page B1 Leader’s Guide. Contact Scott Harkness (
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) for more information on this program or to indicate your youth group’s commitment to sponsor a B1 event this Lent.
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Is your youth group thinking about doing the "B1" 24-hour fast during Lent? Here are some program materials to download. They are now available at no cost from Cokesbury! You can: 1. Log onto the official B1 website hosted by The Advance: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/advance/b1/ . (This website has the latest information about the B1 24-hour fast program for youth). 2. Log onto the Cokesbury website to order your B1 materials: http://www.cokesbury.com/forms/DynamicContent.aspx?pageid=440&id=75#705 3. Download the PDF files on this page to see them before ordering.
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By Carol Thompson, Board of Global Ministries If you are looking for some reading about small youth groups, check this out. For more information, contact Carol Thompson at Town and Country Ministries, cjthomnpson@gbgm-umc,org. All materials are available from Cokesbury. |
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The Youth Ministry purpose statement is based on Genesis 1, Micah 6:8 and 1Corinthians 12:12-3:7.
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