Youth Ministry

Peace Lutheran Church Youth Ministry

Mission Statement

· For the youth to develop a relationship with God through a better understanding of scripture, application to their lives, and interaction with other youth that share a similar faith system.

· Prompt the youth to engage in service work at the international, national, community, and congregational level.

· To allow the youth to use their God-given gifts to lead others.

· Encourage the youth at all ages to become an active part of the church.

· Participate in fundraising to support social ministries and activities.  

Youth Group

Youth group meets the 2^nd and 4^th Sundays of each month at 5pm.

Youth group is off to a very busy start. There are a lot of upcoming events and our youth are eager to get back into the swing of things.  Twelve of our youth will be attending the Rend Lake Gathering on February   19-21.  Five youth will attend the YRU 16 Gathering in Carlinville on February 26-28.

The Be Like Jesus event at Faith in O’Fallon is being held on March 12 & 13. We currently have ten youth registered to attend this event.

  Camp Wartburg is offering a Confirmation Camp for those going into 7 & 8 grade on June 21-25. The cost for this event is $185.00 per person; there will be an $85 non refundable deposit for those attending and the remainder paid through the Youth Fund. If you show up for the event the youth account will reimburse you $25.00. Registration deadline is May 12, see Mike Foppe (Sire Poppy) if you wish to attend.

 Leadership Lab will be held July 19-24 at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.  Each participant must have completed 8th grade to attend. Leadership Lab is an intense week of study, worship and building relationships from 8am-midnight each day. June 1 is the deadline to register. Those who wish to attend or for further details see Mike Foppe (Sire Poppy).

 Easter breakfast will be after Sunrise service about 8:30am.  We will have pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy. As always this will be a free will donation. There will also be an Easter egg hunt for the smaller children.

 Ways to contact Mike Foppe (Sire Poppy) is:

peaceyouthminister@gmail.com

Cell Phone 618-444-3740/texting is not available

Save General Mills “Box Tops for Education” logos and Campbell’s Labels for Education!

The Women of Peace and the youth are collecting box tops and labels for a new van for the Navajo Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Rock Point, Arizona. We invite everyone to participate. Give them to a youth, Jamie, or deposit in the marked containers in the kitchen. We appreciate your continued support of this project.