First Baptist Church Youth

First Baptist Church Youth

The First Baptist Church Youth Group typically meets from 6-7:30pm on Sunday in homes of our youth. We have other weekend events, service times, retreats, and summer trips planned as well. Please check out our Winter and Spring Schedule below for details.

Want to know more about us, what we’re like, and what we do and learn together? The Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project model is a good place to start. It’s our framework for how we want to be shape ourselves as a community, seek God’s movement in our lives, and be in the world. You can learn more at their web site.

We follow The Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project’s contemplative approach to youth ministry and employ prayer, discernment, spiritual direction, covenant community, spiritual practice and Sabbath-living as our chosen ways of re-sourcing ministries with youth and being together.

Last summer we spent a week here in town that we called
Madison Mission Madness.

Instead of going away to spend time in service, we stayed in our own community hoping to learn more about the Madison we don’t typically see, address the need that surrounds us, and stay rooted in our own city. We learned a lot and had a blast! The Madison Mission Madness 2007 page will lead you through a visual tour of our experience…

This summer we’re off for another new experience. We’ll spend 3 days working in service to others and then go to Baptist Youth Camp in northern Indiana. We’re excited to join other progressive Baptist and ecumenical youth groups for an experience where we can all be welcomed, affirmed, celebrated. We’ll learn, journey, and play together for a week. BYC, here we come! Want to know more about the flavor of BYC and it’s sponsoring organization? Check out the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists’ website.

Our Winter and Spring Schedule:

January

YOUTH AND PARENTS	Sunday, January 13^th: 6-7:30pm, Youth and Parents’ meeting in Fellowship Hall -Family favorites potluck- please bring one of your family’s favorite dishes, your calendar, and checkbook (if you’re going on the retreat and haven’t yet paid your deposit)
DUE DATE	Tuesday, January 15^th: Permission slips (2) and $50 deposit due in church office for February 29^th-March 2^nd retreat
	NO YOUTH GATHERING SUNDAY, JANUARY 20^TH
ALL YOUTH	Monday, January 21^st (MLK, Jr. Day): 10:15am-4:00pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Service Day -Meet at church at 10:15am, pick-up at 4:00pm -Schedule: 11am-12pm March to the Capitol, 12-1pm Lunch, 1:30-3:30pm Community Service -Dress warmly and in clothes that can get dirty!
MS YOUTH	Sunday, January 27^th: 6-7:30pm, MS Youth Gathering at Kaspars’ house -DINNER PROVIDED, please bring $4 or whatever you are able

February

ALL YOUTH	Sunday, February 3^rd, 6:00-7:30pm, All Youth Gathering at Leah’s house -POTLUCK
HS YOUTH	Sunday, February 10^th: 6-7:30pm, HS Youth Gathering at Hills’ house -DINNER PROVIDED, please bring $4 or whatever you are able
ALL YOUTH	Sunday, February 17^th: SNOWED OUT
ALL YOUTH	Friday, February 22^nd: 6:00-8:30pm, Youth host Parents’ Night Out in Fellowship Hall 9:00-10:30- Youth go bowling (bowling costs covered)
ALL YOUTH	Sunday, February 24^th: 12-2pm, Lunch and Retreat Training -Please bring money for lunch at Atlanta Bread Co. -REQUIRED FOR RETREAT PARTICIPANTS- talk to Leah ASAP if you have a conflict
ALL YOUTH	Friday, February 29^th- Sunday, March 2^nd: Urban Immersion Retreat to Minneapolis -Departure from church: 1:30pm sharp! -Return around 6pm on Sunday -List of what to pack on Leah’s bulletin board

March

	NO YOUTH GATHERING SUNDAY, MARCH 2^ND
HS YOUTH	Sunday, March 9^th: 6-7:30pm, HS Youth Gathering at Hills’ house -DINNER PROVIDED, please bring $4 or whatever you are able
ALL YOUTH	Sunday, March 16^th: Youth lunch following worship and meeting with Susan Mendenhall-visioning process consultant -LUNCH PROVIDED, please bring $4 or whatever you are able *YOUTH INPUT IN THE VISIONING PROCESS IS CRUCIAL! DON’T MISS IT! We guarantee that you will enjoy yourself as well!
	NO YOUTH GATHERING SUNDAY, MARCH 23^RD (HAPPY EASTER!)
	NO YOUTH GATHERING SUNDAY, MARCH 30^TH

April

ALL YOUTH	Sunday, April 6^th: 6:00-7:30pm, All Youth Gathering at Laura and David’s -POTLUCK
HS YOUTH	Sunday, April 13^th: 6-7:30pm, HS Youth Gathering at Hills’ house -DINNER PROVIDED, please bring $4 or whatever you are able
ALL YOUTH	Sunday, April 20^th: 12-4pm, Lunch and Service Activity -please bring money for lunch at _____________ and wear clothes that can get dirty -drop off and pick up at church
MS YOUTH	Sunday, April 27^th: 6-7:30pm, MS Youth Gathering at Kaspars’ house -DINNER PROVIDED, please bring $4 or whatever you are able

May

ALL YOUTH	Sunday, May 4^th: 6:00-7:30pm, All Youth Gathering at Laura and David’s -POTLUCK
ALL YOUTH	Friday, May 9^th (evening) or Saturday, May 10^th (morning)- Youth Fun -details TBA
	NO YOUTH GATHERING SUNDAY, MAY 11^TH(DO SOMETHING NICE FOR THOSE WHO MOTHER YOU!)
ALL YOUTH	Thursday, May 15^th, 7:00-9:30 pm, Youth serve the meal at the Grace Episcopal Men's shelter. -drop off and pick up at church
ALL YOUTH	Sunday, May 18^th: 6-8pm, End of the School Year Party at Mueller's house -POTLUCK

***PLEASE HOLD ONTO AUGUST 14^th-22^nd FOR MISSION WORK AND YOUTH CAMP (TENTATIVELY).