Our Youth in Mission
During a recent Youth-in-Mission trip to Omaha, several members of the North Platte United Methodist Youth Fellowship learned to bring about
positive change in communities.
Seven high school students with three adult sponsors spent a weekend attending workshops and helping with special projects. Students were
Tullen Mabbutt, Jake Joliffe, Kelsie Nichols, Seth Fornander, Sam Fornander, Meshka Waya, and David Brown. Adult sponsors were Dallas Zimmer,
Shari Shore, and Greta Leach.
Workshop speakers taught the mission participants how to change communities with gardens, how to use art as mission, how to help homeless people get their lives back on track, and how to achieve justice through mission.
Shore commented, “It was an incredible experience for all of us. We all were changed, and we learned that doing mission work strengthens our love for God and our love for our ‘neighbors.’”
The volunteers worked at the Big Garden site, at the Summer Arts Festival, and at Together, Inc., a non-profit agency that provides food and services for needy people and helps homeless people rebuild their lives.
“It was wonderful to learn about different situations people encounter and about how we take for granted things that others may not have,“ Joliffe said. “We also learned that the mission starts when we come home to spread what we learned and to continue our work at home.”
Middle School United Methodist Youth Fellowship is open to all youth in grades 6, 7, and 8. We meet on Sunday evenings from 5:00 to 7:00 in the Fellowship Hall. Invite your friends! Activities include games, topical lessons, missions trips, fundraising activities, and loads of fun.
Senior High United Methodist Youth Fellowship is open to all youth of High School age. We meet on Sunday afternoons from 12:30 to 2:30. Activities include topical studies, mission trips and activities, fund raisers, fun trips and more! Bring your friends!
We collected 280 pounds of trash and 6 pounds of aluminum cans!
A few of our 2009 North Platte High School graduates
The United Methodist Youth Fellowship Blessing
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you.
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
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