Teen Programs
Youth Program
Mid-High youth (6-8th grade)
Sundays: First Sunday of the month, Mid Highs attend worship. There will be opportunities for worship leadership. All other Sundays, there is a special Mid-High program in the Youth Room during Church School. This is a time of fun, togetherness, learning, playing and relevant spirituality.
Mid-High Youth Group meets on the first and third Wednesdays of the month, 6:30-8:00 p.m., in the Youth Room. Building on Sunday’s programs, Wednesday night Mid-High Youth Group is all about personal discovery, serving others and bonding as a community.
Each grade level has specific rites of passage to complete as they work toward confirmation in 8th grade. Eighth graders will have an overnight retreat designed especially for them in preparation to be confirmed. There will be outings, outreach projects, retreats, but mostly tons of fun.
Mid High Events
Sun., Jan. 29, 10:45-11:30 a.m.: Church School, Youth Rm.
Wed., Feb. 1, 6:30-8:00 p.m.: Youth Group, Youth Rm.
Sun., Feb. 5, meet at 9:15 a.m.: Family Worship, Sanctuary
Sun., Feb. 5, 11:45-1:15 p.m.: Confirmation Class Session #2, Youth Rm. (8th graders)
Sun., Feb. 12, 10:45-11:30 a.m.: Church School, Youth Rm.
Wed., Feb. 15, 6:30-8:00 p.m.: Youth Group, Youth Rm.
Sun., Feb. 19, 10:45-11:30 a.m.: Church School, Youth Rm.
Sun., Feb. 19, 11:45-1:15 p.m.: Confirmation Class Session #3, Youth Rm. (8th graders)
Tues., Feb. 21, 5:00-7:00 p.m.: Shrove Tues. Pancake Supper, Kloss Hall kitchen
Sun., Feb. 26, 10:45-11:30 a.m.: Church School, Youth Rm.
Senior High youth (9-12th grade):
Sundays: Sr. High Youth group meets every Sunday, 11:45- 1:30 p.m. 60 Minutes has been incorporated into the Sr. High Youth Group. Each meeting includes time to build community, relevant faith exploration, spiritual practices and a charge to change the world (and lunch, of course). Youth Group topics change and develop through the year in collaboration with participants. Northern California Nevada Conference-UCC Fall Youth Retreat will be hosted at CCSM. A major outreach trip will be in June. There are many opportunities for worship leadership, service projects, and time to unwind with friends.
Senior High Events
(Bold blue events are required for Appalachia Outreach Trip (AOT) participants)
Sun., Jan. 29, after church: Superbowl Pizza sales, Kloss Hall
Sat., Feb. 4, 9-11 a.m.: Make Superbowl pizzas, Kloss Hall kitchen
Sun., Feb. 5, after church: Distribute Superbowl pizzas, Kloss Hall
Mon., Feb. 6, 7-9 p.m.: Group Study Time, Youth Rm.
Wed., Feb. 8, 4ish: Jamba Juice Meet Up, 44 E 4th St., San Mateo
Sat.-Mon., Feb. 18-20, NCNC-UCC Feb. Camp, Monte Toyon Camp, Aptos. To register: http://www.ncncucc.org/event/feb-camp-2012
Fri., Feb. 24, 6-9 p.m.: Parents’ Night Out Fundraiser Kloss Hall
Sun., Feb. 26, 10:30-11:30 a.m.: 60 Minutes, Fireplace Rm.
Particularly For Parents
The Sex Life of Teenagers
Wednesday, March 21 • 6:30-8:00 p.m. with Raj and Bonnie Rambob.
SENIOR HIGH APPALACHIA OUTREACH TRIP, JUNE 23
After considering many options, CCSM’s Senior High Youth decided to offer their strong backs, hands and hearts to the people of Appalachia for their bi-annual outreach trip. With the congregation’s help, on June 23, seventeen youth and chaperones will embark on a plane headed for Tennessee, a region of the country few of our youth have visited before. The group will spend a week in rural and remote Eastern Tennessee repairing homes for folks who cannot afford to pay, growing spiritually and developing deep connections to each other and high school students from around the country through the United Methodist’s Appalachia Service Project program.
As the senior high youth narrowed down their outreach trip possibilities in the context of the Occupy Movement, they recognized their desire to help the disenfranchised and poor in the United States. They considered inner-city outreach, but decided that helping ease the burden of poverty in the backwoods of the Deep South would challenge them more. They expect the experience of the trip to transform their lives as much, if not more, than the lives of those they go to serve.
You will be hearing of multiple fun and exciting opportunities to provide financial assistance to the sojourners from CCSM. All of the fundraising efforts are/will be group planned, led and executed. The funds raised will cover the cost of the entire group’s trip so that all youth who choose to participate, can. Thank you, in advance, for your incredible support. Contact Bonnie or Raj Rambob, brambob@ccsm-ucc.org with questions.
